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Treaty Revision

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 16, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 11.

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Treaty Revision.

One of the most important events of the past year is the treaty between China and the United States, which was signed at Shanghai, October 9. While the open-door policy of the American nation, calling for two treaty ports in Manchuria, is designed to benefit trade interests, it can not be doubted that a door open to trade means at the same time free entrance to the Gospel, a privilege which it is feared would no longer obtain should Russia's purposes be realized.
A Missionary with His Native Helper.
A Missionary with His Native Helper.
The important point in the treaty as respects missionaries is the insistence on the part of signatory powers that missionaries are to hold themselves aloof from all interference in the exercise by Chinese officials of their jurisdiction over Chinese subjects; 'nor shall the native authorities make any distinction between converts and non-converts, but shall administer the laws without partiality, so that both classes can live together in peace.'