The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23


 he had Lamsdorff cornered. but the willy old disciple of Machiavelli. laugh ing in his sleeve, requests that the United States Minister at Picking, com municate to the Russian Minister to China, the demands of the United States, relative to localities to be open ed to trade. and promises that the Min ister of Russia will be authorized to reply frankly to the Minister of the United States and to the Chinese Gov ernment what the attitude of the Rus sian Government Is" "A frank inter- change of views between the Russian and American Ministers at Picking" writes Mccormick, lis recommended by Count Lamsdorff." When MT. Hay had gone through the circumlocution office. in all of it's details, as directed by his friend. the Russian Minister of For eign Affairs, he was told by the Rus sian Minister at Picking, that he had no instructions except to await the dis cussIon of the question at Washing ton. and could make no statement to the Chinese Government nor 10 any one else concerning Russia's attitude MT. Hay directed his Minister at St. Petersburg not to bring up the subject again, but to make a statement as out lined above. if questioned by the Minis
  not to hurt Lamsdorffs feelings again by questions, discreet or otherwise.
 have gone into this matter some what in detail. because of the except ional adroitness of Count Lamsdorff in reply to Mccormick; and because 1t contains several statements which sl- though glossed over with compliments and an affection of frankness and friendship for the United States, must have been very offensive to Mir. Hay 's amour propre He tells Mir Hay with admirable indirection. but very em- phaticaIly. that Russia's assent with the other powers. to the doctrines of the open door in China asld of her ter ritoriaI and administrative entity. ds contained in Mir. Hays circular notes ot 1899 and 1900. must not be made tho basis of a protest on this subject from any power, as Russia and China are at liberty to treat as suits them without intervention of a third power
 He disclaims all knowledge of nego- tiations then going on in Picking, with which he was unquestlonably familiar, and which, doubtless, originated in and were under the supervision of his of flee; and finally he sends MT. Hay on fools errand to Picking to learn from the Russian Minister there, Russia s attitude toward the proposed American Chinese treaty.
 MT. Hay had enough of the game of diplomacy as 1t is played in St. Peters burg; and directed Mccormick not to bring up the matter again.
 Russia hsd disclaimed any knowledge of the negotiations in question: but as serted her right to make such treaty with China in regard to Manchuria whenever she and China might see fit to do so: and warned Mir. Hay that Russia would admit of no protest by the United States or any other power Thus, the famous agreement of the powers for the open door and the ter ritorial and administrative integrity of China. fell to the ground.
 Russia Is evidently too old in the game for Young America. In spite oi 1 experience, MT. Hay is still novice and although a novice, has the confl- dencc of a veteran. Whenever oppor- tunity offers he bobs up serenely with l nostrum for the international troub- | les of the Far East.
 The object of MT. Hays scheme was | unuuestionably to check Russia in her | spoilation of China, and he ought tc have known that it would not succeed | The Russian Bear has never been di- verted from his path by cob webs | Great Britian took a hand in the gamt | in 1895. when Port Arthur was at stake l and signally failed She. 1t Is true, op- | posed Russia alone; but Mir Hay was | aware that two of the signatories, Ger many and France. had, in the affair | with Japan in 1895. shown themselves to be friends of Russia's Eastern poll- | cy. and that in subsequent diplomatic negotiations with China, all three had shown that they were members and 1 past masters in the same Robbers Un- ion There was evidently no chance to | line up all the signatories in a protest against Russias violation of the terms l of the agreement for the open door
 MT Hay never thought of attempting such a thing. The United States pru- ! dcntly pockcted the snub which MT Hav received in reply to his discreetIy | tentative inquiry of Count Lamsdorff and our Premier having learned some 1 thing by the episode. turned up next time on Russia's side.
 Early in September. Japan filed for nal protest with Prince Ching against the Russian demands. Later in the l same month the United States and that they did not believe it advisable | for China to enter into any new nego- tiations with Russia until she evacu- | ated Manchuria. When. on the 9th of October, Lessar demanded of China | what she intended to do, he was told hv Prince Ching that China could not | discuss any new engagement until Rus
 
 her military forces from Manchuria Tn that case" Lessar informed the Prince. Russia will not evacuate Man | churia"
 | The situation was interesting. The United States had prudently relinauish- cd all thought of enforcing her pet scheme for preserving the open door and the territorial and administrative integrity of China. Great Britian. the contingent ally of Japan. after protest ing against the occupation of Port Ar thur by Russia, had leased Wei hal | Wei for a naval and military station to preserve the balance of power fin Chinese waters. Germany and France were courtinE the friendship of Russia | for an asset in the possible struggle between them for AlsaeC and Lorane. China, the Niobe of Nations. was | powerless to resist.
 Japan, approaching her desperate environment. was trying single-hand-
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