Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-02
"OPEN DOOR" DEFINED
Scope Of Tais Coultry's Diplomatic
Achievement.
DISCRIMINATION TO Be PREVENTED
Preserving China's integrity and
Freedom of Trade.
PLEDGES OF THE POWERS


PLEDGES OF THE POW ERS
An international concert of the most COM
DrehenSive character for maintaining free
dom of trade i'm China will be disclosed
when all the facts regarding recent dipIo-
matte ccrrespondrnce are communicated by
President Mckinley to Congress. The an
roUncement thar assurances have already
been received frcr9 all the powers is slight
" pr.rratr1re hut there is no doubt that
they will be received and that they Will
EnaiIy be gwen definite written Iofm-
The scope OF the proposals of the hitei
States the results when nave lpho"'d'
anu tHelr erect upon lh,trhtlioii'l o"4iS'-
tons in China can now he SCI i"rih i"r
the hrsi time with fuch greater precision
ard detail tnan has yet been done All
that has thus far occurred on the su'Jec,
has been preliminary to 4 formal exchange
oI written h"ies- When these noses ar"
exchanged fney VIII not only bind all IN
powers exchanging them 10 respect 'h'
treaty rights 81 ths United States in Chi
IA. but iheE VIII bLHd tdth power 70 re-
sI-est the rights OF All the others In othef
words, the Inlt'd States mas not merely
protected It's own interests py the Pr"po-
sal L" guarantee lht cohIlefclal integrity
OF Ch4l"- put II mas pouiiu edch power "
respect "l'hlh us sphere ol iAilu,hce me
existing rights OF all me Others so nat
tr"nsSrcSsl"n 10y any one power VIII DC
violation of pledges TO all the powers and
not simply 0i those given 10 the single one
whose cI,izei's or pubic interests may be
directly affected Ihe appearance OF the
United Stale III the HELD uf eastern diplO-
macy mas h''n marked. therefore. "y one
o. tn" most notable agreements eyer
leachea by diplomatic consultation
Success. of American DIpI,macx
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form, III. victory for .,neri.,, d;,.I.,r,s[.,.
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notes have. ben given bv each and an cf
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The negotiations on rb,. subject b,,-. i,ae,,
G. FRIED on through C,,rresponJenca virb
fr,.ie,r courts bv -he AD7arfcar rarrasor,-
t,iyes there rather than nv tho Gta+c Do-
pertinent with foreign ministers and am
bassadorS at Washington This is In ac-
Cordance with the regular diplomatic usage
mat new propositions shall he submitted
c-rectIy TO the governments involved
IIlher than L" their representatives. abroad.
ne response OF Germany was the first
10 De reported TO Washington. not Eng
land as has been stated, and was the basis
Of the announcement that the German i'm
perial government was much more friendly
10 the open door and TO the interests of the
hoeraL powers than had been believed. The
response OF France, however, was OF
Character to dIspel any doubt of the earn
'S'hess OF heF wish lor freedom of trade in
'Ae IAiheSe empire France intimated that
she not only favored the open door in all
parts OF China still under Chinese soyer-
eighty, but that she was opposed to the
creation of exclusive spheres of influence,
and that she was ready to maintain free
dom of trade relations in the provinces
over which she is about acquiring influence
The response Of Great Britain was some-
what delayed but was sufficiently clear
Ambassador Choate was advised by the
under secretary for foreign affairs that
Great BrltaIn would cooperate with the
United States in every measure looking
toward freedom of commercial intercourse.
Pledges Given Cona;,
Each ,,,.e, i,,,,,,.s,.s - .-',,..-
apv pIedass rnade sbo,,1d ~,
~ ' iiidue s'4so pS
agreement binding This request was so
reasonable that Secretary Hay early adopt
co the policy OF communicating to each
OF the powers interested the general char
acter OF the assurances received from the
others
In the case of Russia there has been con-
sultation and correspondence, in which the
Russian imperial government has steadily
assumed tone Of the greatest courtesy
and consideration for the wishes of the
United States. The Russian po,,e-nr,o,,t
was in many respects the most keanIy in
tereSted in the settlement of the roat+er
and for this reason asked certain exnIana-
tons. which were not asked in such detail
by the other powers.
Austria Hungary and Tta1,, ir+in,..o,
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