Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-13

b original question involved the
rights and interests of both.
What is wanted in the far east is not
an Anglo-German agreement or an An
glo-Japanese agreement, but a general
agreement on the part of all the Eu-
ropean powers to ONE instrument cor
responding to the treaty of Paris of
1856, whereby the independence and
integrity Of the Turkish empire are
guaranteed by all the signatories bind
ing themselves to forswear any sep
arate designs on Chinese territory or
isolated agreements with the Chinese
emperor. The difficulty is to find a
phrase corresponding to European
concert" for any such general inter-
national charter for the maintenance
and independence of the Chinese and
the maintenance of the "open door" Sc
cured by the treaty Of 1Ientsin. Japan
and the United States would have Of
necessity to be parties, and ths pres
ence of Japan renders it impossible to
have a white mans concert AND that
of the United States equally precludes
a European concert"
The principle, however, is a sound
one, and it would be we'll if the United
States or Russia took this Anglo-Jap-
anese treaty as a point Of departure
for raising the whole question as to
whether the future of b Chinese en-
pire might be made the subject of gen
eral international pact of peace. 1t
would be necessary to exclude certain
subjects, such as that OF missionaries,
in which Russia and Japan have no in
terest from this general international
understanding, but the question of ter
ritorial integrity, the "open door" for
trade and a general understanding on
the lines of the Russian circular Of
1900 ought not to be unattainable.
Former Attorney General John W.
@Griggs sees in the new treaty between
Great Britain and Japan a great step
toward the realization in the far east
of policies of which the United States
has been a determined and notable e1-
ponent. At his home in Paterson, n.
J., Mr.. Griggs said to a reporter Of the
New York Herald:
'"This treaty is apparently a carrying
out of the policy enunciated by Secre-
tary Hay in his note of July, 1900. It
should meet with approval in Ameri-
ca, as it c~rystallizes into actual prac-
tice those ideas for which we nave
striyen. It affects us only favorably
and, as apparently giving to US just
what we have wished-the open door
should be welcomed here.
"ThiS is on it's face no ~aitrufstic
move. Japan and England say that
they have interests at stake, and they
announce that where there is a coali-
ton of powers against one the other
will join it's ally in resistance and that
they will mutually exert their infu-
ence in peace to aid each other. The
agreement recites that they seek to
obtain in China and Korea equal op-
portunities for the commerce of all ma
tons, and therein is distinctly to our
advantage. We have long stood for
the open door,
"While we may welcome also the
provision concerning the maintenance
of the integrity of the Chinese empire,
| which has been a steadfast object Of
our policy, it is not certain whether
Russia Will look upon it with equal ia
vor. ! cannot tell how she will regard
it in view of her Manchurian interests.
Russia has always held the door open
to US. She has avoided incommoding
our merchants and has been friendly
to US in China. We have nothing to
complain of in her treatment of our
business interests in Manchuria or
elsewhere. AS h has constantly pro-
tested her intention to continue that
policy, we have had nothing especial to
fear"
Lucien Millevoye, deputy from Paris,
discussing the new treaty, said to a
New York Journal correspondent:
"France and other countries should
take advantage Of England's Difficult
| ties to settle old accounts. If England
gets over the Transvaal middle, her
| arrogance, with the fighting japanese
at her back, will be intolerable, and
she will poster us not only in New
foundland, but in the French isles OF
St Pierre and Miquelon. We dislike
| the treaty because we dislike England
and because it is against Russia.
"France has blocked England by the
Yunnan railway, so there ant be any
more natural expansion from Burma
| to Cochin China. 1 am glad b United
| States has not entered the game with
England and Japan, though the for
! eign relations committee Of the United
| States seemed to favor it. We are
proud to think the United States sticks
close to it's traditional friends, Russia
and France. They are the only two
great nations which have had
anything but the most cordial relations
with the United States.
chamberlain has worked the Euro
pean coalition lie for all it was worth
Why Easter Is a "MOvab1es Feast.
During all of March the sun is CON
: ing farther north. About the Goth il
shines directly on the equator, and the
day is Just as long as the night. Tbs
time of the old Jewish passover. ani