The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-06

the United States in the view of the
st Petersburg Stock Exchange Chron-
icle" that Russia IS the only country
which has emerged from the Chinese
situation with credit, honor, and, par
ticularIy, advantage. The statement is
true perhaps. but If Il represents Of
fetal opinion. II IS rather brutal
Throughout the Chinese embrogIio the
niTth, if not sometimes the Indignation,
Of nations has been excited by the spec
tacle Of the United States waggins its
Chinese policy in recognition of the
Russian bark Russia, indeed, gets out
Of the complication with 8Ianch1ria
and the Laoting Peninsula to the good,
and. in addition. with whatever cash
may be derivabIe from the indemnity
loan. This country secures nothing but
a promise TO pay, which may be good
or not, according TO future CITCum-
stances. The chances, as seen from
the present viewpoint, are not en-
cOuraging as to the outcome Sir Rob
ert Hart whose long residence IN
China and distinguished career in her
customs Service enuue him to d more
than respectful hearing, does not be
Ieve that the Chinese question at large
is or is in the way Of being settled.
China, unfortUna teIy, has not been
given the object lesson Of Western pow
er that was needed TO satisfy Cinnamon
that they could not anront and outrage
the worlds dominant civilization with
IMMUNITY. The hatred Of foreigners
which allowed the Empress Dowager to
order the destruction Of the legations,
ana the massacre OF their inmates, is
still rife in the Empire. and the author
/ Of the greatest attempted aJrocity in
! International history is allowed 10 re-
main IN power. and viii be again su-
! preme IN control OF the situation when
! the Court shall return to Pekin-
We are compelled to think that this
/ regrettabIe circumstance IS the result
/ OF mutual agreement OF the United
/ States and Russia to oppose punish
ment Of the Empress Dowager and her
/ immediate associates n the attack on
! the legations and 10 forgive China and
( cut and scuttIe from Pekin. For Rus
/ STA, this was not bad policy, politically
/ considered It made China willing to
+
/ Chinese Turkestan to Russian occupa-
! ton But. for the United States. the
/ Joint movement was disastrous It left
( all the advantages to Russia, and to US
! the .bIoquy Of having spoiled the haT-
: mony Of the Concert and occcasiOning
the loss OF our prestige and the unfriend-
/ ship Of our European allies Russia
+ wins everything that she could desire.
. We lose everything in the game which
was important 10 as. The very course
and actions Of our single ally expose
/ Us TO disaster. We have helped Russia
/ to accomplish the seizure of NanchuTia
+ and the other provinces now under her
control, and we have not gained there
by a single advantage in the way Of
( the open door. The Gar. being salts
/ fed with what he has, is benevolently
/ Indifferent 10 what the other Powers
/ do in China proper II is altogether
unlikely that he will interpose any OBJ
+ lection to the seizure Of the Island Of
/ Hainan by France, and If France be
permitted 10 make that acquisition It
viii probably be treasured as d prace-
dent for further aggressions upon the
integrity Of the Chinese Empire by
other States
But for our inexplicabIe alliance with
Russia last September, it Is not likely
that our representations 10 the Council
of Ministers, favorable to a reduction
Of the indemnity, would have been
/ treated with polite dIsdain- But they
were. and the evacuation Of China finds
Us in -humiHating position Of being
regarded as not worth considering IN
the premises, from a military or polit-
zeal point Of view. Russia says the
st Petersburg Stock Exchange Chrgn-
icle,' is the one country which emerges
with credit from the most depIorabIe
/ spectacle If feebieness even exhibited
/ by. civilized peoples" The retreat Of the
Powers from China it thus comments
| upon:
1T is the retreat Of the ArgoHauts, The
| Powers went out to seek gold How DO they
/ rcturnz Empty handed, but with q promise from
the Chinese TO raise loan This replaces the
1 ArgoHauts and their golden dreams
And the dLslllusIoE Is all the greater because
never before his an attempt 90 bring the POHeT5
( together and make them forget their -quarreis
{ SO poorly succeeded It j. vain % seek any
positive results from all these marches and dem
ousrrarious. The Chinese question was never fur
( Their from beng settled. although there has been
/ SO much financial and military expenditure.
''ESut negative results abound.
"FirstIy. we have not paoiaad China
Secondly, the security Of foreigners IS not
guaranteed assured
'-TAird-Ilic sphere Of commerce has not been
/ extended.
..Fourti-Tha superiority OF Western cfviIiza-
/ ton has not been impressed the mind Of
aFiftbIThe belief Of China in the mutual dis
/ trust Of the Powers, IN inevitable quarrei5 be
| tween The civilization. has been II no wise
/ Under these circumstances Russia can we'll
! afford ,au.sIaceutly 70 watch the march Of the
! Arg0naurs and 10 congratulate herself upon her
refusal 10 JOIN IN the Concert
The return Of the ArgonauJ5 proves nothing
/ There uII probably be trCsn surprises in China
| again and again, and next time what nation
( Germany so lightly assumed, with military and
I Diplomatic results which caH-bc little cnTledz'
It viii be observed that this state
ment, emanating from a Journal in
close touch with ". de Witte, Russian
Minister Of Finance. uncomfortably
/ COMEDIES with the opinions recently ex-
/ pressed by Sir Robert Hart. He be-
Iieves the whole plan of settlement, in
detail at least, radically wrong.
Fortifying the legations will do little
| good. It viii be treated as a foreign
menace 10 the supremacy Of China in
her own capital, Should the Chinese
desire to do so, he has no doubt that the
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