Sentence:  He leaves the mild Alexander to continue, under the pressure of fraternal competition, the hereditary policy of Peter and Catherine; to raise levy after levy, loan after loan, ineffectually, while loans of any amount required are given <WSD>openhanded</WSD> by the people of France and England to their governments and the seas of the world remain open to the commerce of the Allies. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Generously.