The sun., 1908-12-04
THE UNDERSTANDING WITH
JAPAN.
A woman Lawyer vigorously Assaiis Il
as an Eatangling Alliance.


To THE EpIToR or THE SUN-Sr: There
arrived yesterday in the capital the splen-
did Chinese commission which comes to
Washington to acknowledge the receipt OF
the return Of money taken from their
treasury by violence and fraud in the Pekin
loot, They are confronted with document
from the State Department which affirms
that It is not treaty but an under
standing which places the vast and in
comparable empire OF China under the
patronizing protection Of two Poyers-one
a little seagirt isle Of 100000 people. not
yet recovered from devastating war and
overwhelmed with debt. and the other q
far away. republic. across the seas-which
are to safeguard the interests OF 40o.0o0s000
Inhabitants Of China and its unlimited area
Of territory from the epcroa,cthmsnts ,t OF
OF knowledge OF that branch OF the Ameri-
can republic which is empowered by the
Constitution to protect its interests abroad
and approve al foreign negotiations. but
with the hearty indorsement Of the alien
authorities who are to be kept on the grass
BY this precious document Of Chinese hu IL
iation: ..-..
Verify you may well say that the meat
in the egg" OF the compact is In the NTH
article. II ia 10 full OF undigested food that
ments me and correspondence Immediately
upon the oonvening Of Congress and demand
that the Senate seek explanation OF such
STATE aosa%snts consats Gt foresn sSRr1Pp Powe
and not the constitutional advisers Of this
republic. while yet assuming. the right to
trade mark OF shirtsleeve diplomacy. that
may plunge us into war. and yet presumes
10 ten the American people there Is moth
ns a b. sW sRGs nor Is
trusted M ted friends. as the Japanese AmbaSSa-
dor calls it: that could not send q ship OF
safeguard the great Dragon II China called
for help. Great Is this American hippodrome
OF statel Moreover. as you say. II requires
discover whether this document is a hawk
or a handsaw. and not in violation Of the
blessed benediction Of the immortal Wash
alliances with foreign Powers" but you find
IL after careful study to be simply cooinR
dove, which contemplates only concurrent
in connection with other civilized Powers
Pekin.' What must be the bewilderment
Declaration Of Independence without a spy
glass or o foreign Interpreter in decipher-
Ing an involved phraseoloRy, which may
by this unanthorized yoke up OF a mon.
friends Transaction as they may 40
On what errand do the represen tatives
Of the Chinese nation come save to ac-
knowledge the partial atonement by this
Government for It's part In the bloody sack
Ing Of their capital and the unlimited p!un,
Powers? America was one Of those "har-
monious" vandals which marched into a
despoil It's sacred temples and rob the re-
yersd depositories q their sntiaYities.
rage by the Imposition q Indemnity az
must mark the bloody sweat OF the Chinese
totlers throughout ,unnumbered years Of
misery, poverty and despair, while the be-
siesed LEGATIONS, which had been safe;
further to this shameful exhibit OF con-
current e astiSn by dividing the sTss s from
the return Of her Minister from China,
selling at auction como SIS 900 worth OF
richest treasure after be came marching
home,
And vet you tell US that this innocent
Greek horse from the State Department
Pekin and utterly guileless In dangerous
foreign entanglements, May God save the
Dragon and the republic.
WARRINGTON. December 2.