Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
RECOGNIZING China

question. 1t is enough of a commercial question
. make action by the local commercial bodies
Entirely proper
In the opinion of this paper the United States
hould have given official recognition to the re-
public under Yuan Shih-Kai long ere now In
,ee'l, the somewhat mysterious delay in extend
D. this right hand of fellowship between nations
las given the Chinese just cause to regard Uncle
Sam with some suspicion. The intimation that
be United States is a willing party to the inter
ational agreement of certain groups of bankers
force China's yielding to their strict terms for
he loan of three hundred millions of dollars, is
OF an intimaton to be idly dismissed. H.
The two great factors in China's hitherto I'M
successful fight for general recognition of the
Upublic have been the diplomatic and the finan
cial factors. From the emphasis that the "Six
2rwcr" group of bankers has placed on the ne
cessity for China's agreement to the terms of the
proposed loan, it almost appears as if the finan-
tial factor should be mentioned first.
. From the diplomatic standpoint, the United
States, say students of international relations
hardly has a valid excuse for not recognizing the
Oriental republic For instance, the Outlook re-
Gently pointed out editorially that the United
States benefited UNNECESSARILY from the recog
milton Of France, during our struggle for freedom
N It's. Uncle Sam himself has again and again
recognized Latin-American republics which have
pruhg from overnight revolutions So far as
precedent goes, China has we'll established a
claim for our recognition. fS3< III ts++sS-4..
OF considerable significance is a dispatch
printed this morning from Peking stating that
Russia has presented two notes to China, one de-
handing payment on the arrears of the Boxer
indemnity, and the other protesting against al
legged losses Of Russian merchants in a provi,ice
having paper currency financial basis In Pc
king this is naturally taken as an attempt to
force China to accept the terms of the six-Power
loan, Russia, of course, being one of the partici
pating and benefiting Powers.
Summarizing the whole situation, AMI after
consideration of the international intrigues of
the kings of finance, the history of the United
States own struggles for freedom and recogni-
tion the precedent we have followed in other
cases, it seems that China has some reason to be-
lieye that Uncle Sam is lending silent but Off
cial encouragement to the demands of the group
Iof bankers. And the moment this suspicion is
allowed to arise, the commercial interests of our
country are risked That is the time when the
commercial factor becomes important, and that
is precisely the time when commercial bodies of
Hawaii or any other part of the United States
have a right to express their opinions on the
subject.
The San Francisco chamber of commerce has
already expressed it's opinion, the Coast chamber
favoring official recognition. Secretary of State
Knox, with characteristic caution, says that he
will wait until the coming elections before rec
ommending one course or the other. But as a
matter of fact, the Manchus have been driven
probably forever from power in China and the
principles of the republic are there to stay
There will be internal troubles, but as vet there
are no signs of revolution against the present
government, which has attained a degree of sta
bility that certainly commands the respect of the
American people, whether or not it will COM
mand the official Endorsement of our govern
ment.
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