The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

ACah AhUOTSemehtS OF HIS IDEAS
NEW YORK, May 13,-In February of
this year Lord Charles Beresford passed
drought the United States on his way
from China to England He had been
studying the questions of commerce and
trade of Great Britain and the whole
Anglo-Saxon race with China, at the re-
quest of the associated chambers Of COM
merce of Great Britain. He landed in
San Francisco on the 10th of February
and sailed from New York on the I'd Of
March During this short months stay
in this country he was entertained by the
chambers of commerce and the COM
mercial clubs Of San Francisco, Chicago,
Buffalo and New York, and was Invited
to visit most of the important cities Of
this country by the business men Of these
commercial centers. His limited time,
however, prevented this
Since his return to England he has been
employed upon the work Of drawing up
his report to the associated chambers Of
commerce. and his work is just now pub
lished under the title of 1.-THE Breakup
Of China
Lord Beresford visited the principal
cities along the Chinese coast In almost
every instance he was received by the
viceroy of the province, who not only
expressed his opinion on commercial and
political matters, but almost invariably
allowed the British admiral to visit the
arsenals, navy yards and barracks Of the
Chinese troops, and requested him to
write his opinion of the condition of the
army and navy. The author after max
Ing Inquiries, receiving opinions and talk
ing with British, American and German
merchants in the different cities, ia of
the opinion that unless the policy of
THE Open Door, is enforced in China In
the near future, it is more than prob
able that the Chinese empire will be COM
pletely broken up and partitioned among
the European powers.
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.
The "sphere-of-inf1uence method of par
dtioning China Ia, in his opinion, danger
ous since 1t constantly causes inter-
national complications which disturb trade
Today France, German and Russia are
all in possession Of certain portions of the
Chinese empire, each Of which portion is
under what Is called the influence" of it's
government-that is, trade with that par
ticular territory is limited to F'renohmen.
Germans or Russians, as the case NAV
be- If this policy is enlarged, there are
many difficulties likely to follow, not the
least OF which will be strained relations
between the European powers, not oniy
In regard to commerce and trade, but in
the matters Of boundaries and govern
ment. On the other hand, If the integrity
OF the Chinese empire is maintained and
the entire country thrown open to the
trade of all nations, the resources of
China are likely to benefit the whole
world.
The authors recommendation is, there
fore, that some method be adopted by
which the Chinese army shall be organ
lied under one head, drilled and trained
by European officers, and fitted to main
tain order and protest personal property
and life, whether of foreigers or natives,
within the empire, and that the mer-
chants of any or all nations be allowed
equal rights to carry on commerce and
trade with all others az in the civilized
countries of the earth. He sees less need
for the increase and training of the navy
as the difficulties and hinderances to COM
merce in China today are internal rather
than external. At Marking the viceroy
Ltu Kwen VI, gave the following rea-
sons for the difficulty of trade under the
present situation. and the probability Of
disturbances in the future;
/. That the likin collectorates had been
taken away from the finances necessary
for provincial administration, and were
now devoted to paying the interests on a
foreign loan; further taxation would be
necessary to carry on the government
2. That the people were annoyed at
their taxes being paid Ito the foreigner.
3. Because it was necessary to reduce
his military forces owing to want Of
money. Us =. asas
In Canton the chamber of commerce