The Washington times., 1909-10-07
Treaty With China Made
After American ENJOYS
Had Gone Home.
PACT A VIOLATION -
OF THE OPEN DOOR
Provisions Permit Nipponese Alone
To Reap Harvest Of Mines
In Manchuria.
By JAMES HAY, j.

JdPdilCoC upithiidtS, WHO WOul1nL
do anybody in the world an inius-
tice, have quietly slipped one over
on the United States, and for this
reason Charles r. Crane, the new
American minister to China, has
been called from San Francisco to
Washington to confer with the Sec
retary of State.
According to those familiar with
the situation in the Orient, the treaty
signed last July by Japan with Gag
erness and by China with reluctance.
contained provision that Chinese
and japanese capital should engage
jointly in the work of developing
the mines on both sides of the
South Manchurian railway and The
Antung-Mukden railway.
VIOLATION OF OPEN DOOR.
By those who know all there is
to know about treaties, IL Is held
that such an agreement is an evf-
dent violation of the 'open door"
policy. The open door" scheme is
to give equal opportunity to all ma
tiOns in dealing with China, bur the
treaty Of last July gives to Japan
this mining concession, and affords
similar privilege to no other for
eign country. This, on the face Of
it, appears to be rank discrimiDa-
tion.
Diplomacy in the far East pur-
sues its course in silence, and often
unexpected thip=s occur. One Of
these unlocked Tor events was the
making of this treaty a few weeks
after the American minister to Chi
ma and the American ambassador 10
Japan had set sail for the United
States.
Mr.. Rockhill, the minister to
China, left the Celestial empire on
June 20, and Mr.. O'Brien. the am
bassador to Japan, sailed from the
BIikado's dominions on June 26
The treaty which was signed iv
China and Japan containing the
! mining concession business was
drawn up and settled in JuIy-only
three weeks after the representa-
tives of the United States had var
ished from the scene
State Department Aroused.
Ever since the news of the contents
of the treaty reached the State DC
partmeut things have been happen
ing.
As a result Of the activity % Secrc-
tary of state Knox and the President
it is confidently predicted that things
win be popping in the Far East for
the next few months Mr.. Knox has
been putting in a lot Of his time at
his summer home framing up an ag-
gressive policy in diplomacy in the
orient. so as TO preserve the integrity
Of China. keep the "open door" policy
working all the time. and improve
this country's commercial relations
with the Celestials.
II all this is to be Done, some no
tice must he taken of the fat mo
nopoly'' the Japanese now have Of go
ing down into the Chinese earth and
coming up with pockets fun Of pre-
cious stuff.
II IS considered as Of great significance
that Saturday evening or sunday the
very time Minister Crane is expected to
meet Mr.. Knox here. Ransford s Miller,
ir the new chief of the Far Eastern
division in the state Department. and
formerly the secretary of the American
embassy at Tokyo, Will also reach
Washington. He arrives fresh from
trim through Korea and Manchuria, and
u-ii1 he in a position to tell Mr., Knox
and Mr. Crane how things look in the
land which Japan covets-
Movements of Diplomats.
Ntovernents of the two diplomats ever
siDca China signed the Objectionable
treaty. with the aforementioned reluc-
t,,ce throw stiu more light on situ-
ation which up 70 this time has been
regarded as mystery.
n O'Brien the ambassador 10
Tolrvo arrived in this county last sum
rar with the intention OF spending two
v-eelss here and then joining his family
in BRUSSELS Instead. he stayed In the
United States two months, and was
frequently in conference with Secretary
of state Knox On one occasion he