Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-02
IT DOES NOT WHOLLY OVERTHROW
THE "OPEN DOOR, POLICY.
AMERICA NEED NOT WORRY
HAS SATISFACTORY ASSURANCES
FROM BOTH NATIONS.
Berlin Papers, Now That the "Spheres
of influence" Policy Is TO Pre-
vail, Urge Germany to File
on a Good Big
"sphereH.

LONDON, May 1.-The Marquis of Sails
bury. prime minister and minister of for
eign affairs. and Al. Baifour. -nrst. iord
of the treasury, announced to-day In the
house of lords and in the house of COM
mons, respectively, the general drift OF the
Anglo-Russian agreement regarding the
spheres of influence of the governments OF
Great Britain and Russia IN China. as they
have already been made. Lord Salisbury
said he hoped Russia would consent TO
the publication of the text OF the agree
ment when it arrived in a few days.
His Iordship emphasized his anxiety not
to appear 80 attach exaggerated impor-
tance TO the specific sstipuIations of the
agreement, adding: But, of course, 1 at
tach very great importance TO the signing
of this agreement. because it is sign OF
the good feeling so desirable between the
governments of Russia and England.
His lordship also expressed the hope that
the good feeling would extend to the peo-
ples of the two nations. This agreement,
he said, was valuable as preventing the
possibility of collision between the TWO
governments in China, and therefore, he
said, lit is a guarantee OF their future
agreement for long time to come trust
that it will lead to future agreements on
other matters"
WAeHlNJ1ON,M MAY 4--l<oiN
speech last evening in reference to the
agreement reached by Great Britain and
Russia as to China was read with the
greatest interest here. The prevailing senti-
nent is one of relief that, by this agree
ment. has been removed an element that
threatened TO involve in hostilities two
great nations with which the United states
was desirous to live on the most friendly
terms There Is some curiosity 10 kno"
lust how the commercial interests OF the
United States are likely to be affected ps
this important arrangement. 1t may De
stated, that the highest official authorltS
here does not accept the view set out II
some of the British newspapers that ths
United States has lost its chance OF emma
that the door is to be shut against US
and that we have deserved this exclusion
nv failing substantially to assist England
in securing the open door policy as to al
China. It is said that, so far as the En-
slish sphere in China is concerned, th'
United States will have free entry com
mercially. while assurances have been Sc
cured from Russia that United States com
rnercs will be treated on terms OF equalit!
with Russian commerce in any portion O
China that may come under her inruence
BERLIN. May lit is the belief in polit
fcal circles here that, England having re-
linquished the open door in China ana giVer
her adhesion to the sphere of influence
policy there, Germany must follow suit.
The Tageblatt to-day says: The mrs
consequence of the Anglo-Russian agree
ment must be that Germany, too must de
clare the Hoang Ho valley to be her sphere
1t would be a far reaching error were Ger
many to confine herself to the province o.
Shang Tung."
The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes dis
patch from Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey, as
serting that Great Britain has already tax
en- steps TO counteract the efforts of th'
Russian expedition. consisting of sevei
officers and fourteen engineers. which re
Gently completed survey for the exten
sion of the Tifiis and Kars railroad from I
point on the little Zab river, northeast o
Bagdad, to the Persian gulf.
According TO the advices in question, ;
British gunboat has been sent to the Per
sian gulf. presumably with the object o
taking possession of the mouths of tn,
rivers Euphrates and Tigris.