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Show CHINA WILL ADOPT PROGRESSIVE POLICY Vancouver, Jan. 27. H. P. Fletcher, first secretary of the American legation lega-tion at Pekln, Is here on his way to the Orient. He expresbed the view I hat the new administration In Chin?, will adopt a progressive policy. Llung "tun Yen. who recently succeeded Yuan Shi ah Kal in the foreign ofllce. Is thoroughly in sympathy with western west-ern ideas of progress, having graduated gradu-ated at Yale a Tew years ago. He Is al.so regarded In high favor by the princes cf the Manchu dynasty. Mr. Fletcher is hopeful of the altitude of the regent. Prince Chun, brother ut : the late emperor and father of the i reigning emperor, lie pointed out that the prince is not unfamiliar with iccidental civilization, having visited Germany on an Imperial mission some ,ears ago to apologize for the murder mur-der of Baron Von Kettler, the German Ger-man minister. Mr. Fletcher added that tho Chin ese government recently agreed to draft mining laws and regulation?, now non-existent, tp give greater se-surity se-surity and protection to foreigners investing in-vesting in mining enterprises In his opinion. China is faithfully observing tho "open-door" policy. The Japane ie have also observed their obligations by withdrawing its military forces ircm Manchuria, the collection of customs cus-toms at Dalny and other seaports in the north being again under the control con-trol of the Chinese customs boa'd. Tho only Japanese forces In the country, coun-try, outside of Dalny and Port Arthur, me railroad guards, a force of which is also maintained, by Russia In northern north-ern Mnuchurin. On his way home, he travelled bv the Trans-Siberian railway. Ho observed ob-served that Russia is making good progress in double-tracking the line. |