The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-01-21
CHINESE TREATY
IS NOW IN FORCE
Exchange of Ratiflcations Effected
at Washington.
PROCLAIMED BY PRESIDENT
State Department Issues Explanation
of the Pact-POrts of Mukden and
Antung Now Open to the
Worlds Commerce.

Worlds Commerce.
Washington. Jan. 14.-Ratiflcations
Of the Americana Chinese commercial
treaty were exchanged at the state de-
partment Wednesday by Secretary Hay
and Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, the Chi
nese minister. The treaty provides for
the opening Of the ports of Mukden and
Antung, Manchuria, to the worlds COM
merce.
The treaty Is now an accomplished
'.ol; 1t remains only to proclaim 1t and
appoint the necessary consuls at Muk-
den and Antung. The president has Sc
lected these consuls from men of expert
ence already in the consular service and
consequently able to open up the new
field to trade with the least possible de-
lay. Their names will be sent to the
senate as soon as congl ess makes pro-
vision for their salary which the state
department hopes will be done speedily.
1t is regarded as very desirable that such
rights as we have acquired in Manchuria
as to China shall be fully established and
asserted in advance of any possible war
that might affect that vast territory to
the extent of a change of sovereignty.
The Exchange.
The ceremony of exchange took place
at the state department by appointment
at IL o'clock The Chinese minister was
accompanied by his secretary. Every
thing had been arranged and Mr.. Con-
ger had notified the department that the
Chinese government had placed an ex-
change copy Of the treaty In his hands
Tuesday. This is held to be equivalent
to the delivery of the document to the
United States government as required
by the treaty itself. So Secretary Hay
and the Chinese minister joined in the
signature of the protocol recitng the
fact that ratification had been ex-
changed. The Chinese minister will be
given copy of the treaty by the state
department, which he will forward to
his government for deposit in the i'm
perial archives in Picking, and when Mr.
Conger's copy reaches Washington 1t
will be placed In the state department
library.
Explains the Treaty.
The following statement was issued
by the state department.: THE treaty
which will go into effect in day or so
through the exchange of notifications eff
fected to-day and by its PRONUNCIATION by
the president of the United States is the
result Of nearly year and halfs nego-
tiation. Although relating in its prin-
capal provisions to questions of com
merce and navigation, removing restric-
tions which have hampered them both
in China 1t also treats of a number of
questions of great importance to the peo-
pie of the two countries. For example,
1t defines the rights and privileges of
the diplomatic and consular officers and
of the American citizens, especially mis-
sionares residing in China, and insures
the latter enjoyment of rights which
they have only had in the past practic-
ally by liberation. The treaty also deals
with trade marks, copyrights and pat
ents, ensuring them fair degree of pro-
lection In CHINA thing which they
have had very little of in the past.
The "Open Door,"
perhaps the provision of the treaty
which interests most the public is the
opening of two new localities in Man
chura to foreign trade-the city Muk-
den and the town of Antung Cor Shaho, as
1t is frequently called, on the Yalu riv-
err. 1t Is to be noted in this connection
that the Japanese Chinese treaty, the
notifications Of which were exchanged
yesterday at Picking, secures also to in
ternational trade the opening of the port
Of Tatung Kou. about Is miles below
Antung and at the mouth Of the Yalu 1t
is highly probable that the presence in
these localities at an early date of Amer
lean consular officers and those of other
naturalization all the nations hav-
ing treaties with China acquire by our
treaty and that with Japan, the right to
establish consulates at these places-will
greatly tend to the establishment of or
der In this much disturbed borderland of
China, and will powerfully contribute
toward insuring the principles of the
open door to which this country stands
irrevocably committed, as well as aid
ing in insuring the integrity of China and
its administrative control over its Man
churian provinces"
Late Wednesday the president issued
a proclamation putting into effect the
treaty.