Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-03
UNCLE SAM WINS OUT
Russia Will Restore Marchuria
to China Without Reserve.
SOLVES FAR EASTERN PROBLEM,

Result Is a Triumph For American
Diplomacy and sOpen Door" Pol
icy-By Terms of New Treaty Rus
STA VIII Evacuate Territory With
I'm a Year and Surrender Exclusive
Privileges.
international news of the highest i'm
portance reached diplomatic Washing
ton the other day. 1t indicates that the
far eastern problem has been solved
and that the menac to the worlds
peace which has so long held like a
cloud on the Asiatic horizon has at last
been removed. If this shall prove to be
the case, and there seems little reason
to doubt it, American diplomacy must
be given credit for the great work.
The news relates to the terms Of the
! new treaty between Russia and China.
Various reports concerning this impor-
tant compact have been in circulation
both in the United States and Europe.
but Walter WeIlman, 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 to restore the civil
administration of Manchuria without re-
, serve to the Chinese empire.
- agrees to evacuate
Manchuria completely, so far as military
or civil control is concerned, within one
year from the date of the treaty.
Third.-Russia agrees to remove her
army, with a reservation of a small force
for guarding the Russian railway, within
one year, Withdrawing a part of the
troops in four months, another part in
eight months and the final quota in twelve
months.
Fourth.-Russ1a s~urrenders all claim to
exclusive railway and mining privileges in
Manchuria and pledges. herself and China
to 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, II has
no other meaning in the yes 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
i ton. And when the evacuation is &C
complished Inc Manchuria has beer
turned over to the full sovereignty OF
Tie SuluCSS Su1DIlSs DIS 6N SIS Oi1C lSSS q
right tt expect it will be according te
the terms Of the solemn agreement. the
far eastern problem may be regarded
as well nigh solved.
1t was Russia's persistent occupation
of Manchuria that threatened the peace
Of the world, for Manchuria was The
key to the whole Chinese situation. ~
long as Russia held that province il
the grip of 10000 soldiers, as long q!
Russia held not only military sway
but administered the civil government
the integrity of the Chinese empire wa
threatened. If Russia could hUs seiz
and hold Manchuria, Korea was no
safe from a similar acquisition no
north China itself. Hence the agree
ment of Russia to surrender the prov
ince and withdraw her troops is takel
throughout the world as a sign o
peace, as an earnest that MuSCovitt
ambition to overrun the most of east
lern Asia and master the Chinese EN-
;, pire has at last been abandoned. TEN
porarily if not permanently.
"You should be very proud of your for
eign Office" said Count Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador to Washington, a fey
days ago, speaking to an American gen
tleman who called at the embassy. "Sec
rotary Hay has done more than any othe
living man to 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 Cassini is prais
f indeed. But other diplomatists echo i
They point out that it was Secretar
, Hay who injected into the controvers
v China's future the moral ide
which has proved to be the key to th
whole complicated problem. This b
J did in October, 1899. when the worl
first learned that the principle Of th
7 open door had been proclaimed by tn
American government. That principl
{ the United States has stuck to throug
all the changes Inc complications G
the ensuing years.
Since then China has passed throug
f the throes Of a revolution which for
I time threatened the success of th
! American policy. Now and then al
y pearances indicated that the cause Wa
f lost and that greed and spoliatio
would supplant the doctrine Of ECU;
, rights for the nations in the Chimes
empire. Germany has played a ia.
v and loose game, and France has col
sistently supported Russia. Great Bri
\ ain seemed ~hopelessly involved els
where. Japan was not big enough
stem the tide alone. RidicUle was heal
1 ed upon the open door programme.
was everywhere predicted that in Oh
q mas revolutionary turmoil Russ
n would find the opportunity not only
" hold M~anchuria, but to advance, ste
' by step, to greater conquests.
But there is tremendous power in
moral principle when it is constant
# pushed to the front by an able state
man speaking for a nation like Il
United States. This is what Mr.. H
did. He did it not Electrically, n
= with buster, but with tact and ca
ton and always with persistence. !