Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-05

we'll as 10 Japan, not TO take any such
step. 1t is in keeping with her conduct
II connection with Batoum, in tle
Black sea. She bound herself BY cat
treaty Of Berlin that DaJ0um should be
. free port and mortified. ye- le-j9-
eraLely closed i eight yeas FER a.
converted it into 4 naval oE--JIG, ST.
which occasion Lord 2cse0z.E, -
English foreign secretary. c0-D.aincl
bitterly in = memorable dispatch =
Russia's failure to recognize me bind
ing force and sanctity OF international
engagements adding that il tends 10
make future conventions and treaties
difficult, II not impossible, and 20 cas-
doubt at least upon the worth OF tle
treaties already in existence This IS
only one of scores Of other instances
where treaties and conventions signed
by Russia have been violated IN the
most impudenJ manner by that power
either on the strength of some QuiUA'e
or else without any preteXt a. all. The
powers concerned have no guarantee or
assurance that if Russia marches her
troops into China and seize5 the capital
she will consent TO march out again.
and if she remains there and obtains
control Of the Chinese government, II
will be equivalent to the closure Of ne
vast MongOl empire to the trade and
industry Of all other nations Even
France appears to doubt the good faith
of Russia in spite Of the much-yaunred
alliance, for the french envoy at Pc
kin, NJ. Gerard, is giving no support TO
VI. de Giers, the Russian minister, ard
French fnanciers have repeatedly de-
clined of late to loan the Russian gov
eminent any more money. England,
the United States, Germany, France,
and to certain degree Italy have i'll
terests that are Identical in China.
namely, the Open-dOor policy and th
retention of China as a market to the
trade and industry of all the world.
These interests are certain to be IN
danger, and in all likelihood to be de-
strOyed, if the five powers in question
side either with Russia or with Japan
in allowing one Or the other to inter
vene alone
No Immediate Solution.
Meanwhile the insurrection proceeds
apace, missionaries and merchants are
being massacred, and European AMI
American property is being devastated
Nor does there appear any immediate
solution Of the problem, for it is by no
means certain that either a Russian or
Japanene invasion of China would
suffice to quell the anti-fOreigner move
ment The forces that would confront
an invading army are too great, the
empire is too vast in extent, the pOpu-
lat1on too colossal. That there may
have been sympathy on the part Of the
dowager empress for Russia in the past
is quite probable, for she must have 0b-
served that the Muscovite empire is the
only foreign power whose policy never
waivers and always pursues the same
aim until it attains it, sometimes only
after the lapse Of many years. But she
has now, according to all appearances, |
cut herself adrift from her MuscOvi+9
entanglements, realizing that Russia =
more TaVenOus than any other foreign
power for Chinese territory and cOnSTi |
tutes more serious peril to the integ-
rity and independence Of the empire
than any other nation. The empress
is resolved to rely on the Chinese alone, |
and by cleverly appealing to their love
for their native land. and above all to |
their fierce and fanatic adherence Of !
the foreigner, may be said to have |
welded her 4O0,OOO,OOO countrymen into
a colossal force that no longer cOnsti- !
tutes the danger, but a support to the |
throne, with the watchword of China !
for the Chinese"