The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-15

alIke and precipifate F1rfEx alliance
mn-h SENSE TO do =
what Is your third reason Al
this r1oint End I have not given the
|convszsatioa In hall It's wearisoue de-
fAii-my patience gave WAY l hA<1
seen Ii Hung Chang, had talked
with him, / Rad examined bis SUI
roundingS, and II he was not going 20
tel me anything. il Was not worth
while for me 70 SIT there any longer
70 be pumped. So / replied. Ny
Opinions upon saeh = matter can have
10 value whatever for his exce1;enry.
whereas Il he would favor me with an
authentic statement concerning the
relations of China Korea and Russia,
|if w9uld have the greatest possible
value for the rest Of the world. And
emphasized the request by taking up
my hat and drinking the glass Of wine.
for had been instructed previously
that when either host or guest IN Chi
IA wishes 10 give the signal for de-
p2rfure, he eapticS his cup or glass
When Mr.. 10 had translated Eay re-
mark there was . moments silence
Then, speaking very deliberately,
the viceroy said The relations
referred TO in your question are as fol-
lows. There Is q distinct understand
ing between China and Russia that
any action by the latter in Korea viii
be regarded by the former rs 3 casns
belli In reply to second question
the viceroy said At present the re-
lations between China and Russia are
simple Upon the long Russian-Chi-
nese frontier China Is strong, Russia
is weak. Vladivostok IS very far from
real Russia Ii Is alone. Russia and
China had better be good friends
. But when the trans-Siberian railway
is finished. Excellency 10y"
aYes. then the relations of China and
Russia viii be revised. When viii it
be finished % II am informed that
there will be rail and water connec-
tons in four years Then you
must repeat your question to me after
four years As regards Korea, it is q
country unable TO stand by itself, and
talk of It's independence i waste OF
words. the relation of China TO il is
the same as it has always been. and
events which win make this relation
quite clear TO all the world.
When he had once started the uice-
roy was willing to 60 ON. OF course
asked him about the question OF Chin
ese emigration to the United States.
II understand, . he said, as nearly as
I remember, that the newspapers
have great deal OF influence in Amer
lea Well, tell them from me that |
ask them TO refer the matter TO their
sense of justice. They make profess
sions of dealing Justly with all the
world. How have they dealt with
China? They refuse US citizenship,
they suffer our people TO be murdered
or expelled by armed MODS, they shut
us out of their country. except under
certain severe restrictions. and then
when we agree to these they break
them off aud exclude US altogether.
China has never done so false and I'M
just an act as that. Yes, we have
agreed to good many OF these re-
sfrictions, but We shall not agree TO
any more. China is able now TO take
her own position among Western ma
tons, and she viii do so. Shall We re-
taliate2 | cannot say. We are per-
fectly able, and the temptation is great.
We shall not submit in silence ~ out
rage and treatybreaking. but l
hope and believe Americans will see
how ~reng they are, and alter their
recent laws for themselves. Ii not,
the United States and China viii not
be friends. Now tell me about your
colonies Has the queen the right or
| not TO order her colonies to act Justly,
to cancel unjust laws that they have
made. and to punish them If they do
not?. / explained that the right
doubtless rested i'm theory with the
imperial government, but that in
practice il could hardly be exercised.
Then why call them colonies and
| subjects of the queen?" returned the
viceroy: .'why not say at once that
they are independent, and let US deal
directly with them?'' But is it a
fact, or not, asked him, that the
Chinese government views the emf
| grafton of its people with disapprovai,
considering that their periodical re-
| ligious and family duties render it Jim
perative for them to remain in
China?" The Chinese government, T"
was the severe diplomatic reply, de
mands for its subjects the rights that
are accorded to them by solemn
treaty, and the same fayors that it ac-
cords to the subjects of other friendly
powers . And with regard to Aus
tralia AT present we are at
| the stage of protest And after
wards" II cannot say