. The awakening of China . he leading part taken by our country in thesubsequent settlement, especially in warding off thethreatened dismemberment of China, added immenselyto our influence. Again, on the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese conflict, which was waged mainly on Chineseterritory, it was American diplomacy that securedfor China the advantage of neutrality, and once morewarded off a danger that menaced her existence. Yet every spark of gratitude for these transcendentservices is liable to be extinguished by the irritationcaused by discrimination against her labourers andthe consequent il
. The awakening of China . he leading part taken by our country in thesubsequent settlement, especially in warding off thethreatened dismemberment of China, added immenselyto our influence. Again, on the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese conflict, which was waged mainly on Chineseterritory, it was American diplomacy that securedfor China the advantage of neutrality, and once morewarded off a danger that menaced her existence. Yet every spark of gratitude for these transcendentservices is liable to be extinguished by the irritationcaused by discrimination against her labourers andthe consequent ill-treatment of other classes of herpeople. No argument is required to show how im-portant it is to remove all grounds of complaint in theinterest of our growing commerce. That any sweeping alteration will be made in ourexisting laws, I have given my mandarin friends noreason to expect. Self-preservation stands on a higherplane than the amenities of intercourse. For manyyears these laws served as a bulwark without which the.
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