The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1900-04-08
The Effect Ofthe Diplomatic Victory
Won by Sec, Hay is to Give VAL
idity to Treaties with China
ENGLAND TRIED FOR II AND FAILED
But the United States Secured the De-
sired Concessions, After Months
Of Negotiations.

Secretary HAY has transmitted to congress
the correspondence had with the government Of
Great Britain, France Germany, Russia, Italy
and Japan, concerning the "oi en- door" in
China, the result being complete success, each
OF the governments addressed agreeing to main
tain an "upen door, so far rs ITS s'sphere of in
auence extends. both tarritoriallv and other
wise. This is a matter Of great importance to
the Cnited States and the commercial nations
generally, rs wen rs a distinct personal and
diplomatic triumph for Secretary Hay himself.
By the "open door IN China, Is meant that
American citizens and American goods and
American vessels in the Russian. Germ m, Brit
ish, or other spheres ofinhDence, shall be placed
on exactly the same terms as the Russians, Cor
mans, British. or others, ae the case may be-,
k1r instance, Russia constructs port aud
buhdS railways to give her people access TO lt,
but under this ~open door" arrangement, She
cannot give her people any discriminating port
duties, lower transportation rates, or use any
other means 20 give her own people bonus a
the ex ense aud to the disa vantage Of her
American competitors. The me holds true
with every other agreeing nation Americans
are Go he on unequal footing with the citnens
spheres OF influence IN china.
England tried and failed, few years ago, to
attain the end the United states has Just at
tsined with Qulckness and an ease that seems
almost absurd. England failed, though she
persisted in her negotiations for several months,
and declared be ore the world that so vital was
the @open door, policy in China to her, that she
w0nld fight for it rather than forego 10. The
rest OF Europe took this as British bounce and
buster, and calmly ignored u, and went ON Sc
curing new spheres and charging old ones
Then England quit trying to keep an "open
door" TO China. and Ten 10 grabbing spheres Of
infiuen TO herself There the subject rested
until the Uui ed States through Secretary Hay,
took mp the mat er where England had been
conn elled to leave it OF,
Great Britain was. Of the first govern
ment to aceede to the ropoeit ms, giving to
them an unqualified acceptance. Germany fol-
lowed without hesi alton. France and russia
held on little, thinking apparently that it
might ne a scheme 90 their disadvantage and to
The advantage OF England, which neither Of
them loves a. ieVerently as Dan I'd loved iona
than Framed was finally satisfied, and Russia
sonn followed, llaly had small interests in.
China, and agreed among The first. Thus all the
gov ernmcnts in Europe. having interests in
China joined the CONF act Japan regarded ii
as ealv a con pact to maintain the integrity 81
the Chinese empire. and the only way ia which
its partitions among the hungry hfistian ma
lions could lie prevented, and, d eoui Sc, aeceded
to ID as soon as 10 called 70 tef attention. II
all seems very simple as here set forth, doe MT
it9 But asa matter OF fact d took months Of
negotiations 10 bring about the desired result