The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-12-09

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of.adminlsuatfun and rx tnse of main
tennnce will naturally lie much aug-
niented. further entities 1t to special
consideration. sf'le'z' s
OPEN DOOR III CHINA.
United States Insisting ON Equality
Of Opportunity For All Nations.
In The far east this government pre-
serves unchanged It's policy of support
ing the principle of equality OF oppor-
tunity aud scrupnlous respect for the
integrity Of the Chinese empire, to
which policy are pledged the interested
powers Of both cast ind west.
Ry the treaty of 1903 China has un-
dertaken the abolition of likin with a
moderate aud pruporllonnte raising Of
the, customs tariff along With currency
reform. These rcforns being OF mani
fest advantage 10 foreign commerce as
well as TO the interests Of China, This
government Is endeavoring TO facili-
tate these measures and the needful
aclulescence OF The treaty powers.
When 1t appeared that Chinese llkin
revenues were to be hypothecated to
foreign bankers In connection with a
great railway project 1t was obvious
that the governments whose nationals
held this loan would liiIye. q certain
direct interest In The question Of the
carrying out by China OF The reforms
In question. Because this railroad
loan represented n practical and real
application of. the or en- door policy
through cooperation With China BY
Interested powers. as well as because
Of Its relations TO the reforms referred
to above. the administration deemed
American participation to be Of great
national interest, Happily, when It
was as matter Of broad policy ur-
gent that this opportunity, should not
be lost. the Indispensable Instrumental
fly presented Itself when a group Of
American bankers of International
reputation and great resources agreed
Mt once TO share In the loan upon pre-
cisely such terms as thls government
should approve. The chief of those
terms was that American railway ma
terial should be upon an exact equality
with TINT OF the. other nationals join
ing in the loan Up the placing Of or
ders for this whole railroad system.
After months OF negotiation the equal
participation of Americans seems at
last assured. 1t Is gratifying that
Americans will thus take their share
in this extension OF these great high.
ways Of trade and 10 believe that such
activities will give a real impetus to
our commerce aud will prove prac-
tical coroilary tofour historic policy in
the far east. - M
The imperial Chinese government In
pursuance of Its decision to devote
funds from the portion Of the indem.
nifty RENTED by the United States to
the sending of students to this coun-
try has alrendy completed arrange.
merts for carrying out ibis purpose,
and a considerable body OF students
have arrived to take up their work in
our schools aud universities. No one
can doubt the happy 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 coun.
try. 49,
The results Of the opium conference
held at Shanghai last spring at the
invitation of the United States have
been laid before the government. The
report shows that China Is making re-
fnarkable progress and admirable eff
forts toward the eradication Of the
opium evil aud that the governments
concerned have not allowed their COM
nerciai interests to interfere with a
helpful cooperation IN this reform.
Collateral Investigations OF the opium
question in this country lead me to
recommend that the manufacture, sale
and.usc of opium and It's derivatives in
the United States should be so far as
possible more vigorously controlled. by
legislation. 1900 ~
In one OF the Chfnese,.Ihpanese con-
ventions of Sept. of this year there
was provision which caused consid-
cradle public apprehension in. that
upon Its face It was believed in some
quarters to seek to establish n monop-
oily OF mining privileges along the
South Manchuriansiand Antung-Muk-
den railroads and thus to exclude
Americans from a wide field Of enter
prise. to take part In which they were
by treaty with China entitled. After
q thorough examination OF the conven-
tons aud of the several contextual
documents the secretary OF state reach
ed the conclusion that no such monop-
oily was intended. or accomplished.
However, III view OF the widespread
discussion OF this question. TO confirm
the view 1t Ind reached this govern
ment. made inquiry Of the imperial
Chinese AMI Japanese governments
and received from. each official ,assur-
ance that the provision had ne purpose
Inconsistent with the policy of equality
Of opportunity to which the slgna-