The San Francisco call., 1904-03-11
MR.. HAYS DIPLOMACY.

X tary Hays diplomacy, and declares that but for
him Europe would be in fine accord and in sub
stantal agreement the Eastern question. Americans
are not surprised that Russia fails to comprehend
American diplomacy 1t is because the crooked cannot
understand the straight Mr.. Hays policy consists in
doing the right thing the right time. 1t is OBJ
vousy right that no other nation dare take the risk
dsagreeing with him.
His foresight better than that of others when he
addressed his open door Europe and got the
powers agree that all have equal right Chinese
trade mpedy that is of his complained of by
Russia. Yet she assented it. 1t will be that by
whoever proposed, that policy right that
merca nation dared dissent though they each might
have been sorry for the chance to Each may have
cherished hopes of exclusive advantages, it is
Russia and Germany did, but when directly asked
by Mr.. Hay if that what they thinking about
each declared that it thinking about something else
and with unwilling alacrity subscribed to the open door
1t hard thing to do, but it had to be done Re-
fusa would been confession of the intention
China against everybody else, and this Russia did
dare disclose. There doubt that after that
experience with Mr.. Hay any nation that intended doing
wrong in the East kept uneasy looking back to il
Mr.. Hay in sight anywhere the track
Germany and Russia would like to join hands in bring
ing China to the block and France is probably not
getting the Yangtsekang enlarge her
Indo Chinese possessions Their plans would doveta
finely, and against such combination England would
be quite ineffective She could consult the
trumvirate of interested nations because she has
Asatic empire exposed attack No other nation ex-
cep the United States could ask Europe if it thought
cutting China in convenient pieces When Mr. Hay
suggested the inquiry they all fastened to hide their
carving sets and to agree with him that Chinese neu-
traly and territorial integrity must be respected.
His phrasing OF the condition made Russia uneasy
for it required that the administrative entity of China
be respected That that the Chinese Government
to be again subjected the and duress
by which Russia tried force the treaty of which Min
lister Conger notice to Government. At least
Russia interprets the diplomatic phrase, though that
her only interpretation If the authority and ad
mnistrative entity of China not safeguarded Rus
would have i'll Peking fertile field for intrigue. She
practically usurp administrative functions
China by compelling the granting of privileges of the
highest value in her contest with Japan OF it
would be pretended that this the free of China
Russia would like do Peking just what Japan has
done Seoul, but that impossible since Mr.. Hays
In sending that note he simply followed his open
door policy The selfrespec OF our Government would
have been hamed if he had kept silent Now it is vim
dcaed and only those who have been restrained from
wrongdoing affronted.
The Russian criticism OF Mr.. Hay is doubt official
for il has the Janus face of Muscovite oicaldom Say
ing that every chancelIory in Europe working to
general catastrophe by preventing the entangle
ment of an outside power i'll this when Mr.
Hays note almost defeated them. this Russian critic
declares that they all the quvive for his next
What was every chanceory in Europe doing to To-
calize the that held up by Mr. Hays note? The
statement is a falsehood its face. The only thing
that could have spread the would have been dis
respect for the administrative entity OF China If the
chancelories doing what this Russian says they
were they should all be thankful for the help Mr. Hay
gave them for his note exactly what they lacked to
make sure the policy they said to have been seek
ing How, then, did his note come near defeating
nese neutrality and territory and if that is what the
chancelories talking about it caught them in
spiracy and defeated it.
The whole criticism is complimentary to Mr.. Hay and
to the American diplomatic school of which he is the
leading exponent. He need be mystery the
chancelories of Europe provided they not NOR
ally bunted that they cannot distinguish between right
and wrong All they have to do to avoid shock
or international Mysteries is to remember that in all the
affairs of the world in which the United States has a
legitimate Mr. Hay may be counted do the
right thing the right time With such plain under
standing Americans hope the several Chanceors will be
able to rest nights and not jump nervously every time
a cablegram is announced.
With gravity fitting the event it was announced in