Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-01-05
TRIUMPH FOR AMER ca
CHINESE OPEN DOOR PRACTICALLY
AGREED TO oBYTuE POWERS.
England First in Line, Closely Followed
By Germany and France---Russia Was
Coy for a Time, But Finally Came over
.-.An Important Verdict.

.-.An Important Verdict.
Washington. - Negotiations opened
by Secretary Hay with the great pow
srs Of Europe and with Japan towards
securing common understanding for
continued opsn door p ,licy through
out China, have mat with most crafty
Ing results. The state department IL
unwilling at present TO make public the
nature of the replies received. as this
information VII be embodied In spe-
cial message to congress-.
But in other quarters thoroughly
creditabls and in position to have
trustworthy and accurate information,
it is learned that favorable responses
have been made by Great Britiian, Ger
many, France, Russia, the Russian
communication coming as late as Sat-
urday, and Japan. There is no doubt,
ii is thought here, that Italy, the re
naming country addressed, will msks
favorable answer, II indeed 1t has not
already done so. The position Of Italy
Is felt to be assured by the favorable
course adopted by the other four great
powers Of Europe.
The Importance Of this unanimous
verdict by all the first class powers Of
the world Great Britain, Russia, Ger
many, France, Italy, and japan, III
conjunction with the United States--
can hardly be over estlma ted, 80 far
aa 1t relates to the future of China,
and the commerce Of the world In
that empire. The state department
is loa.h to discuss the far reaching
results to be secured when the agree
met advanced to the stage Of formal
consumE ation, for each favorabl re-
sponse Is conditioned on the favorable
action Of all the other parties, 30 that
In each case the negotiations may be
regarded as short of absolute fnality
But while the department Is silent the
details come from sources believed to
be fully oonvsrsant with whist is oc-
CURED.
According to this information, the
British answer was the first to be sub
mittted and was exceptionally compre
hensive and explicit In yielding to
every suggestion made Ly the United
States relative to maintaining ths free
entry to the ports of China. The Brit
lsh answer Is said to emphasize the con
currence with the United States by
adopting word for word, much Of the
phraseclogy employed by Secretary Hay
when he addressed his original note to
Great Britain AMI the other powers.
The wording is such ss to make plain
that the British government conours
limitation IN policy of free access to
China.
Although much secrecy was observed
In the transmission Of tie British au-
swer It's general purport soon became
known at the other European capitals
and there was not little irritation
at what was regarded u precipitats re-
sponss, purposely designed to embarrass
the continental powers by showing
Grsat britain and tie United States
hctipg VI concert, while the rest of the
world he'd slcof. But this situation
was mad much mose satisfactory to
the contineptal powers by their deter
mination to'aot for themselves.
, Germany isstaid to have besn the
next power to anwser in the affair.
, Germany's answer waR rather more
, vague than the one which had preceded
) 1t, but its general tendency was favor
: sble, the only conditions teing that
any arrangement as to fres access to
China should be universal and assented
to by I'll the powers.
The French answer is understood tC
have come rext and the circumstance
attending 1t were srather peculiar and
not in tie nature of direct answer
although tie results was regarded s:
most satisfactory.
Secretary Hays note lad teen for
warded to Gen. HorGo, Porter, tlt
United States ambassador to France
who promptly called upon M. De'caese
minister Of fore gn affairs in th,
= French cabinet. Gen. Porter mad;
kncwn his mission whereupon NJ. Del
casse showed the most sympathetiC
spirit and stated that he had alread,
made ample answer to just such a com
munication, although at the tine l.
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