The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19

- T has already been seen that the early
trade OF Great Britain with China
passed almost entirely through Can
ton. and that In It'll permission was
granted to traders TO reside in that
town during the trading season. The
commerce thus Initiated proved so Iucra-
tive that It was developed against all OPP
position from the Manchu government.
and with the end OF tho Chinese-Japanese
war. which left tho celestial empire much
at tho mercy OF the European powers
who interviewed, came a new era for in
ternRtlonal commerce. The leasing OF
ports, the establishment OF treaty ports.
where foreigners are free to trade under
certain conditions. the granting OF con-
essslons. and above all. the protection
extended 10 their own merchants by tho
yowera III the districts where spheres OF
influence were estahlshed~ali the gave
an immense impetus 10 trade, which has
Increased enormously In the few years
that have passed since then. The parti-
lion ~ China into spheres OF influence
has not. however. been altogether a gain
for Great Britain. All the other powers
who have obtained hold on various
PARTS u the empire have adopted a pro-
tsCtionist policy. and the open door"
nyowe3is The object OF Britain IN China.
has become an ifnpossibitliy. and she her.
self has been oaligcd TO adopt tho
"sphere Of influence policy" though She
silli allows All nations equal rights In her
rarts sphere.
In this aareeling out OF China. Russia
oNtsined Nanehuria, Germany Shanlung.
France certain % tho southern provinces
Japan a aan-alienation claim on the prov
ine~s factns FormesA and Britain a nom
itial sihere Ia the NanKtse valley. In adj
dition 60 The parts Of wclhaiwel and Kow.
iung.
fne nriitsh clsiu, te,the YanEtsa basin
a. a sphere Of iunugnss h hassd on acme.
What riaasy foundations No aligned aud
aNalad document bears witness tu g. bat
merely an afeclai declaration that the
Chinese government would moi alleaafs
any part Of the great central zone % tho
smplfe hut even were there a asuding
agreement. legal Instrument. "a secure
cur siehtss there "a littic probability that
sha Nhsnsaa government under present
circumstances. would regard a. sniess Il
~ase backed un hy seine ahaN - deter
mlnatton our tiue 60 the Yanxtse val
F. icy. "a I wrote Ia The Overland 70 Chi
! ma lies Ia ths Wal and resolution 81 The
British pe9lie
The wAl,sy. 3isected b the magnificent
waterway q tic XanNtse comprises a
, rnsten contAittnk 6ne~thlra ~ che poqula.
stan " China. Ha0Nt l9e eo fs0 - p~0Fse.
ami certainly not iesA than one third %
Tho magnificent resources of the smFirsN
E TITO people are. "a = rule. prosperous and
( Industrious. Al least four OF the etEhtesa
provinces Of ChfnA-~lAgtSn. Human. Mu-
psh. Sseohnau. ~ woil as Part - YuRnan.
fan wishin the area % the sphere thus
s established The Yangtsc-the Great
River As the CAlnsee call TITS Ab0gt
40 miles IN length. ana IS uavfsshle for
steamers for Leo miles from tts moath
while. after \ break 90 several hundred
miles. u IS again nAvsVabas Tor between
80 ana GO Mates. making the eatsrs raw
igat2e length between is9o ans lao miles.
AZ present large 0ccAn- goins steamers ply
60 NAnkow, close upon 10 males from tho
sea Here transhipment has 10 - ef-
fcotca tato a enAa4er class % steamers.
snltabia TO tbs tnnra difncut character %
zhe river. FAR a. TehAa&. soma 80
miles from Hankow Here the we'll
knSwa rApsds prevent navigation exeeps
by large Janks. which 50 up as far rs
chunklng. thu chlef town Ia the province
OF Sxechuan.
Dursng the last few years there have
hcen as many as eighteen largS steamers
kplylpg between Shanghai and HAnkow,
kAnd botwsel that place and Tchaag four
Fl&&xyAerssSsfsligh S6rangnk~aTnsssh
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