Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1905 — The Big Stick In China. [ARTICLE]

The Big Stick In China.

It is rather amusing to notice the administration’s threats to the Chinese government “that al) negotiations for a new convention to discuss the Chinese exclusion act will be discontinued until the anti-American boycott is stopped and that China will be held responsible for losses sustained by American citizens.” The Chinese authorities state they have taken energetic steps to stop everything of an illegal or disorderly character, but they cannot stop the boycott. As China does not want an exclusion treaty and the people of China do not want our goods, it is difficult to see what we can do*about it, short of forcing them to swallow both of our demands at the cannon's mouth, and the use of force would hardly be indorsed by the American people and would only further disrupt our trade with China. The “big stick” policy will hardly work in the orient.