Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-05
LIE GENDRE's STATEMENT.
Important Information I'm Regard
10 Chinese Immigration.
fsah Francisco Call, March Slst,

General c. w. lie Gendre, an attache
Of the Government of Japan, who se-
Gently arrived in this city from China,
has given some important information TO
tho public concerning the shipping o.
coolies to San Francisco. General LIE
Gendre has occupied the position of Vice
Consul Of Ethe United States at Annoy
for six years, and prior to that time he
was in the war o. the rebellion. He vas
born in France, was educated at the
Royal College of Rheims, and graduated
at the University of Paris. He is a man
oflarge experience and the statement he
makes are therefore valuable, his imfor-
nation having been CLEANED from years
Of official
| CONNECTION WITH THE CHINESE Gov>
ERNMEET.
Regarding the regulations for obtain
ing Chinese in the Flowery Kingdom, he
says: So far no regulations for furnish
/ ing Chinese labor to our country have
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the Ur tied States and China. The ma
tive authoriti es, therefore, make con-
tracts, which, although answering all
the requirements of the American law,
are made without regard TO the Chinese
rule. The Chinese author tiles, in draw
ing up these regulations, have had in
view exclusively the protection of their
own imprudence in their dealings with
native emigration brokers. Thepioceed-
ings of these brokers are often similar to
kidnapping. Although at the present
time Chinese laborers generally emigrate
voluntarily, they are shipped under con-
tract-made through their Chinese agent
to be held to serv ice for a term ofyears.
They require an advance of money Or
passage to their destination, and for gus
tenance of their families until they can
supply their wants out Of their own earn
ings. Except to Manila, the Straits, and
some say San Francisco, but doubt it,
wELL-To-Do CHINAMAN VERY SELDOM
EMIGRATEs.
Sit Ming Cook, the present Chinese
Vice Consul at San Francisco, told me
only to-day that among the rich Chinese
merchants of San Francisco there is not
a single individual oftruly good standing
in his own country. Chinese laborers
emigratng to foreign count tries are call
ed COOLIES" The word "cooly" is said
to be Hindoostanee, meaning "hard la
bor." II has been introduced 10 some
extent into some parts OF China where
foreigners have had long intercourse. At
Canton the sound is represented by two
letters, and pronounced Koo-lee, which
may be translated "hiIing low persons,"
or by cody, Chinese term composed of
two characters, coo, to hire, and lie, low,
abject, anything very common; and those
who procure coolies" The common
phrase at Canton for coolie operations is
My-choo tsy, selling pigs, or Cmai hoo
tsy, buying pigs. And why? Because,
as the Chinese say, no more than the
PIGS TAKEE FROM THEIR PENS,
Coolies sent as emigrants 20 foreign coun-
tries, ever return. The coolie broker is
called "My-choo tsz. ton," or simply
Choo tsz-low, head man buying pigs,
Cboo tsz-ton means great coolie broker.
The Sew chUo-tsy are me re travelling
agents. They collect the men one by
one, pay them small advances and send
them to the ChoO -tsy ton, who arrange
for their transfer to the emigration opera
tors, receive their commission according
to the current rate. There is no kind Of
deception that the Sew>ohoo-tsy do not
resort to in enticing men to emigraie.
Sometimes they will promise to provide
them with good berths as apprentices to
usetul arts, or as servants or sailors on
board foreign vessel, ,.or they will tempt
them by the prospects OF making good
contracts, under which they may be held
to service in foreign countries with unusu
al good wages, and, bos ides, be afforded
facilities to return Mt the end of their en-
gagement. They often travel in company
with dissolution women, through whose
influence or the fascination of gambling
they bring young men into difficulties, or
even ruin, after which there is no other
recourse left for the unfortunate but to 90
to the Choo-tsy-to and sign co ntracts to
serve as laborers in distant lands. In
this manner, although foreigners in coolie
operations are often ignorant of it, the
emigration houses are too often the hells
into which thousands after thousands Of
un fortunates are
CAUSED To FALL by UNPRINCIPLED CHI.
NEsE.
In the seaports of Southern China
there are to be found in great numbers
people who have no available means of
support, who gen orally pass their time
at the gambling table, smoke opium, and
are engaged in doubtful occupations. In
every respect :hey lead lawless life.
Such characters are apt to get into diff
culties or find themselves destitute, aud
when In that precarious condition they
fall into the hands Of the Coey-long ton,
who lead them by degrees to go to the
emigration houses, where prem ium,
ranging from $50 to $40 is paid TO them.
That is the reason why, in Annoy, they
denominate the traffic in coolies "Coey.
lang buying of men-but these
phrases are used by The people in almost
the same sense As kidnapping. The words
"koo-lee" are sometimes used at Annoy
eolloquially for common laborer, but
they are never written. If they were
written they would require different