The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

coal. Russia has little, and no other
nation has control of great coal fields.
The Philippine islands are full of coal
and would be useful to Germany for
naval purposes. But for that very
reason we do want Germany not TO
have the Philippines; and if Germany IS
to be kept out of the islands We must
continue our control of them Indefinite
" or until new conditions arise which
may make it seem wise for us to- let go.
Our interest in the Philippines IS not
the only. reason why we should concern
ourselves with tile Chinese question a
year ago the cabinet at Washington
said we had no interest in China. Evil
IDENTIFY they did not look Very far. be-
yond the present. Today we have an
admitted interest in China and in the
future that interest is to be still
greater. lit may not be I'M the near fu=
ture. but Within the next fifty years ii
is quite possible we shall be considering
China as a possible riNalsin our in
dustries.
1t is poor craftsmanship that does not
look beyond the immediate future. The
makers Of the constitution worked. not
for their generation alone, but for pos
terity. We have nnN T5.0GG,000 people;
there Will be 100,000,000 before long. Our
country is becoming crowded, We must
find am outlet for onr products. The
Asiatic market is one of great value,
and we should not take any chance of
losing it. For that reason / believe in
the theories of Lord Charles Beresford
as TO the open door. / believe that the
United States should enter into an UNI
derstanding with Germany, Japan and
Great Britain TO maintain the present
status In China-that IS, TO keep the
Chinese from becoming Russianized.
Whether Germany would join such a
movement is doubtful because Ger
many, by reason of her possessions on
the border of Russia, has relations with
her neighbor which might prevent her
entering into such a combination.
A very intelligent gentleman of this
country, who for two years represented
large interests in Japan, tells me that
japanese capital is now going into
China to develop industries which are
made possible by the cheapness of la
boz in THAI country and which event
uaily will draw capital from other parts
of the world and develop a rivalry
which the United States will find diff
cult to contend with-unlesS labor in
this country is put down to the level of
Chinese cheap labor. In the mining
camps of Colorado the Chnaman lives
on little rice and dry fish, and his ex-
penses are one quarter of those of the
American miner. Yet he seems to per-
form as much labor as the white man.
When the Chinanan begins to compete
with us in his own country the only
way to preserve our industries will be
by putting up a tariff wall and having
our market all to our own people.
The same gentleman informs me that
there is a widespread discomfort among
the Chinese with the present dynasty.
The Manohus are regarded by the
Chinese as interlopers and the end of
the present dynasty is not far away.
When it comes to a close there will I'M
doubtedly be a revolution in China. but
it rests with this and other govern
ments to say whether that revolution
shall take the form of a restoration of
the old government under foreign pro-
lection or the complete outstanding of
China.
1t is not so very many years since
Russia fought with the Ccssacks and
subdued them. Today there is no more
loyal Russian than the Cossacks. Rus
STA s power of assimilation is prodi-
gious. If Russia ever gains full control
of China-and it looks now as though
she We're moving to that end-she will
establish a government there which will