Evening star., 1898-09-13

and money-makers. And they were pleased
to have America for a near neighbor. for
whatever may have been said, the Chinese
have the greatest friendship for America.
Progress I'm China.
''China is opening her ports and weicom-
ing the commerce of other nations. She is
granting concessions for railroads and
American; have secured a concession for
what will be one of the greatest railroads
In China, from Canton to Han Kow. This
road will connect two of the greatest trade
centers in China and connect with the Pc
king branch of the great Siberian railroad.
1t Will run through very populous district
and VIII be one of the most important rail-
roads in China. The Chinese are patroniz-
ing the railroads that built and they
are paying immense dividends because un-
ike In this country. where the railroad is
the pioneer of civilization, there it is built
through the oldest and most populous part
of the world. and the people are waiting
for it.
"The Chinese are buying American loco
motives. American cars and American rail-
road iron. They are beginning to recognize
the Importance of American MANUFACTURES.
and with our tariffs we are able to sell as
cheaply in China at home. With the
Chinese ports open-there are thirty-five
treaty ports now and moro are being open
ed every year-and with the railroads be-
ginning to open the interior China Is soon
to be the great theater for commercial en-
terprise. If we surrender the Philippines
We deliberately turn away from this great
opportunity and say to the European
powers that we have no desire to take any
part in the development in the far east. To
me 1t seems suicidal"
Commerce In the Pacific.
''Do you look for the Pacific to become
the great highway of commerce in the
future?''
THAT is question of mere speculation.
We 70 oh "a
advantages. China is opening her ports
to the trade of the world. and the railroads
will soon extend this trade into the in
terror The Chinese are ready to trade
with the world. and America Is nearer than
any other manufacturing and commercial
nation except Japan. 1t is less than half
a century since Commodore Perry opened
the ports of Japan, and when I was in
Toxic recently 1t was the exception to meet
man in the native Japanese dress. They
were all dressed in European dress, and IT
was like European or American city. In
less than fifty years has come this change.
If every Chinaman should wear shirt
only 1t would develop a wonderful trade,
and if the same influence is felt in the
same way as in Japan there is no way
OF calculating the trade that will be de-
veioped with the outside world. The Chi-
nese are poor. and trade there will not de-
velop as rapidly as 1t did in Japan, but
there is bound to be a wonderful develop
ment in China, and our Pacific coast Is ten
or twelve days nearer to China than any
of the European countries. There is no
reason why we should not have an i'm
portant share in this trade unless We de-
liberately turn away from it. We have
Hawaii as a halfway station, and we have
the Philippines as a foothold, and by all
the laws of progress and development, and
by all the rules of craftsmanship which
looks after the best interests of our own
people, we should hold that foothold. The
people of the west see this, and there IS
not man, woman or child in the Pacific
slope l am told. who does not insist on
our keeping the Philippines
What is the significance of the dismissal
of Ii Hung Change"
Lii Hung Chans's Dismissal.
''He has been unpopular since the war
with Japan. He had led the government
and the people to think that the army and
the navy were both invincible, and he was
held responsible for the disaster. He has
also been long suspected of being too friend
" to Russia and completely under the in
fiuence of Russia. He is an old man and
has lost his great influence
You do not believe there will be a par
titOn of China?'
NO, | do not believe that this will come
about, for l do not believe that Russia de-
sires it and England will oppose it. If
America retains the hold she has now in
the far east things will remain they are.
China Will continue one great nation and
through contact with modern civilization
will develop into great and powerful ma
ton. But China loves peace and not war
and the conqucsts In China are to be those
of commerce and peaceful relations. China
is most friendly to the United States and is
ready TO do anything to help us, knowing
that by our policy of non-interference we
can do nothing to help her in return Our
missionaries are doing a good work in ex-
tending American influence without repa ri
to their religious teaching. They are carry
ing the American influence into all parts of
China and are our pioneers, for where the
American missionary goes in China there
VIII sooner or later follow American COM
merce and the influence Of American civil
lZauon. And while other missionaries have
been murdered, there has not been an Amer
itan missionary harmed since went To
China, twelve years ago.
Must Not Surrender the IsIands
II seems to ME that every ambition we
nave IN America, be it moral intellectual
or commercial warns us against surren
cef1ng the philippines, because there is our
foothold in the far east. and. however nm
lofeseen or unprecedented was the nos
session of this fCothold, the American nag
Is tLere ana We car not turn back without
deliberately abandoning the ambition we
nave had and the advantage we had sought
In other ways. Admiral Dewey's victory
ana the subsequent landing of troops at
Manila gave US standing among the now
ers in the far east, and there We must ra
naln or confine our influence commerciaI
ana otnerWlse, to the western continent
Munster DENLY expects to remain In
washington for a few days and will then
go TO his old home, at Evansville. Ind
Whlch ne has not yet visited He hurried
to President Mckinley and settle mn bis
accounts with the State Depa rtment