Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-20

dOSOlulcIy IcC w Hlah'
address DR.. Kilmer & Home of ~swampRoot'
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When wiring men
ton reading this generous offer IN thls paper
gun 10y either of the allies would de-
Drive it OF any right to appeal TO us
ally for assistance. and even II a quar-
rel were forced upon either Of them
they coild not demand any help unless
the original question involved the
rights and interests of both.
What is wanted in the far east Is not
an .AngIOG.rman agreement or an An
c~lo-Japanese agreement, but a general
agreement on the part of all the Eu-
roroan powers to some instrument cor
responding to the treaty of Parls or
1886, whereby the independence ana
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 IL
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 4 Ientsin. Japan
and the United States would have OF
necessity to be parties, and the pres
ence of .Tapan renders it impossible to
have a white mans concert and that
of the United States equally %precludes
d European concert"
The principle, however, Is a sound
one. and IT. would be well If the United
States or Russia took this Anglo-Jap-
anesr treaty as a point of departure
for raising the whole question as to
whether the future of the 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 Il general understanding on
the lines Of the Russian circular of
1900 ought o to be unattainable.
Former Attorney General John W.
Griggs sees in the new treaty between
Great Britain and Japan Il great step
toward the realization in the far east
of policies of which the United States
has been Il determined and notable eX-
Vonent. At his home in Paterson. y.
j.. Mr.. Griggs said to Il reporter of the
New y rk Herald:
This treaty is apparently ii carry ing
nj of the p Icy enuliciated by Secre-
tary Hay iii his note of July. 1900. 1t
should meet with approval in Ameri-
ca, us it crystallizes into actual prac-
tice those ideas for which we have
striven. 1t 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 its face no altruiStic
move. Japan and England say that
they. have Interests at stake. and they
lttd - d Np.t1l
ton Of powers against II the other
will .ioin its ally in resistance and that
they will mutually exert their inllu
ence in peace to aid each other. Tie
agreement reciteS that they seek to
obtain in China and. Korea equal op.
p%Ortunities for the commerce of all rlu-
tons. and therein is distinctly to our
advantage. We have long stood for
the open dor
while We may welcome. also the
provisi n concerning the maintenance
of the integrity of the Chinese empire.
which has been Il %steadfast object of
our policy, It is not certain whether
Russia will look upon it with equal ia
vtr. l cannot tell how she will regard
it in view Of her Manchurian interests.
Russia has always held the door open
to lis. She has avoided incommoding
our merchants and has been friendly
to us in China. We hive nothing to
complain Of in her treatment of our
business interests il, Manchuria tr
elsewhere. AS she 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. II England
gets Over the T%ransvaal 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 MiqueiOn. We dislike
the treaty because we dislike Euglaud