New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-26

s.ec With China for the opening a. Two 49,.
,-esty ports IN Manchuria Russia nrac,,csr,
forbade China 70 make such a treaty ,,-,p st
.Russia) should have Withdrawn from Arsn-
,huria so Il was agreed thar the ,ro.,,- 49,
~ siCne6 the day set for Russ,.,s -,
non. II was signed on that dav. fap, ra,,sv,.
I'D not eNacnate' On the contrary. she held a
srsnd review OF her troops as an exhibition NJ
her strength ana OF her determination no, to
withdraw from Manchuris And now Russ,.rs
under Official inspiration. are saving Tia, che
opening OF those ports would strike az the ,s,.,,
heart of Russian interests, and ina. the A,,o-t-
rsn treaty with China must be modified accord
inC 10 Russian desires or Russia win no. ,,e-,,,,,
q TO SO into force. They add that China had no
richt TO make such treaty. since she already
had made one with Russia giving Russia e,-
elusive privileger in those regions. II is not
known whether China ever did make such a
treaty wiki Russia not. n she die. IL was IN
direct violation Of her treaty OF 1858 with Amer
lea. and Russis's share in X was fragrant re-
pUdiaton 81 her open ooor" promises to the
United States.
There comes 10 hand upon excellent authority
81 report that Russia is again trying TO force
u0cn China treaty giving to Russia an abso-
.vre monopoly ~ trade in Manchuria and that
t0wirai AleNieff the Russian Niceroy OF Man
l1u Ga, is opposed TO the opening Of any part OF
those provinces TO American or other foreign
.ra5e. Al the same time. as if in an attempt to
Justify her pretsnsions and to discredt Arneri-
can rights. Russia il speaking Of Americas at
taurt 20 invade China commercially intimating
-l5t q D. . new thing Wy hat did American
--a3e with NanchUris amount 10 before 1899 -
>recr'-Ely asks the Director Of The Asistic De-
la-tmeIt ot the Russian Foreign Office. and
Whoever nesrd Of ew-Chwang before we
brought order there Or course. every school
t.y knows. or should know. that American trade
nItU Name hUfla before 1S,fs amounted TO mill
The chief port OF Nanchuria freQuented by
American merchants. long before the Russian
Do Fasion- American trade with China is new
trirc. Z is much more thau a century old and
-.tre has probably not been a year IN the last
century when Il has not been considerably
--Feer man husslos trade with China That Is
che fact that makes TIE Great Bear squeaL
America sells more 70 China than does any other
ration save Great Britain ana japan. In 1901.
loI example. China received from Great Britain
-1H-~ aTlC G-tiuE 10 - .2--i.tstb EfaikVzu taels
d.. value from Japan b Boz GOO taels and from
me United States -i.l-.l. se 1aels while she got
irlu the whole continent OF Europe less than
-l"noeo taels, and from the entire Russian
Empire iess t8an 100000 taels-
That, 1 say. IL what hurIs-23. $4,000 taels
truM America ana only 5. 4Ntts)N from Russia.
10 No---ef t-ssli --rst tI2eo 10 counterfeit
amer eai- T~leiIaEhs and sUbsldlze RUSSIAN
CON petition with America. then demanded pref
arentisl taTIH rates in her favor and against
America E1C now Al last seeks absolute eSclu-
sion q American commerce from Manchuria.
f,Cr Why Manchuria alone2 why DO Americans
SET much store by those provinces. TO the neg
let % the rest Of China2 The answer is obvious.
NanchUria is the part Of China which is nearest
20 America, and IN which American commerce
has been most developed. Probably more than
laI OF American exports 10 China are con-
sUmed in the three Manchurian provinces II is
matter Of record that nearly 30 per cent OF
-I American goods entering China enter BY
lie way q the one ManChCrian port Of New
-hWaug
The supreme aim Of Russia is then. to shut
-he open door" and exclude American com
-e--e from China. II Is that end which she
Is bending all her energies in the Far East. and
ro which che is making everything else sub
>l4-a-y. she Is no- lighting for an outlet 10 the
always open sea. for that she has already Sc
cured She Is not striving TO enlarge her Dor
lers for the sake Of more land, for she already
has more land than she knows what to do with
~ u e--edNoIlls 10 ln5uTe ana strike Cow n
neT most formidable commercial competitor, the
United states and. having vainly tried 10 Go so
"a h-le NanchuTIa was Chins's she now proposes
70 d. % ly making Ma1chur1a her own That
rs Der chief reason Tor haEra1tly breaking
her promises 70 evacuate Manchuria She
wants 10 exclude America from that country
She has sai6 that she VIII withdraw from Man
ehuria IL China VIII exclude American COM
rllerce from those provinces But China win not
agree 10 DO SO. Therefore Russia proposes 10
remain II MauChuria and herself exclude Amer
iCan trade. Thar is the situation in nutshell
There are those who think that Russia has
some sort = natural night 20 Manchurla, or at
any rate that she cannot be expected 10 give
in Up uow that she has it, any more than Great
britain can oe expected 70 retire from EgyI't-
Nr- Archibald Colguhoun. one Of the foremost
authorities upon matters AsiatiC has said: 1t
is as impossi 1le for Russia TO abandon Man
rh-ria as f0- England 20 abandon Egypt" But
20 be either satisfactory or convincing the par
auel should be made complete. English control
~ Egypt has not closed the commercial door Of
hat country Il has. on The contrary. opened
i more widely and more securely than ever
before. II Russian occupation q ManChuria
were 10 mean what English occupation Of Egypt
means there would be little ground. unless a
purely academie one. for objection 10 H. Il
would be Tor the practical good Of the world
Hut IL is uCt 20 mean any such thing. J. is TO
mean rne exact reverse. Il is 10 mean
.rusive policy directed against all the world out
side 81 Russia ard especially against America
because America to-day has larger commerce
10 Ne-ehuria than has any other country.
NCu-i1allv. 1he dispute over ManChuria is be
tween Tlussia auE China. and that over Corea
between Russia and japan In essential fact
ttr ~-hoIe problem en- the Far East is one OF
Eas-san hostility 20 American commerce and
- Rrsstsu determination 70 cripple and destroy
-Fa- commerce. hv fair means or by foul by
r=7oe-Ul means or by force. There Is no exsg
ceratior in saying that the crisis thus pre-
aa~-zs is the most serious that American reia-
-fr-e --f-h tn var East have ever known.
DTPIlONATICTS
--ezrfrrro~ .,J- - 1868