The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-11-01

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THE REPLY OF SENATOR NcLACNtN
::BcDne,tsvi.le. 5. c.. Oct. y. 1899
Ncssrs. J. B. Cleveland, j. H. Mont
gonsrv and Others. S2artanburg, S. G.
Dear Sir: Ycur letter has been re-
ceiv,d. I fully concur in everything
Won saw about the importance of the
retention of the trade of the south with
China The ;open door policy is what
We nsed and want. This has hereto
fore been secured by treaty rights,
which have been respected by other
nations only to the extent to which it
contuced to their trade interest. While
ostensibly recognizing these treaty
right, other nations, IN violation Of
them, have acquired territory and ex-
Guided thcrefron cur legitimate com.
marce. Russia has gradually absorbed
Manchuria and is building railroad
across Siberia 10 command the trade oe
CSina Germany has been cative and
wairine in expectancy 20 obtain the
Philippines. Japan has given Russia
all the fruits Of victcry or 1892. France
has been the willing tool Of Russia,
and Eugland has beea passive in her
fear to assa;l her.
''This was the status il the east when
the battle Of Man la occurred. This
victory thWarted all the schemes Of
Russia for the Gismemberment of
China. and rendered its absorption and
0arritiop impossible. If you want the
>sopep door the United States now
holds the kew. The archipelago of the
Phil;nines lies along the coast of Asia
for soc miles and commads it. Manila
is the point in the east which is the
center Of ocean traffic. 1t is the only
point where foreign nations could have
Obtained commercial stations without a
struggle.
In the vicissitudes and good fortune
of war with Spain, and without any
intsntion of doing so, the United States
has acquired the possession CT the
Philippines, which give to her para
mount political and commercial advant-
ages.
My Judgment is that the control Of
them. or at least of some portions, is
the only safeguard for our trade inter
ests in the east. The abandonment Of
them means the dismemberment Of
Chins, its partition amongthe European
powers, and the inevitable loss Of our
Chinese trade.
i aote YOU say in your letter, that
the question Of our rights in China
does cot include an attempt to bring
other nations urder the influence Of our
Aac: that tbs IS rot question of ter
r;torv. no, = question of empire, but
s;mnly , ouestion Of trade. etc.
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