The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-06-17

Will Join the Movement..BritishT Trade
Must be Protected, Says His Lordsh'p.
London. the house OF com
mons was in committee on the foreign
Office vote Friday Rear Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford delivered scathing
criticism Of the governments policy OF
drifting in China, during which he
said the government had deceived the
people and allowed the open door pol
icy to be finally killed by permitting
Russia to interfere in purely CONNER
cial enterprise like the Shanghai-Kwan
railroad. The admiral then proposed
that the four countries most Interested
| Great Britain, tho United States. Japan
| and Germany, go to China and offer to
take over and organize her army, add
ing that If Great Britain took the lead
no was sure the United States could
follow, and that he also had distinct
intimatiop that Japan would join IN
such a movement
! The parliamentary secretary OF INC
foreign Office. the Rt. Hon. ST. John
! Broderick, replied, pointing out the
difficulties in meeting Lord Beres-
| ford's desire that Great Britain take
Tontrol of the government Of China,
adding that he thought his lordship
was over sanguine in believing the
United States would follow the lead 0
Great Britain. Germany, he contin-
ued, had great interests in China, but
she had q thousand times greater II
Europe AS to treating the Yang Use
= kiang valley like the Shang Tung pen
} insula, her majesty's government wa
not prepared to undertake the immens
responsibility Of governing such alars
territory.
Continuing, Mr. Broderick said:
Cup to the present, the treaty Q
Tien Tsin has been observed. NO 400
2 has been shut. AS regards the Yam
Use we could send gunboats drawn
six feet one thousand miles from II
mouth, although we are not prepared
undertake policing this province col
shutting one third Of China We al
prepared to control the Yang Use in o
der to protect our trade and it is esse'
y, tial part of the governments pole
that in changes occurring in China Il
protection of our trade was assured.
\ Although it cannot undertake to I
lieve the Tsung Ly Yamen of the
sponsibility Of governing China, t
government is not prepared to let Br
ish trade. suffer or pass into otf
hands. There 1t is proposed to take
following steps:
"With regard to the Yang Use
shall hold the Chinese government
~ sponsible for Its undertaking not
y ALLEVIATE to any other power the pr
inces bordering thereon and that a G.
nection should be made with the d
,oo nah railroad.
wv 1.-THE government will also see wh
md ever It Is desired that the fort OF VI
wv Use is sufficiently strong to protect
merchants and their trade
Mr., Broderick also referred to
un' Anglo Russian agreement as beir
happy auggy and g fair compron
and he doubts If the demand for a
mi sian railway connection to Pekln
ever made, but in effect the gov
ment, in no spirit Of jealousy, but {
':::::s NV in the interest Of China, must
80: clare if the demand Is pressed, tn
-: will be forced to advise against a
-: cession calculated to transfer the
::::::: eminent Of Pekin to another power
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,::::::: In conclusion, Mr.. Bfoderick
~ pressed the hope that there would
-: concord between the powers in carr
80: out their great work in China
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