Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-07-30 | Page 4 | Wu's Successor.

WU'S SUCCESSOR SUCCESSOR l lIn In Liang Chen Tung the United States re receives eires from China a Minister linister who bids fair to represent bis his country a as ably as Minister Wu V has done and that is saying much For this service Chinas China's new representative in iii Washington has enjoyed the tIle advantages advantages ad ad- vantages of several years years' ears residence in the thel United States first as a a. student and later Infer as of the Chinese legation Also he be has bas seen Been service with the Chinese Embassy in London This thorough training training training train train- ing not only in diplomacy but lut also in the language and life lire and in the modes of thought and aud a action tion of the country to which he lie has been leen accredited supplements supple ments mente very usefully native abilities and Oriental culture which have hae won for foi- him a high place at home borne He will receive from the United States a i friendly and anel warm welcome welcom in his personal Charac t tel ter and especially as the representative of ot one of r the te greatest nations on the globe a nation which I never has invoked in vain the friendly offices of the United States China and the United States are arc neighbors across an ocean which unites rather than divides them and in the Philippines we have a station sta station sta- sta tion at Chinas China's very ery door We Ve have no rival riyal interests interests inter inter- ests nor ambitions We Ve do not covet Chinas China's territory terri tern tory and if we desire and seek a share in her trade suitable to the propinquity and relative o resources of both nations it is with no desire for sided one bargains bar gains but rather with the desire and the expectation that the trade will be useful and profitable to both peoples and countries alike We rc need Chinas China's undeveloped undeveloped unde nude natural resources and needs our capital capital capital cap cap- ital experience knowledge and skill for the development devel of those resources We V need a great market marIet mar mar- ket Iet for our products China can be he developed dC into an almost limitless market China needs our products prod prod- nets for her induction into and her bel advancement along the wealth wealthy and happy ways wa of modern Occidental dental civilization There is no reason leason why China and the United States treating each other with mutual mutual mu mu- respect and kindness s should not be the best friends in the world We Te do not want to overrun o China with our population tion nor are we willing that China should overrun overrun- the United States with her ber population Let us each keep within our om own dooryards dooryards door door- yards and both alike be to each other the kindest and the very best possible of neighbors