The Washington times., 1922-12-05
MUsF USE PROP.
FOR open
DOOR
v. s. Policy Misinterpreted by
Foreign Nations, Says
Anderson.
BY WALTER VOGDES.
Cosmopolitan News Service.


NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-'Tf we
want an open door in Turkey and
China we must keep 1t propped
Open" Roy Anderson. American
authority on political problems Of
the Near and Far East, declared
today.
When the map of Turkey is re.
cast there must be worldwide
acceptance OF the principle of the
political inviolability and. territorial
integrity Of Turkey IL the open
door Is to mean anything"
Anderson, just returned from
China via Russia and the Near
East, Is former adviser to the
Chinese government. He asserted
that foreign governments are mis-
interpreting the policy of the "open
door" because of American "shilly-
shally. amateur diplomacy and pro.
crastination."
U. 8. Must Be DOOrkeeper.
The politico-economic adjusters
at Lausanne" said Anderson, must
be reminded that we cannot tolerate
zones of special economic privileges
inconsistent with national sover.
eighty and the free competition Of
international commerce.
we must constitute ourself the
doorkeeper Of the open door, which
viii be the answer to our French
friends who ask by what right we
interfere II we do not wish to &C.
cept any responsibility. Let us
make the open door our RESPONSE.
bility and mold our diplomacy &C.
cordingly.
Americans in the East will ap-
plaud the latest action of the State
Department in reaffirming one of
the two corner stones of our for.
eign policy. but they will ask, as
they have been asking since the
doctrine was first enunciated by
John Hay in 1899. that we follow
up the announcement by concrete
action.
Must Make Aims Clear.
"If the powers act toward. this
latest declaration as they have acted
toward 1t in the Far East in the
last few years they will just smile
At our naive and amateur diplomacy.
They will reassure us for the time
being and when the wave of feeling
Is passed go ahead with their
Vaccinations as IL the principle did
not exist.
why? Because nobody knows
what we mean by the open door,
We must tell the nations what II
connotes, and, what Is more i'm
portant, make our meaning the de-
clared motive of our foreign policy,
to be rigidly upheld wherever 1t is
accepted.
"In the original text of John
Hays declaration in 1899, the
powers were asked not to claim for
their nationals within their respec-
tive spheres or leased areas prefer
entail Treatment as regards customs.
duties. barber dues, transportation
charges etc.
Open Door Is Golden Rule.
"As such, of course, the policy re-
ceived the unanimous adherence of
the powers, but such q modus has
relation only to commercial oppor-
tunities in the areas in which Ger.
tain powers have special interests.
"It IL not difficult to keep with.
In. the letter Of this accord. What
we want is the acceptance of the
spirit of the declaration, which had
more to do with the preservation
Of political sovereignty and terri
toriaF integrity than the mere safe
guarding Of the principle Of equal
opportunity for trade in specially
designated areas.
"A. short time after John Hay
originated the open door he said
that the briefest expression of our
national rule Of conduct was the
Monroe Doctrine and the golden
rule. The golden rule is the open
door,"