The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-11
THE Open DOOR, POLICY
It's Distinguished Advocate Is in
San Francisco.
ORDER AND UNIFORMITY
Beresford Says That It Is the Only Policy
Which VIII Prevent the Disin-
tegration OF Chinese Empire.
Americas Future

san FRANCISCO. FEB. 10.-The new jap
anese liner America Maru arrived here
to-day from China and Japanese ports,
via Honolulu. one day ahead of sched-
uled time. On board was Lord Charles
Beresford. The America Maru was met
at the heads by government stugboat
bearing a party Of distinguished citi-
zens, who went to welcome the visiting
admiral, who comes to this country in a
threefold capacity, viz. as British
statesman, an officer of the royal navy
and a 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 received
with great attention throughout the
world, and it will likely play most
prominent part in the settling of the
question of the far east. Lord Beres-
ford said:
TT means simply that instead Of
spheres of influence which mean the
breaking up 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 reorgan-
ization of the Chinese armies, officered
both as commissioned and non commits
stoned officers of Europeans, so that the
Chinese empire may be properly policed
and life and property made safe. AS
1T is now, mobs and rebellions are LA
BILE at any time to destroy both lives
and property as actually happened not
long ago, when six million taels' worth
of property belonging to the French
mission in Western China was destroy
ed. China must have revenue and the
open door policy, by guaranteeing or
der and uniformity in customs regula-
tons and tariffs, will provide it in
greater abundance than it has ever been
provided before, besides, insuring that
it shall not be wasted as it is now.
1t Will mean the opening up of the en-
pire in all it's provinces and the de-
Velopment of its wonderful resources Of
mining and commerce. The returns
from concessions of the natural re-
sources now lying idle will be 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. cannot get everything Ger
~"
America will probably get nothing, for.
though I think she is destined to be a
great trading nation in the Orient,
greater than Britain or any other coun-
try, her interests are now compara-
lively slight and in the scramble 1t is
not likely that the American people
would feel their interests demanded a
struggle for a portion of it at this time.
But with the open door and equal OPP
pOrtunity for all nations, her commerce
is bound to grow. With the spheres of
influence, of course, Russia would put
on preferential tariffs in the regions
she dominated. and France would do
the same in her territory. I don't know
whether Germany and England would
or not. Thus America would be cut out
altogether, or practically SO, from the
China trade, and England from all but
that she dominated. 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-
poeal''
Lord Charles Beresford will remain
here for some time, and many recep-
tions have been planned for his enter
tainment. On next Monday the cham
Der of commerce will give the distin-
guished gentleman a reception, and he
will probably be invited to give his
views on some of the questions of the
day, particularly conditions of COM
merce in the far East and the oppor-
tunfty for the investment of American
money. Mayor Phelan will deliver the
address of welcome, and other well
known San F'ranciscans will speak.