The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-17
TO OPEN MANCHURIAN PORTS
>yCRITlRl NAYS CONTENTION
EIN MY PREl ans.
MA. mas secured Fran Russia written Ne
>urunccs That size VIII Not oppose the
UpcnIng Of the Ports 10 the Trade OF
the world satisfactory Finding or
N,orp Than two Years az Negotiation.

v,SuIVGTON July l6-After months OF
,..r.,s,o,,r negotiation. marked by much
uncertainty and al times by considerable
.l.Eaeipv. the United States Government
n. oi last secured from Russia written
-,,,rr,- that NO obstacle will be offered
,bn, nation 10 the opening of ports in
,i,nrmIrin To the trade Of all the world.
These assurances are regarded as abso-
rteiv satisfactory. and Will" some details
,., r.r tn br arranged and the period for
,je ,rculng has not been fixed, confidence
l.. n,, that Russia will observe them in
good faith
W.I. If rot for the fact that Secretary
,l,y objects very strongly to the applica-
Ton Of the term American victory" to the
satisfactory ending Of the negotiat ions
in which he has been concerned, ii might
moi bo napproprlat" TO say that Mr. Hay
Lars achieved another not able triumph in
conducting the affairs Of he United States
ia the Far Fast At any rate, with due
,cspect 10 Mr. HAYS objection. men ac-
o.ajn,eo with the hist DRY OF the exchanges
concerning the open door in Manchurla
i,.,s, that il Is due to his good sense. wide
,ynerence, ability and tenacity that the
,prning Of ports in that rich territory is
now made possible.
tn very recent date, even later than
ipD statement supposed to have been pre-
rared al Oyster Bay and given to the press
IN Washington after midnight of July l.,
IN which Russia was accused of having
adopted an attitude mfriendly to- the United
States m the ManChurian open door nego-
,,,,t
matter was shrouded in doubt, and there
were men of high official standing here
who were inclined to believe that the efforts
Of the United States would come TO nothing
unless there was a resort to force, which,
of course, this Government did not con-
template for an instant.
How soon the change in the supposed at
'iiude of Russia came is not known, but
there is reason to believe that il was sudden,
but not wholly voluntary, being produced
NV vigorous representations made by di-
rection Of Mr. Hay. The circumstances
that induced Russia TO give the satisfactory
assurances desired by the United States
will probably never be known, but opinion
ls pretty general here that the desire to
rel ain friendship with the United States
vas the moving cause in bringing about
the present gratifying condition OF affairs
with respect to Manchuria.
nf Russia, which was regarded as SO OBJ
lNctionable by the United States, is that
the trouble arose from a divided admins
ration of Russian affairs in Manchuria
which the conference of high Russian Off
cers lust ended at Port Arthur sought to
remedy. A decision by the Port Arthur
conferees to place Manchuria under a
single ADMINISTRATION for the remaining
reriSi Of the Ruesiau occupation, which
viii have no difficulty in carrying out orders
from st. Petersburg, made it possible, it
is said, for the Imperial Government TO
consent to the opening Of Manchurian
ports to American trade.
Originally the United States Treaty Com
rni-sioners at Shanghai endeavored to
secure an agreement with their Chinese
colleagues for the opening Of the ports
of Mnkden and Takushan, but recently
the name Of the latter port WAS dropped
from the negotiations and that Of Ia Tung
Kau substituted. 1t is confidently en-
lected that Mkden and Ia Tung Ksu
will be the ports 70 he opened 10 foreign
trade To the influence of Japan is at
iihuted the selection Of Ia Tung kau
which lies on the Yam River, close TO the
Corean line, and ia very important TO the
development of trade between Corea and