Washington sentinel., 1900-07-14
ourChtnese Policy.

situation in China is the incidenta
rather than the chief reason for des-
patching 5000 fresh troops to the
Philippines. Gen. Macarthur has
been begging for reinforcements
After two years OF fighting the in
surrection is more unmanageabIe
than it was when Mr.. Mckinley
precipitated it. So busy are the
60, 600 troops in maintaining mar
tial law in Manila and few other
ports that only a few troops could
be spared for the defense Of Amer
ican lives and property in China.
Yet as the war is "over" for polit-
ical campaign purposes, Mr.. Nc
Kinley has not dared to reinforce
exhausted Mac Arthur.
BY the time these 6.ooo troops
reach the Orient either all Ameri-
can lives and property in China
will have been destroyed or the
Japanese and European troops will
have restored order. And Mr.
Nc Kinley has thus lar shown a
strong indisposition to engage with
the powers in the Reorganization
of China.
Doubtless under his instructions
Admiral Kempf1 refused to join the
powers in bombarding the Taku
forts, and by declining a share in
the spoils avoided the trap set for
America by the British admiral.
Further, when Roosevelt began to
rage for a war in China he was
"called off, and delivered over to
Mark Hanna to have his comb and
his spurs trimmed. Significant
also is it that Bell, Xobbe, Hall.
Hughes, Young, Funston and
Grant, all Bripadier Generals, all
now in the Philippines, all expert
enced in Oriental warfare, were
passed oyer, and Chaffee was
selected for the comma and in China.
Apparently Mr.. Mckinley has
noted that the people are awaken
ing to the truth about his imperial
dreams and his autocracIes in re.
mote parts Of the earth. He must
feel that it is prudent Tor him to try
to allaY suspicion until after the
election and eflace the idea shat he
is an unsafe" man, a tool Of jim.
goes and inperialistic spoils hunt.
ers.
He does we'll to keep hands off
in China. AS the esteemed New
York HeyaId has pointed out, for
him to "Join a European concert to
control the government and deter
mine the fate of the Celestial EN-
pirs" would be mot only an open
disregard of Washington's solemn
warning" against entangling ALI
ances "but also plain violation OF
the Constitution" which expressly
iorbids the President to make war
on foreign people or to send an
army abroad without the formal
sanction Of Congress"
No matter what has happened or
may happen in China, the A.meri-
can people cannot approve any
course that is not guided by reason
to rational ends. The rational end
in this Chinese affair is not bloody
vengeance. For is it not both fool.
ish and just to retort upon the
insane acts OF a frenzied mob with
a massacre OF multitudes that had
no part in the doing OF the mob9
The rational end is the restoration
Of order And the means to that
end are available at China's very
doors. By the time we could get
a large force to China, six weeks
or two months hence, it could be
employed for only one purpose
American participation in the
political destiny OF China. Any
work OF protecting life and prop
ertY that can be done will nave
been done long before our troops
could arrive.
When japan and the powers
shall have restored order and set
up a government, then we can pro-
ceed IN a civilized and intelligent
wav to get indemnity and repara-
ton. ANY other course shan this,
any participation with the powers
In the rehabilitation or division OF
China, would be justly regarded
by the American people as another
illustration, to quote again from
the HeralFS admirable editorial,
cot the imperialism that has got
into the heads oil Mr. Mckinley
and his Republican advisers, and
which if it keeps on, will lead the
country into all sorts OF mIschiev-
Gus tomfoolerV and danger"
Is it worth the Cost.
At the very forefront OF this