The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-28
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Washing CA. Sept 2s--The new Anglo
/ Japanese treaty has reached the state
department having been sent 20 Wash
ingtou by Sir Mortimer Durand the Brit
ish amhassa dor. Who is now at LenoX.
Mass The government here is we'll
pleased with the treaty especially oiI ac-
| count ~ tho fact that II absolutely as
sures the maintenance OF the policy Il
the open door in China estsbllshed by
the late Secretary Hay. which for ave
years this government has constantly
kept before the powers. The policy Is
distinctiveiy the production ~ the I'nited
/ States government and perhaps nothing
was ~ more concern ia Secretary Hay
than the open door aud the territorial
preservation of China.
The United States however. has had
no reason nor means 90 maintain the
policy. except on the grounds of Justice
and right. and had amy government. Ger
many FOR instance, taken the notion 10
transEross on the agreement ~ the open
door or To destroy trt integrity and ad
ministrative entity Of the Chinese en-
pire the United States could have done
nothing {. prevent n.
Germany has been. beyond all doubt.
eyed with suspicion by the other powers
on account of her operations on the Shan
tung peninsula and despite avowais from
Berlin that the kaiser proposed To ma in
ga IN the open door and the integrity and
the administrative entity OF China there
were many who believed that Germany
certainly proposed 10 enlarge her posses
sons I'm China and ~ possible me- Ee her
sclf prcpcuderant throughout tho empire.
Such course FOR Germony Is impossible
now I'm view OF the treaty.
Baron Bussche Won Dem Haddenhauscn.
the charge q sffairos OF tho German en-
hassy here. called a; the state depart
ment today and was with Secretary
Loomis for somo tlue. His visit coming
Immediately after the now treaty has
been made public, aroused uuch com
men;. Al the state department questions
concerning the German government
views they might have been present cd
by Raron Bussche met with no answers,
II was said that Rarul Russche came
merely 10 pay his respects after having
been absent from the city all summer.
Germany IA the nation most adversely
affected BY the new treaty. ana there IL
little reason 20 believe that Germany IA
other than dissa tisfed with the agree
meri. Rut as y government Official said
today. What's the differences whether
Germany likes the treaty not; she
can't help herself now" and Germany
viii he forced 10 abide by tho ljn'stat tions
the treaty makes. As matter Of princi-
pie Germany would want England 20 have
no ally. The government here regards
the convention as thoroughly satisfa ctory
aud as a peace making document of stu
ndpus power.
Commercially Japan will have a decided
advantage over the United states In
china, Her position geogrs phicaly, her
recognised preponderation in Corea and
he- Increasing influence In all Of China,
together with the cheapness OF her latoS
and The zeal Of the japanese merchants.
will give the Japanese an enormous vol
ume ot the trade with China. and somo
countries VIII suffer America along with
the others,
F'htiizi ING or ALARM IN RUSSIA.
ST. Petersburg. Sept 2s.--The first COM
ment heard here as the result OF the
perusnl VI the long expected text or the
I Angio-Japanese treaty can be conserva
lively characterized with the word
alarming" It was fully expected that
II would prove tn be a very significant
and important document. The first study
not only confirmed this view but
strengthened II. Ii is too soon yet 10
give any full report of how Il was re-
ceived in Russia, and when officials were
questioned on the subject today the an
swer invariably was that II was too early
TO express any opinion on such weighty
aud Important matter. But there was no
doubt tina; the frs; opinion 81 the treaty
is fearsome one; ~ Is considered to be
/ most broad and far-reachng. The uY
OF the terms protection Of common IN
terests" and measures which should be
taken" are regarded here as being open
To any Interpretation the sig-latories de-
sire To give TO them. Also. coupled with
the use of the words east Asia APP
parently applying TO all Asia east OF India.
including the East Indian Islands and
Indo- China. they are considered to prove
clearly that the signatories' purpose Is TO
act i'm tho part Of the world specified
with the freest kind Of n hand This
conviction cannot but create alarm in
Russia.