That they were sent to help the North if England and France helped the Confederacy, which, however, England had definitely refused to do. (2) That the ships were sent to be safe in a neutral harbour in the event of a renewal of the Crimean war through Prince Gortschakoff's ultimatum in regard to the Black Sea clause of the Treaty of Paris, (3) That Mr. Secreta Seward brought about the visit in order to make England and France think that there was a secret alliance between the United States and Russia. (4) That the Russians having destroyed their Baltic and Black Sea fleets during the Crimean war to event their falling into the ands of the enemy, and no new vessels being built before 1870, "the half-dozen old wooden ships! sent here really imposed upon nobody, though furnishing the innocent occasion for a good deal of effervescent oratory and those much-quoted lines by Holmes for which he was afterwards rebuked by James Russell Lowell." Finally, Mr. Foord notes with pleasure that the Supreme Court has confirmed the constitutionality of the Tea Inspection Law, which has rescued the Unjied States from being the dumping ground of worthless and spurious tea.
Then come the usual comparative tables of the value in gold of the principal staples sent from the nited States to China and Hongkong for the seven months ending; the lst of January 1903 an 1904
Cotton cloths. Mineral oil. Wheat flour.
To Chin:
7,312,774 1,277,510 210,010 1,976,005 2,203,647 185,584 To Hongkong 1902/3... 18,855 1,165,122 3}149,023, 1903/4... 33,080 1,460,257 3,583,451 The value of the imports of tea and silk into the U.S. for the same seven months. in gold, was as follows, for three years 190!
1903. 1904.
Tea 7,875,216 12,721,685 14,310,514 Ra silk 25,426,942 31,910,197 24,432,682
There are some notes on " China's Exhibits at the World's Fair," followed by along account, from the Japanese white-book, of the negotiations preceding the present war. The Russian version of the negotiations is also given, the concluding sentence of the communication being: "The Imperial Government, while laying on Japan the full responsibility for }any consequences of such a course of action, will await the development of events, and the moment it becomes necessary will take the most decisive measures for the protection of its rights and interests in the Far East."
r, Hay's note on "The Neutrality and Administrative Entity of China" follows. Then comes a letter from Mr. Clarence Cary, upholding Count; Cassini's interpretation of the visit jof the Russian Ships to the States in 1863; with extracts from a reference to contemporary authorities by " Historious," in which it is shown that Russia did refuse to agree to the proposal of France to mediate between the North and South atti and not before, England had refused, There is an interesting letter by Mr. rey S. Lyon, U. 8. Consul at Kobe, on "Japanese Direct Foreign Trade and a very interesting paper by Mr, H. B. Miller, U.S. Consul at Newchwang, on " Conditions in Manchuria," which shows what a wrench it will be for Russia to have to restore Manchuria to China, This paper alone makes this a very valuable issue of the "Journal."
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