The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-27
AS VIEWED AT WASHING TON
fsy cuARLEs A. EDWARDS

between the devil ana the deep sea ahu
has his ear to the ground again TO catch
any note OF warning from the American
peoule
II a howl goes IN from the neop!e aga ne;
his keeplng the troons Of ms co1ntiy IN
china. now thai the work OF rescue -
over he win nrobsbiv MAKE soma sort of
hun at getting tbem out n there. If the
peorle do moi manifest their d.spleasIYe
al his maintainlug a standing army op
Chinese soil in a yery unmistaKaols man
and the administration will continue p
s.,,, ~ Sn W 49,, anu neip pun "si''"
The noiiov Of mo united safes seems
to be lax ely dictated by Great Britain
~ is apparent to the student OF pa9If
ava W. ~ saa n 1 haa "a IS
ue to preserve English prestige In the
Orient, with nothing to gain for ourselves.
The Oriental policy of this government. rs
administered BY Mckinley and Hay, Is
based ON the assumption tina. the open
door must be maintained at whatever
cost and at all hazards and that the par
titiun of China must be delayed as LONG
as possible.
Fer years the necessity Tor presery.ns
the open door" in China has been argued
with considerable force until the pubic
mas come to have an almost oppressive
sense of the high significance OF this
pohcy-whatever 1t may mean. Now that
the veil Of diplomatic and political mys-
terry has been suddenly rent asunder ana
American blood has been poured out o.
Chinese soil we are suddenly awakened TO
me TACT that the open door in Will.
we have hitherto believed as a sort OF
NAUC0al feLlCl.
tne hinges work but one way.
49,
The "onen door" il univ A., aunnoniou,
VI oAP' eS''ns lolSioie l4ee t'''e
with nations too weak to oppose US In
way, this sort Of policy has been proataple
ENGLAND pnt boo, aho,,, no tf,ited
0'a'es' Hhslanu ls' aIter an tue o"lS
great civilized power which holds the door
oDen to allcomers All fine other Natjona
doors in The civilized world are clos d to
our merchants. And ye,. despite tAesa
closed doors, American exporters sent
sbtoad and sold last YEAR gonds ia "a,
Our own door is closed with an auto
n-Aile' nlsD tarlh attachment. Yet the
u S.''VI sciH 10 HUo1'
COO our exports tn the chinese emDir,
last year were less than S2J,tOJ,COJ. ANA
our imports less than SaO,OJO,OOJ'
Now uo you ses Tue po-nt ~ Is SIN
ohciarv of the "anen door" noiIcv and spe
atsosbs the lions share of Chlnas trade,
which is the backbone of her comm reidl
empire. England is also vitality inter
ested in curlaillng the growth OF Asiatlc
Russia. which Is growing menace to her
Chinese trade and her indian emplre.
This administration. by the terms nj its
secret, unwritten alliance win ENGLAND
is bound to aid Great Britain In her
schemes of "expansion" ana thunder IN
he Far East As matter of faof mo
United States Is now STANDING hetyoar
Great prito{r and mo Ls,,roras, n,,,'o
ana preventing the 1ntter fron, dam.nd 81,
n pro rata divjsi1n NJ no sn1,,s IN M
suance of iris noiicv tbis aJn,1rist.otr.,,,
uilI ooIl r.,o,, ~ IT,art - 49, 80.
h,ord o,a trnar-ro a., ~ ryt,o.. ~ oaIt,
~ ~ si,ts i-t
rarsb, 49, 80 ~ 80, :. o'' -
reonsd ~
N"F
ms country IS right now sending mil
lions of feet OF lumber to China with
which TO hu1d wInter ouorters for orr
+roon. 49,. 49,, -
''oop' cay o'ei 'Neie anu 'nose 'La'
Will be sent later to assist in this chestnut
teated at the polls next November, we
may expect to see we'll developed policy
in line with that of England before the
winter is over, That will be to help in
t lie paitl iioa 81 the Cn!neSe empire anu
thus continue an The imnsriaIIilj. Nov w.