Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-13
China Must Have
Responsible Men

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-George jam
lesson, formerly consul-general OF her
Britannia majesty at Shanghai, Is pass
ing through New York on his way 10
China by way of Vancouver. Mr.. jam
lesson is one of the best known authOIi-
ties on Chinese affairs and has made
study Of the finances of the empire.
lie is one OF the founders and an non-
orary secretary OF the China league, an
organization recently formed In Lon
don for the purpose of supplementns
the work of the China association by
educating the public mind OF the Unit
ed Kingdom in regard to the magnitude
work OF the league, Mr.. Jameson said:
Its purposes are similar to those OF
your American Asiatic association,
with which | hope II may establish
close and friendly relations. Like
those here who know anything about
this subject, We are impressed with tCc
importance Of China as an open market
for our manufactures and with the in-
mense possibilities which that country
possess as legitimate field for bus.-
ness enterprises. We mink We have
some reason TO take exception to the
| lack of definite line of policy on the
/ part of our government in its dealings
/ with China, but we recognize the fact
/ that the absence of a strong, popular
sentiment on the subject may be held
| to excuse much of the hesitancy which
has been apparent in English dipl1.
matte action.
MIR. Hay very properly insisted, IL
/ his communications TO foreign govern
ments a year ago, that a reform Of the
administrative system of China was
absolutely bound up with the preserve
ton of the integrity of the empire. Bur
there can be no such reform under the
rule Of the Empress Dowager and he-
corrupt ring of advisers. III the Rus
sian proposal means anything II means
a return TO the statu quo ante to the
of the commercial and other interests
dependent upon the possession OF the
open door in China. Speaking of the
state of things under which the Boxer
movement was promoted and encour-
aged and the life Of every foreigner IN
China was placed in jeopardy. There
are great many things yet to ne eX-
planned In regard to recent events In
China, but this much is certain, that
had the Empress Dowager and her
satellites been allowed their own way
the whole country would have been In
flame of anti-foreign instruction to-
day and the fiction that the powers
are not at war with China would have
to be abandoned.
1T Is true that we must have some
kind of responsible government with
which to make terms for the settlement
of the future of China and of the status
Of all our foreign interests there
There is no such government In China
at the present moment because the
Emperor, If he be still alive, is undeI
duress and the Empress Dowager Can
answer for nothing except the perpetu-
alton of the blind and ignorant hatred
OF the foreigner which she and her adj
visors cherish in common. 1t may be
to the interest of Russia and Ii Hung
Chang to make easy the restoration Of
the authority of the Empress Dowage.'
but II Is certainly not in the interest
of any power that wants to see China
preserved from ACKNOWLEDGMENT ant
launched on career of peaceful pro.
gress and prosperity"