The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-06
As A "GMEA. rowEE."

The United States has successfully made her Jebu, IS one ot the great powers h has in the post been the policy of the United States to refrain from mixing up ln in. international sff drS of "the great p,w-rS." which term has heretofore been lnirrprrtrd Go mean Great B.itain, (i'r- mmv, France. Russia, Italy and Jdran- Thi, eourtrv cin now tr added to ths list. 10 IS not th,t the United States h,S not loug been reg rirt as one st the most TOW eriul oi the na,i, ms th t this has mol bret the cl>e beture, but entirely on ,co. nt [ its S-l chosen policy ot mod ,>, .,i,-.,I.gtoit>o n afhrS and those of trr W->trn continents, and permitting th- Euro.-,uu u lions Co regulate the qseS- lions 1i uirr ,.u.l concern in the East rrlW,rd ., i,hiullv has the United S,de> .tn-re1 Co this policy that the n~Wiv N ,>euej JlpHese were enabled to asS-rt the t,m, oi their country to the rights of a 'sr-,, D wer' bsfore the force Of a-,ums, mes Impellej this country into tre whirlpool ot the whole wide worlds affairs.
 The occasion of this newly acquired pO- siuon of ihe United States is the success hl esotist.on by Secretary Of State John Hav of the agreement to maintain the open door polilv in China. Mr. Hav, as Amer ica's { rsign minister. recently addressed Identical notes Co all the srel, powers, ask ing them Go co-op-rate with the United States in maintaining an open door in Chmt f0i tue commerce of the world. Satisfactory tepi es have bern received from all of them Ssve l,alv, and there Is no doubt but thit she will assent Co the policy agreed upvn bv the other powers. The action 1f Grelt Britain w,S largely re- Sc nsibe for the entire success of Seers- tiry Hays negoti ,tionS. The diplomats ot the other countries seemed surprised at first, and delayed their answers, perhaps, to give time for consultation in relation to the presumption Of the North American oaaoiA n,,i Essi.., .,---...,i-.y Hating language, without consulting Wllh any of the r representatives of other coun- tres, gave a full ard free assent to the American request without reservation. Her foreign minister did even more, he quoted in his reply muCh Of the phr 'Seol- ogv Of Secret " Hiv's ncte verbatim. Thus, before any Of the other powers had time Co act, the reoueS, had become joint one from both America and England. Japan. Germany. France and Russia. then, in the order named, gave favorable replies, cash making itS consent contingent up'n the agreement being unanimous. The thing was done, and hencsforth the pow CTS will be compelled to consult the United States.
 This incident WIS the occasion. but by no means the cause ot the advent of the United States as a great power." This country has been impeled forward into a more snl more conspicuous position amongS, the nations by her greit growth anI development fos many generations. American interests be- me world wide in their character wears ago, and have been ln,ruding themselves into prominen, plateS rather frequently during the latter two decades. But the war with Soain and the acquisition of olt worli possessions hn- ally m de it ,b>olulelv impossible for the United Stde> Co lnrger eontne her sphere to ;he cd finn, n1rrnw limits.