The Archive · 1900

THE ALTERNATIVES

Others 1 ok to see the s lution in either one of two ways: first, the partition of China among certain of the G-eat Powers, such as Russia, Germany, England, and France, " partition in which the United States will likely be invited to share, and to which Japan might possibly be invited; second, the—continuati-n of the political and territorial integrity of the Chinese empire, but wich tie parisd government carried on under foreign supervision and by a ruler who could be counted upon to adopt progressive policy, according in the meantime to all foreigners equal commercial rights throughout' the entire country. This latter form of settlement is the une which Americans naturally favour off hand.

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