Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
BERESFORD'S WARNING.
Says War VIII Result Unless "Open
Door" Policy with Reference to
China is Adhered 20.

London. March 9.-Rear Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford, who has just
completed his tour of the world in the
interests of the associated chambers
of commerce of Great Britain, in an
interview reiterated his well-known
views On the subject of the 'open door"
in China as being the only possible
policy of Great Britain. In so doing
he said it was impossible to estimate
the Importance of the Chinese market,
single province of which in his opin-
Ion, was worth the whole of Africa
from a commercial point of view. The
admiral also said that there will be war
unless the "Open door" policy is ad-
hered to and he asserted that American
trade in China is progressing by leaps
and bounds, proportionately much
faster than that of Great Britain.
Lord Beresford, in an interview pub
lished in the Daily Mail insisted that if
all the powers began grabbing land in
China it could only result in quarrels
and war. He continued:
ut is absolutely necessary to keep China
on her feet. Better stand up now for the
open door than venture upon the danger
Gus course of spheres of influence. | do
not suggest a cut-and-dried alliance. | do
not think America would join such al
lance. But America, England, Germany
and Japan might agree to work together TO
maintain the open door OF the six men
who direct China's policy, four have never
been outside of Pcking. Ii Hung Chang
has no real power. The empress dowager
Is the real power. and a very clever woman.
She signs the popular edicts herself. and
makes the emperor sign the unpopular
ones. The provincial rulers are more pro-
gressive than those a Peking. They favor
the open door policy, and only want to
save Chna's face, but they think we are
afraid of Russia. We must help stiffen
China, which will not be a difficult task"
Rome, March 9.-The Tribuna says
it learns that the Chinese government
has offered to send to the Italian min
ster, Sig. Martino, written apology
through Sir Claude Macdonald, British
minister at Picking, for the terms in
which the tsung-li-yamen couched
China's refusal to grant the concession
recently demanded by Italy of San Nun
bay, province of Che Kiang. to be used
as an Italian naval base and coaling
station.
London, March 9.-The Peking CORE
spondent of the Times says the Chinese
are discussing the &dvisability of maxi
ing San Nun an open port, so as to
evade Italy's demand for a concession.
Hong-Kong, March 9.-The New
York Journal correspondent cables:
1t is reported here that the latest ag-
gressions of Italy in attempting to
seize San Nun bay have seriously
alarmed the imperial government at
Peking The empress dowager and the
tsung-li-yamen fear that this is the be-
ginning of a concerted attempt on the
part of the powers of Europe to dis
memb ber the Chinese empire. Strenu-
Gus efforts will be made by the imperial
government to prevent such action
and appeal will be made to disin-
terested powers for help. 1t is re-
ported that China has already appealed
to the United States government.
Vancouver, Il. c., March 9.--Advices
from China by steamer Empress of
Japan state that Ii Hung Chang, who
has recently been busily occupied in
determining and preparing for the con-
struction of Yellow river works in Shan
Tung province, has been ordered by an
imperial edict of the empress dowager
to return post-haste to Peking. 1t is
stated that this step is due to the un-
certainty of foreign and palace poll
tics at present, and the empress dow
ager appears to wish to have her old
adviser by her side when the occasion
arises,