The sun., 1900-01-03
THE VITAL CHINESE QUESTION
Continuance Of the Open Door
Policy is Agreeable to
Great Powers.
50 TgEY TELL UNCLE SAN
This Insures to the United States a
Foil Share in the Development
or Commerce With the En-
pire of China and
the Orient.

w aEnilt2lUN. JAN - az et71.stAA -
the cabinet was brief, but i was the oe-
"a sion i'll the important announcement
lby Secretary ~ State Hay that The ntgo-
tiations with tie great powers of Europe
and Japan IL secure a common under
standing for continued 'open door
poliey throughout China had been emf
/ ncrtly successful and that favorable re-
sponses had been received from Great
| Btitain. Germany, France, Russia and
| ,Tapan. The only country addressed
lwh.ch has not yet responded i Italy, anu
IN flyorable ansyAr II also expected from
4 her.
! Secretary Havfs statement to the cab
/ iprt fully. confirms the information in
press IL patches from this city last Sat
uriay. The announcement " the sue
cess Of the negotiations was extremely
/ gratifying to tie president and cabinet.
as Ii ir..npe tu tie United States full
share iii the future development Of com
tneree with the great empire Of China.
Secretary Root was not at the cabinet
meeting and therefore none Of the mat
tefs which usually occupy such large
share II the attention Of the cabinet was
considered.
Army Organization.
Chairman Hull Of the house committee
IN miltary affairs says some measure OF
general character relating 70 the Or
ganization Of the army probably VIII De
presented at the present session q CON
cress. Mr. Hull had number Of confer
ences with war department othclals prior
to tie HOLIDAYS with a view to reaching
M understanding on what was needed
n the way Of military legislation, and i
II understood that bills are being matured
for submission later N,
The chairman says the present law VIII
! do as i temporary measure, but as II spe-
rifcall7 provides thar the present organ
izatian Of the army shall cease on July
i. 1901. it II imperative that this con
grrss lid something iii the way 81 army
Z organization either this session or next
He hn,ls the view, however that cOnul
tions are to unsettled in the Philippines
z ara elsewhere TO say definitely as fo the
E lumber IL troops in permanent organ
. izatIon, although be Is conhdent tna'
! ther4 viii rcver bp reduction of the reg
ular army back % 2S,000.
some General Features.
There are several general features @
n,,ny organization which Mr.. Hull ne
ueyas nm ~ embodied in such leslsia
lion ii Is enacted. These include th'
three battalion formation, when was
! marked departure inangurated ~ n
9 last act and has given general satlshac
ton
: Another feature is that allowing th'
: arrny ig "expand from within" by in
, cree stng the numerical strength Of th'
I cofananies instead of creating new regi
Q meuts. Mr.. Hull says this feature ha
2 proved most beneficial, as i gives al
Z elastic organization capable Of ready ex
e pansion id time Of need without add
2 tidnal oticers and an entire new organ
I izat.on.
9 To staff organization Of the army
I also liEaly to receive attention. Secre
4 tary RIOT favors a change in the presen
system. with q view to having a "deta
staa"-that is. staff bureaus recruite
largely from the line Of the army. Thi
= would hc Il marked departure, as th
er present staff bureaus are almost entirel
ln permanent. Among military experts thei
$ il saii ID be d considerable difference
I'd opinion on this point, as the GerIua
" French ana other continental militai
s. systems have permanent staff organic
a. tiona. Great Britain is the only gre
ID power having detail staff.