St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-13
OUR TRADE WITH CHINA.
SECRETARY eRESHAM'S GREAT AM
8i7I0N IN THIS DIRECTION
a FIELD WORTH cULTIvATINe.
The Envoy of China Anxious to
Negotiate New Treaty With
This Country = Contemplating
Large Extension OF Her Mar
ket to Foreign Powers-The
Immigration Question.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-It is proba-
bic that before long the state depart
ment will enter upon negotiation look
ing to the Strengthening out of our rela-
tions with China. The enactment OF
the Geary law will be looked upon as an
infraction of our present treaty with
China, and so, In effect, putting an end
to it. That treaty grants to the United
States privileges which are highly val
ued, and which it will be sought to per-
petuate to US. But it will have to be
done by new treaty. There is good
authority for saying that Secretary
Gresham aspires to make the extension
of trade relations and privileges
with China central feature of his ad
ministration of the state department. 1t
would supersede the Pan-American
policy of his predecessor in the state
department, and would be contrasted
with it. 1t Is known that Secretary
Gresham has little faith in the future of
our trade relations with the Spanish
American republics as an adequate
field for the extension of our commerce.
He is said to regard that field as not
we'll worth the expense and labor of
cultivating it. 1t is significant In this
relation that the secretary of state has
made no recommendation for an APP
preparation to maintain the bureau of
AMERICAN REPUBLICS
which was established as result Of the
Pan-American congress, and has been
maintained at the joint expense of the
nations interested.
1t is definitely known that Young Yu.
the recently arrived envoy of China, con-
templated the termination of the present
treaty by the passage OF the Geary act
when he came to Washington. and that
one of the purposes of his mission is the
negotiation of new treaty. The adj
justment of the immigration question by
the amendment and extension of the
Geary act is said to be satisfactory to
the Chinese government. They are not
anxious to extend the privileges of I'M
migration for their people, in fact, they
are believed to be rather opposed to 1t,
but they are sOlicitous for the protection
and the privileges of their citizens.
China is believed to be contemplating
large extension Of the privileges of her
market to foreigners, and to be anxious
to avail herself of the privileges of
Western ingenuity and the products of
our civilization. At the same time she
fears aggressions from European ma
tons, and is not willing to risk their
policy of self-aggrandiZementb by enter
ing into
CLOSER RELATIONS.
Her statesmen are believed, however,
to regard closer trade relation with
the United States with favor, both on
account of the greater propinqulty of
the two countries and the less agrees
Sive character of our foreign policy. 1t is
said by those in position to know that
definite results may come of the negOti-
ations within a comparatively short
time. Besides trade relations, the
negotiations include,. First, the settle
ment of the veXed question of Chinese
immigration; second, the treatment to
be accorded to Chinese citizens already
in this country, or who may hereafter
legally come here; third, the protection
and privileges to be extended by Chi
neSe to American citizens residing in
China. Aside from these main ques
tions, the negotiations are said to have
been of so broad character as to take
in all of the causes of friction which
from time to time have developed be-
tween this country and China.
At the Chinese legation there was
much reticence in discussing the sub
ject. 1t was intimated that the min
lister was hopeful of several changes at
an early day in the present treaty. yet
he was not disposed to prematurely
anticipate them.