The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.

THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
The certainty that the United States and
Russia are in full accord in policy for the
treatment OF the Chinese complications Is
a crushing blow to those demagogues who
have been insisting for more than year
that there is a secret alliance between the
Mckinley administration and the British
these persons got himself into print in a
declaration to the effect that Mckinley is
waiting to receive Lord Salisbury's orders"
There has not been word or move since
the trouble in China began to indicate that
the administration and the British Ministry
have acted as If there were any sort OF an
alliance From the first the United States
has led. II was the first government to get
communication with its minister in Picking.
1t the most urgent for the advance on
Picking. 1t was the first TO declare against
the breaking up of the territory OF China.
and the first to declare that its soldiers
would be withdrawn as soon as the Chi
Eese government should offer security to
Americans and reparation for property de-
stroyed. And now it unites with Russia in
declaring policy and urging the other
powers to adopt it. If there had ever been
a pretext for any man suspecting any sort
of secret alliance or understanding be-
tween the administration and the British
Ministry, this union with Russia to make
policy destroys it. None but Lentz, of
Ohio, the original inventor of the Anglo
American secret alliance, or Webster Davis,
will have the hardihood to go before an
audience with the revived phantom of an
Anglo-American alliance. If there should
be others. then the number of imbeciles in
the ranks of demagogy is greater than
the Journal has hitherto believed it to be-
The administration joins Russia in the
policy of recognizing Ii Hung Chang and
the early evacuation of Chinese territory
On its part. Russia declares against the
breaking UP of the Chinese empire and
expresses no desire for any part of the
territory of China. That is not only an
acceptance of the American policy, but a
distinct avowal in favor of it. British
the United States and Russia, because
Great Britain distrusts Russia. What Mr..
Kipling says about the Bear and the Rus
sian is simply an expression of the preju-
dice or antipathy of Great Britain, due to
the fact that Russia has shown a DISPOSE
ton for years to question the right of Great
Britain to control the Orient, and British
animosities should have no place in the
settlement of a question which involves the
interests of all the nations. Besides, Rus
an open door to all China than it can have
in the responsibility of the possession of
a part of it. Germany desires more terri
tory, and for that reason may be less
ready to agree to the policy of leaving
China to be nation than to one which
would give it a considerable portion of the
empire. Still, what Germany desires is
trade. rather than territory, so that, with
an open door, that country will be certain
of a full share of the markets of China.
The policy of Russia and the United
| States seems certain to win, and Russia
| showed it's traditional diplomatic acumen
when it sought the United States as an ally
| in carrying it out. 1t has passed by the
| European powers to seek the assistance OF
| a power which has no interest in European
balances of power or European jealousies
| 1t has done this because in the family OF
nations the United States alone Is not dis
| trusted by the others, while it's recently
demonstrated power in war, negotiation
| and commerce makes its friendliness most