The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-02

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CHINA.
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v.lrish Review Of the Treaty RoIaf1~ls ~ tho
Rmpgre-RusIand's Policy and Fdenaship-
Tho, Burlinsame Mission and N.easy with tho
U,lited states-The Chinese eople 20 BE In
1amed Against Their Ruierz.
From the London Times, Sept. Ill
In continuation OF our remarks upon the supple
mentary treaty signed VIII tne uDited states By the
net It may be serviceable II We take rapid glance
at the history Of relations with the Chinese en-
may gauge correctly what are the secret AIMS and
purposes cherished by its rulers, which have
prompted the despatch Of q foreign ambassador to
The survey win show their behavior to have been
marked from first to last by persistent hostility by
price, whatever the terms submitted, whether these
might be lenient or the opposite. Yielding for the
secretly set at naueht all promises and enrsrements
And 1t Ii beyond contradiction that whatever dis
asters may be fairly laid to the account OF blun-
dealing with Oriental questions horn an English
standpoint only. instead OF informing our judgment
standpoint q weil-from our beir.g destitute, In
short. OF any carefully thought out policy-our
aim has ndisputably been peace. lille the aim Of
To 80 back to the year lslo when, in order to
bring the Provincial Governors to terms war had to
position on the heights Of the cry OF Canton and
were ready to open nre. At the last moment 0ur
and %s @@ g The
hlment Of engagements then dictated in character
the reverse Of harsh. Our nee had no sooner left
and every stipulation was ope MY broken. We were
even denied access to the ci b we had spared, and
70 fereso the prnopa % os tns y
Nankfn; Our tame acquiestlo nce was ascribed to
cowaTdice, and the isnorant populace. under or
nttu rft ouIk-
ing and maltreating the 81 Granger The mobbing
c1minated in ls47 in the Isurder Of six English.
men who were out ON an ex ourson in the vicinity Of
10 avoid becoming the vi etsms Of murderous ont
within their factory walls III is4o with the view Of
removing all ground Of dinhr.nce, real pretended
the British government f,ri nally waived the treaty
vacations became aggravated and at length, in 1885,
the one drop more caused the cup to overflow, and
This time we captured Carton and made the offend
ing Governor, Yeh, prisoner. We heard no more
Of the people up
ton OF treaty obligations At no port open to trade
do the people now show SO much civiity and good
structive as 1t Is remark bile. The instgating hand
withdrawn, the spurious antipathy vanished:
to be demonstrated before the Chinese government
would deign TO make any sign The forts at the
mouth OF the Peho we[e TAKEN and in 1853 the treaty
consideration, duotoim the Emperor years. grace
to prepare FOR gfctg feet TO the engagements ne had
commissioners shoruy after followed Lord Elgin to
Shanghae, and bes0aght him. in the name OF the
to defer the exercise OF the right Of appointing
Minister Resident at Pektn and TO instruct our rep
n shs ~ 70 pay sU r VISITS az
request received o,nsderate attention. Lord Elgn,
upon condition OF the fullmeb IN all other respects
OF the treaty, again and again most faithfully pro-
missed, give his assent and advised her Majesty's
government accordingly. The year elapsed. Our
Publications, in conformity with the understand
ing OF the previous year. The interval had been
ncatons and barriers at the entrance Of the Peiho.
His passage was opposed and oil remember the DIS
astrous defeat indicted. our rect mad 70 retire
and ,counded. Thus dearly did pag Jor our
gears Indulgence We toe7s saddled 10Th another
zoos possession or Valuable lives were sacri-
Need and to avenge the cruel deaths or Bowlby, DE
OF the Emperor, situated fifteen miles fromwthe
capital, vas fred. But Pekn itself was left un-
harmed and after all the proyocaton and treachery
that we had encountered we exacted neither hard
farms nor material guarantees insisting only upon
the execution OF the treaty concluded two years
before
II the survey be continued down to the present
time 1t viii be seen how our ieniency In 1850 has been
nom Pekin in 1857 ana 1854, sound but note as
few extracts. which might be multiplied, Will
Her Majesty's Minister, writing on the 9Th Of June
n: q !. ~ A:. :: sss
regard Of provisions manifested at the po secondly,
A n X. s:a. II s. ss a.ss ss y. E
ne
End ECgpo are not nov N Iseel possession Had shsn.e
e:se s..; ss
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sovsrnm.n. would ss: Ssys Unlisted faithful
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E.iss con,u swA.ow and the surchsr. Of duties q
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opporns q ndalsns sn.forsisn sspasn.
sss% WI .s' s' e mo
unssndy spirit or not There = impending from without
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iasn saord her n:ssr symp.ssy NOT supper. IN
sss %is y =; s 's'
the present government ID indebted. When we
crushed the Tapping macontents We literally dellv-
paid the services renderedf Has erect been given
to single clause Of the treaty that could be wrgged
dressedi The dispatches Of our Representatives,
past and present tell the same tale. Verify It would
seem as u the Chinese dplomattsts were masters OF
the situation. They laugh TO sooTSs treaty. 77ev
f,tfict upon as serere dtststes y7ev then Jockey
ps into quoting .attpe reoeufon They again laugh
edness. conemptuously give as the go by az prnci-
pal and leading power In their foreign relations.
They send mission with the avowed object OF rem
derng AZ far nugatory a. may be possible the right OF
access 70 the INTERIOR acqulescence In which they feel
they can no longer evede, and which, though forming
for some reason or other been left practically dead
letter for eight years. The Chinese government feels
too weak at the moment to resist a. In days gone
by; 1t resoes, therefore, to artnce and cajoiery. n
We can for the time being be kept out OF the country
with our consent and can be happy coaxed into
city OF Canten, 1t nurses the hope that with time
may come strength, ts intent being stealthily to
turn the interval 70 account ~ poisoning the minds
when we do attempt TO avail ourselves OF the sur
rendered privilege we may meet population ar
rayed In fanatic hostility. II designs TO repeat on
scuAe miller nrnaacufAd succaaafullY for