Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07


/ once to share in the loan upon pre-
cisely such terms as this Government
should approve. The chief of those
terms was that American railway ma
terial should be upon an exact equality
with that of the other nationals join
Ing in the loan in the placing of orders
for this whole railroad system. After
months of negotiation the equal par
ticipation OF Americans seems at last
assured. 1t is gratifying that Amer
leans will thus take their share in this
extension of these great highways Of
trade, and to believe hat such activi-
ties will give a real impetus to our
commerce and will prove a practical
corollary to our historic policy in the
Far East.
The Imperial Chinese Government in
pursuance of its decision to devote
fuf-ds from the portion of the in
demnity RENTED by the United States
to the sending of students to this conn-
try has already completed arrange
rr.ents for carrying out this purpose.
and a considerable body of students
have arrived to take up their work in
our schools and universities. No one
can doubt the nappy effect that the as
sociations formed by these representa-.
tive young men will have when they
return, to take up their work in the
progressive development of their
try,
Wants Drastic Anti-Opium Laws.
The results OF the Opium Conference
hello at Shanghai last spring at the
invitation of the United States have
beer. laid before the Government. The
report shows that China is making re-
nlarkable progress and admirable eff
forts toward the. eradication of the
opium evil and hat the Governments
concerned have not allowed their COM
lnercia1 interests to ipterfere with a.
helpful cooperation in this reform. Col
lateral Investigations of the opium
question in this country lead me to
recommend that the manufacture, sale
and use of opium and its derivatives in
the United States should be SO far as
possible more vigorously controlled, by
legislation.
In N of the Chiilese-Japanese Con-
v%entions of September 4 of this year
there was a provision which caused
considerable public apprehension in that
upon its face 1t was believed i'm some
quarters to seek to establish q monop-
oily of mining privileges along the south
Manchurian and Antung-Musden rail-
reads, and thus to exclude Americans
from a wide field Of enterprise. to AXE
part in which they were by treaty with
China entitled. After a thorough exam
ination of the Conventions and of the
several contextual documents, the Sec
rotary of State reached tho conclusion
that no such monopoly was intended or
accomplished. However. in view of the
widespread discussion Of this question,
to confirm the view it had reached. this
Government made inquiry of the Impe-
rial Chinese and Japanese Governments
and received from each official assur-
anee that the provision had no purpose
Inconsistent with the policy of equality
of opportunity to which the slgpatories
in common with the United States. are
pledged.
Our traditional relations witt, the
~JapRncxe Empire cor time ~cordirI
us usual. As the Representative of
Japan, His Imperial HiEbness
: Prince ISuni visited the Hudsop-
Fulton celebration. The recent
visit of a delegation of prominent
chambers of commerce OF the
Pacific slope, whose Representatives
had been so agreeabIy received in
: Japan, will doubtless contribute to
the growing trade across the
9 Pacific, n. well ~. 10 TINT mutual
: understapd,,o xxbich lcas. To
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: Is already receiving the study OF
both countries.
: THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
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