Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-16
American Asso ciation at Shang-
hal Says the Attitude Of the
DoWager .. ..5.
Toward Refo1Iners Will Upset the
Open Door Policy in
China.
This Government Will Probably
Send a Warship AS q
Warning.

OulGeu4 SUdC6S' government tnaG Gne dGJ1.
tude of the empress dowager towards
the reformers will upset the ..open
door, policy. They also say rebellion
and anarchy are expected, to the detrii-
ment Of foreign interests, and advocate
prompt concerted action on the part Of
the powers.
The China Association will appeal to
the British minister, Sir Claude N.
Macd onald on the same subject. s#
WASHINGTON, March l6. The cable
gram from the American Association
has been received at the state depart
ment. It has not yet been acted upon,
I but is under serious consideration. AT
first reading, it is not clear just what
ection exists between the attitude
of the Chinese empress dowager towards
the reform element in China, and the
open door policy in which the United
States with the remainder of the civil
lied world is interested. It is recalled,
however, that the empress dowager is
prosecuting with relentless hatred the
reform party, going SO far as to resort
to the barbarous peactice Of offering a
large sum Of money for the
assassination Of leading reformers.
This reform element in China is
believed to include nearly all Of the
Chinese who are disposed to elevate
China into a civilized nation, following
the footsteps Of Japan. They realize
that this can only be done with the
help Of foreigners, and are therefore
disposed to the s'open door, as one of
the measures to iberalze and enighten
China, through the introduction Of for
eign capital and foreign methods. It is
assumed that the basis Of this represen-
tation from the American association is
an apprehension that the conservative
party surrounding the empress dowager
in satisfying their animosity against the
reformers, will excite the dormant anti
foreign feeling among the masses Of
Chinese to q degree that will make the
5t.open door, imp possible of attainment.
VIII Send Warship. 5s
It is a curious fact that our minister
to China, Mr.. Conger, has so far made
no representa- to the state depart
ment touching this subject. He has re-
ported to the department. that serious
attacks have been made upon the Amer
lean missions in Shan Tung by the
boxers powerful and numerous
ti-foreign league Of Chinese. 1t is
this same organization which has at
tackled some Of the French missionaries
in that quarter Of China, and have even
carried their operations to the very
doors of Kiao Chou, the German hold.
ing in North China. Upon the min
ister's representa- the state depart
ment has decided that an american war
ship shall be dispatched from the fleet
at Manila to the nearest seaport to the
seat Of discord, pro badly in this case
.Taku, at the mouth of the Pie Ho river,
or Wei Hal Wei. Ttiis expected, how
ever, that the Chinese government will
be able to repress the boxers without
any action on the part of the American
warship. It is distinctly understood
that this little naval demonstration viii
have no connection with the struggle
now going on between the empress
dowager's S party and the reformers, for
this may be regarded as matter Of
purely internal politics, with which our
government has no right to concern it.
self. It is probable, therefore, that this
decision on our part indicates the char
acter of the response that will be made
by the department of state to the cable
gram from the American association.