The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-11
LORD BERESFORDH HERE
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British Admira's Mission to the
United States.
POLICY In THE ORIENT
AMERICA'S INTEREST IN THE
OPEN DOOR.
Under the "Spheres of Influence"
Plan We Would Get No Trade and
England Would Get Very Little
Lord Beresford Entertained at
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Feb. 1O.-The new
Japanese liner America Maru arrived
here today from China and Japan via
Honolulu, one day ahead Of time. On
board the vessel was Lord Charles
Beresford, admiral of the British navy.
! The America Maru was met at the
/ heads by government tug boat bear
ing a party of distinguished citizens
who went to weIc me the visiting adj
miral, who comes 10 this country in a
three-fold capacity. viz: AS British
statesman, an officer of the Royal
navy and q commissioner from the
Associated Chambers of Commerce of
England.
The party landed before the vessel
locked by special permission and the
admiral was driven to the Palace hotel.
Lord Beresford's proposal of an open
door" policy in the Orient has been re-
ceived with great attention throughout
the world and it will likely play a
most prominent part in the settlement
of the far east question. In an inter
view today Lord Beresford said:
1T means simply that instead of
spheres of influence which means the
breaking W of the Chinese empire
that England, America, Germany and
Japan shall by agreement maintain free
and equal commercial relations for all
in the Orient. 1t includes the reorgani-
cation Of the Chinese armies, differed
both as to commissioned and non-cOm-
missioned officers by Europeans, so
that the Chinese empire may be prop
erly policed and life and property made
safe. AS it is now, mobs and rebellionS
are liable at any time to destroy both
lives and property, as actually hap
pened not long ago when about 5000, 900
taels worth of property belonging to
the French mission in western China
was destroyed.
China must have a revenue and the
open door policy by guaranteeing
order and uniformity in customs regu-
greater abundance than il has ever
been provided before, besides insuring
that II shall not be wasted as it is
now. 1t will mean the opening up of
the empire in all its provinces, and the
development Of it's wonderful resources
of mining and commerce. The returns
from concessions of these natural re-
sources, now lying idle, will be a source
of great revenue to the empire
IF the spheres of influence policy is
allowed to be adopted, Russia will, of
course, become all powerful in the
north, France in the south, England of
course can't get everything. Germany
will get what she can. While America
will probably get nothing, for, though
1 think she is destined to be a great
trading nation in the Orient, greater
than Britain or any other country, her
interests there are now compare lively
slight, and in the scramble it is not
likely that the American people would
feel their interests demanded a strug-
gle for a portion. of it at this time: But
with the open door, equal opportunity
for all nations, her commerce is bound
to grow. With the spheres of influence,
of course. Russia would put on pref
erential tariffs in the regions she
dominated, and France would do the
same IL her territory.
Il don't know whether Germany and
England would or not. Thus America
would be cut out altogether, or practi-
cally so. from the China trade, and
England from all but that she dominaI-
ed. So that America really has more
interest in the open door than England
has.
Il go from here to Chicago and New
York and Washington to get the senti
ments of the boards Of trade and cham
bers Of commerce there on the pro-
posal."
Lord Beresford will remain here for
some time and many receptions have
been planned for his entertainment.
On next Monday the chamber of com
merce will give the distinguished gen.
tleman a reception and hekWill proDaoly
be invited to give his views on some
of the questions of the day, particularly
conditions of commerce in the far east
and the opportunity for investment of
American money. e
Mayor Phelan will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome and other well known
San Franciscoans will speak.