The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01
Russia and MIR. Hay.

Russia and MIR. Hay.
Among the governments to agree to
this proposal of Mr. Hays for the
opendoor policy was Russia. AS a
result of Russian intervention at the
time of the Boxer riots and the friction
growing out of them, it came. to pass
that Russia occupied Manchuria Get
ting into this territory and obtaining
eminent, the Russians went to work to
make the Chinese agree to confer GER,
tain. privileges upon them, that would
have been exclusive in Manchuria. If
they had succeeded in accomplishing
this they would have vo1ded their prom
Use to maintain an open-door policy.
When this became so apparent that the
whole world was fairly convinced as
to, Russia $ policy in aManchuria, Mr..
Hay pointed out the fact that any
agreement by which China conceded to
Russia, or any Russian corporation or
company. exclusive rights or priv
leges in opening mines or building rail.
| roads, or the like must be regarded as q
serious matter by the United States.
! He could not say how other govern
ments would regard it, but did empha-
size the principle that the negotiation
Of a monopoly by Russia with China
was breach Of the stipulation between
China and the foreign powers and a
breach. of Russia s promise regarding
| the open door. ED. 49, -,
The Russian Purpose.
From Mr.. Hays intervention both
Russia and China felt obliged to con
form to the requirements of the trea-
| ties between China and other countries
| hot o+1
ously compromised, if not rendered al
together nugatory. The suggestion
that Russia and China were on the
point of an agreement by, which Russia
would get such monopolies gave him
perfectly legitimate cause Of appre-
hension on behalf Of the citizens Of the
United States. AS result of this pro-
test, the governments of Russia and
Of China put their heads together and
concluded that they. would say the
they were not making any such efforts,
granting, or Russia of demanding, spe-
cial privileges and, further; that Rus
STA had no disposition to close Man
churia to the trade of other countries.
It was also said to be the Russian
purpose, after safeguarding the inter
ests Of her own citizens in Manchuria
and seeing that approximations were
quieted, to get out of the country. This
lis what the newspapers discussed as
the pledge given by Russia to the
United States that she would evacu-
ate Manchuria on Oct. 8. Russia, did
not make a pledge in SO many words,
but did give the American government
i to understand that this was her plan.
What the Russians substantially said
was that they intended to get out Of
Manchuria, that they did not intend to
secure any monopolies or concessions
there to the exclusion of any other ma
ton, and that their control there was
solely in the interests of their own sub
lects. This, of course, taken in good
faith, clinched the open-door policy and
afforded for a time bulwark against
any combination of powers intending to
divide China. When Russia neglected
to keep her "pledge, the Japanese
war began to compel her to do. so.
The Jewish Prosecutions
Another Russian relation was the
subject of considerable misapprehen
sion, and that was, the Kishinef affair
The United States, according to some
newspapers, actually did present a copy
to the Russian foreign Secretary, ane
thus, by q. diplomatic trick, this gov
eminent did get the knowledge of its
contents before the Russian officials
Il AS matter of fact, America did moth
ing of the kind. A copy of the petit
tion was sent in order that the Russian
foreign secretary might look at it be
fore he decided whether he would un
dertake to present it to the car, o.
, accept it in any way, even unoffcially
He did not even look at the contents
Of the petition, because he was per
!, fectly familiar with them, as was thu
,, car, long before the secretary Of state
: sent those instructions to st. Peters
burg. The Russian government had ac
+ long before we transmitted it.. Thi
, was merely a frank way Of presentin,
5 the situation: Here is petition
5 will you accept it or not?' This fela
tion of the United States government
Z arose out of the-efforts of the Jews il
FL America to do something for their &c