The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-11
Open-door Policy in China Is
Agitating Foreign Offices
of America, Japan, Russia
and England.
THIS COUNTRY PLAYS
AGAINST THE THREE
Britain Fears an American
Victory Would Lose for Her
the Vaunted Supremacy of
All the Seas.
(American News Service)

(American News Service)
London, March 1.-THE mainten-
ance of the open-door policy in China
and the preservation of Americas
trade present and future, in the vast
markets of the far east, are the stakes
OF a diplomatic game which today is
agitating the state and foreign offices
OF four world pOwers-Japan, Russia.
England and the United States. Am
erica is playing a lone hand against
a powerful combination for the great
est commercial prize that has ever
hung in the balance.
Great Britain, ally of Japan and
Russia which now sees a community
Of interests in the far east with her
former opponent, are bending every
energy, with the aid of the Mikado,
to balk the desires OF American fl
nanciers who seek a share Of the
mighty take of China.
England is actuated not only by her
alliance and her desire to keep the
United States automatically subordi-
nate. but BY the fear that America,
with grip on Asiatic commerce,
would wrest from her her vaunted SUI
premacy on the seas.
What One Result Is.
One solution of the attempt of Sec
retary of State Knox to secure the
naturalization of the Manchurian
railroads, owned by Russia and Japan,
puts American craftsmanship in a far
better light than previously seen here.
There is the belief current here,
that Knox. by an astute move, has
forced the hands Of Americas oppon-
ents, compelling them to come into
tho open.
It is now understood that Great
Britain alone was responsible for the
failure Of American capital to secure
its share in the Hankow railroad
"the Chinese 1oan"-which dragged
along recently for several months.
England, moreover, was the chief
opponent among the less vitality in
terested powers in preventing the &C
ceptance Of the naturalization scheme
To Discredit America.
England is leaving no stone unturn
in the eyes of the world.
Representatives of the four powers
are in London today. a striving tc
work out q solution OF the solution
each to the best advantage of his
country.
The wave of anti-Americanisn
which has swept Japan within the
last few days. as told of In cable dis
patches, is significant and the ssecla
ration regarding the struggle made
by prominent Americans no less so
Jacob Fl. Schiff, who a few days
ago told something of the bitter fighr
that is being waged, is one of the
Best informed financiers in the worlt
on the eastern situation.
War Scare Looms Up.
The interests vitality concerned il
this struggle are the New York firm.
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.: ]. p. Morgan &
Co.; the National City Bank and tn,
First National Bank. An agent of tn,
Morgan interests, Edward Grenfell
who was recently in London in regart
to the Hankow loan, is now in Wash
ington, reporting to the state depart
ment and President Taft, it was learn
ed here today.
So far the matter is one of trade
Behind this always looms the wa
scare. The United States, in the opin
ion Of expert players of the war game
holds the better situation on the Pa
cific, controlling three of the fou
strategic positions necessary to he
supremacy-the Philippines, Hawai-
and Guam. The fourth, the Galapago
Islands, controlling the Pacific nea
Panama and lying on the equator, be
long to Ecuador.
Against this Japan has principally
aside from her own domain, Formoss
and lacks mid-Pacific points. In tn
event of war she would be compelle
to look to her ally or allies for bette
positions. and the best of all are owr
ed by the United States.