The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-01
UNCLE SAM WINS OUT
Russia Will Restore Manchuria
to China Without Reserve.
SOLVES FAR EASTERN PROBLEM.


icy-By Terms of New Treaty Rus
sia VIII Evncunte Territory with
In n Year and Surrender Exclusive
Privileges.
International news Of the highest im.
portance reached diplomatic Washing.
ton the other day. IL indicates that the
far eastern problem has been solved
and that the menace e the worlds
pence which has 80 long held like a
cloud on the Asiatic horizon has at last
been removed. II this shall prove TO be
the case, and there seems little reason
10 doubt II. American diplomacy must
be given credit for the great work.
The news relates 10 the terms OF the
new treaty between Russia and China
Various reports con" ming this lmpor-
tant compact have been In circulation
both In the United States and Europe,
but Walter Wellman, the Washington
correspondent Of the Chicago Record
Herald, is now able TO give the salient
contents Of that document a full copy
Of which is expected at Washington In
a short time:
First-Russia agrees 10 restore the civil
administration Of Manchuria without 40.
serve 90 the Chinese empire.
Second.-Russia agrees 10 evacuste
Manchuria completely, 30 far az military
or civil control IA concerned, within one
year from the date Of the treaty.
Third.-Russia agrees 10 remove her
army. with "a reservation Of a small force
no uIt
one year. withdrawing part OF the
troops in four months, another part In
eight months and the final quota In twelve
months.
Fourth.-Russia surrenders all claim TO
exclusive railway and mining privileges in
Manchuria and pledges herself and China
90 the 'open door" principle In that prov
ince
The meaning OF this is that Russia
surrenders Manchuria and turns the
whole province back TO China. IL has
no other meaning in the eyes OF the
foreign office. This also is the view ex.
pressed by the Russian government
and by Russian ambassadors In various
capitals The honor Of the Russian
government is pledged TO this evacua-
tlon. And when the evacuation is ac-
turned over 10 the full sovereignty OF
the Chinese empire, as every one has
right 10 expect it will be according TO
the terms OF the solemn agreement, the
far eastern problem may be regarded
as well nigh solved
IL was Russia's persistent occupation
OF Manchuria that threatened the peace
..f O., A.
key &C. the whole Chinese situation. As
long as Russia held that province in
the grip of 10000 soldiers. as long as
Russia held not only military sway,
but administered the civil government.
the integrity OF the Chinese empire was
threatened. If Russia could thus seize
and hold Manchuria, Korea was not
snfe from similar acquisition nor
north China itself. Hence the agree
ment OF Russia 10 surrender the prov
ince and withdraw her troops In taken
throughout the world as sign OF
peace. as an earnest that Muscovite
ambition TO overrun the most of east.
ern Asia and master the Chinese em-
pire has at last been abandoned, TEN
hOh
You should be very proud OF your for
elgn office" said Count Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador TO Washington. a few
days ago. speaking 20 an American gem
tleman who called at the embassy. Sec
retary Hay has done more than any other
living man 20 solve the eastern problem
All the powers have now adopted his plat
form for the integrity Of the Chinese EN-
pire and the open door
Praise from Count Casslnl is praise
indeed. But other diplomatists echo II.
They point out that 1t was Secretary
Hay who injected into the controversy
over China's future the moral idea
which has proved TO be the key 10 the
whole complicated problem. This he
did in October, 1899, when the world
first learned that the principle OF the
open door had been proclaimed by the
American government That principle
the United States has stuck to through
all the changes aud complications OF
the ensuing years.
Since then China has passed through
the throes of revolution which for a
time threatened the success of the
American policy. Now and then ap.
pearances indicated that the cause was
lost and that greed and spoliation
would supplant the doctrine OF equal
rights for the nations in the Chinese
empire. Germany has played fast
and loose game, and France has con.
sistently supported Russia. Great Brit.
ain seemed hopelessly involved else
where. Japan was not big enough to
stem the tide alone. Ridicule was heap
cd upon the open door programme. It
was everywhere predicted that in Chi
mas revolutionary turmoil Russia
would find the opportunity not only to
hold Manchuria, but 10 advance. step
by step, TO greater conquests,
But there is tremendous power In Il
moral principle when IL is constan ntly
pushed 20 the front by an able states.
man speaking for n nation like the
United States. This is what Mr.. Hay
did He did IL not theatrically, not