The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-08

p.lSlsft Il great PRACTICAL good, Wnlcn
could he done in the same way by no
Individual department or bureau Of
one government and is therefore de-
serving of your liberal support
The fact that it is about to enter a
new building erected through the mu-
nificenca of an American philanthro-
Eist and the contributions of all the
American nations. where both it's eff
flcioncy Of administration and expense
of maintenance will naturally be much
augmented further entities ii to spe-
cial consideration.
The Far East.
In the far east this government prs
serves unchanged its policy of sup
porting the principle of equality o.
opportunity and scrupuIous respect for
the integrity Of the Chinese empire
to which policy are pledged the in
tercsted powers Of both east and west
by the treaty of 1903. China has I'M
dertak"n the abolition of lilSia with IA
moderate and proportionate raising Of
the customs tariff, along with cur
rency reforms. These reforms being
Of manifest advantage to foreign COM
China. this government is endeavoring
to facilitate these measures and the
needful acquiesccuCc If the treaty
powers When it appears that China
likin revenues were to he hypnthecatea
To foreign bankers in Connection with
a great railway project. ii was obvious
that the governments whose bankers
held this loan would have n certain
direct interest in the question of car
rying out by China of the reforms i'm
question Because this railroad loan
represented a practical and real ap-
plication of the open door policy
through cooperation with China by
interested powers as wen as because
of its relations to the reforms referred
to above, the administration deemed
American participation to be of great
national interest. Happily. when II
was matter of broad policy urgent
that this opportunity should not BE
lost, the Indispensable instrumentality
presented itself when group of
American bankers of international rep
utation and great resources agreed at
once to share in the loan upon precise
~ such terms as this government
should approve. The chief OF those
terms was that American railway ma
terial should he upon an exact equality
with that of the other nations joining
IN the loan in the placing of orders for
the whole railway system. After months
of negotiation the equal participation
of America seems at last assured IL
is gratifying that America will thus
take its share in this extension of these
great highways of trade. and to believe
that such activities will give real i'm
a practical coro!lary to our historic
policy in the far east.
The imperial Chinese government. in
pursuance of its decision to devote
funds from the portion of the indem-
nifty RENTED by them To sending stu
dents to this country. has already COM
pieted arrangements for carrying out
this purpose and considerable body
OF students has arrived To take up
their work in our schools ana .univer-
stiles. No one can doubt the happy
effect that the associations formed by
these representative young men will
nave when they return to take rp their
work in the progressive DEVELOPMENT
of their country.
The result of the opium conference
held ut Shanghai last spring at the
invitation of the United States have
been laid before the government. The
report shows that China is making
remarkable progress and admirable eff
forts toward the eradication of the
opium evil. and that thu governments
concerned have not allowed their com
mercial interests to interfere with a
helpful cooperation in this reform
Collateral Investigations of the opium
i'm this country lead me to
recommend that the manufacture sale
and use of OPIUM ANA lis derivatives
in the United States be so far as pos
sihie more vigorously controlled by
In one of the Chinese japanese con-
Of this year there was n pro-
vision which caused considerable pub-
lie apprehension. In that upon its face
II was believed in some quarters 10
seek To gain n monopoly of mining
privileges along the South Manchuriar
and Antuns Mukden railroads and thus
In exclude Americans from a wide
field of enterprise. to take part in
which they Were entitled by the treaty
nation of the conventions and of the
several tonteNtual documents, tine sec
rotary of state reached the conclusioa
mat no such monopoly was intended
nr accomplished. However. in view OF /.
The widespread discussion of this cues |
iion. tn confirm the view ~ had q,
reached. this government made inquiry |
d the imperial Chinese and Japanese I
governments and received from each /
II them assurance that the provision |
had no purpose inconsistent with the /
policy Of equality of opportunity to !
which the sisnatories, in common with /
ne United States. are pledged
our traditional relations with the .
Japanese empire continue cordial. as
'sual. As the representative of Japan. |
his imperial highness. Prince Kuni. |
'isited the Hudson Fulton celebration. !
ihe recent visit of a delegation of I
prominent business men as guests of 4