Show PROFOUND IDIOCY When the trouble In China first be eamo apparent when It first became known that the German Minister had been killed and that there had perhaps per-haps been a wholesale massacre of all the white people there President McKinley Mc-Kinley announced the programme of this country which was to rescue If possible the Ministers and to perform any needed adjustment and then to use all the moral force of our Government I Govern-ment to maintain the open door and to preserve the Chinese empire In Its en tlrcty The announcement was received re-ceived with perfect satisfaction by the entire American people Now C near contemporary picks up the statement made by Mn Barrett in the North American Review which Is I but a repetition repe-tition of what the President announced that Is that this country will use Its legitimate moral influence to prevent any power whatsoever from acqulilncr sovereignty over any extended part oft of-t e unapportloned area In that our neighbor sees an offensive and defensive de-fensive alliance between Great Britain Japan and the United States Next IL would lead to notice from this alliance ance to the other powers that they must not talk of partition of China must not take territory as Indemnity for Chinas crimes anil must not os lablish tariffs collect discriminating duties of any sort or in any way favor their own merchants and citizens to the exclusion of Great Britain Japan or the United States I then further concludes that if Russia or Germany object to this then we must either fight or quit dishonored and It insists that there is no other reasonable reosonahle conclusion con-clusion and that Is undoubtedly the intent of the present programme I Then this wise journal gives Mr Bar rett and all his kind notice that the I United States expect to substitute an American doctrine for the McKinley doctrine and In that eent Will contend con-tend peaceably y and successfully for Its treaty right of open trade with China it will rescue Its citizens now endangered endan-gered and It WIll leave Great Britain to fight Its own battles and rake Its own chestnuts out of the fire We do not remember of ever having seen so much pure Idiocy In so few words The President announces that this country will do what It can to rescue Americans and that It will use JI moral force to keep the agreement made by l 111 nations ihijough the Influence In-fluence oCt > qnHed Statell force and our contemporary Bees In that n determination 16 mol an alliance with I Urcnt Rrltnln onVnslvo and defensive I and to Involve this country In war with Germany or Russia or any other power that may object but finally holds out as n saving grace that possibly Mr Bryan will be elected and then he will i peaceably contend for the treaty rights of open trade with China will rescue our citizens now in danger and will leave Great Britain to fight Its own battles The clilzens will either be all I rescued or dead long before election I The treaty rights arc all established now and all that the President has promised Is to use tho moral force of this country to maintain them Httf I proposition In advance of what was to be done Is exactly what our contemporary contempo-rary says will be done in case the people I peo-ple of the United States substitute an I American doctrine for the McKinley doctrine Our neighbor should got out 1 plans hnd specifications to show what I It means or at least a blue print I |