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in the first place to make shorter experiment
with the view hereafter OF maintaining perms-
nentiy only such features as time and ex perience
may commend.
transmit herewith copies OF papers relating
TO the recent treaty, which accompanied the
CONFIDENTIAL message OF President Hays3 q fhe.
Senate on the 10th Of Jannary, 1881, sid ai.o
q copy OF the ,memorandum respecting the act
herewith returned, which was handed 10 the
Secretary Of State by the Chinese Minister in
washington. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, wAsHISoTos, April 4, 1882
OBJECTIONS sUM,1kaIzED THE PRESIDENTS .
T-NorEa kSI 70. ~. =
Followingsre thememorsnda attached tothe.
veto message:
!. The time fixed in the blll, namely, twenty
years, is unreasonable. The language OF
Article 1, that "laborers" shall not be abso-
htely prohibited from coming TO the United
States, and that, Suspension shall 10 reasogr-
able" Ms well as the negotiations, indicate
that q brief period was intenled. Total pro-
hihtion ofsthe ia,nigration ofs0biasse 1ebw-s
ers toto the United States for twenty sears'
would, in my opinion, be UNREASONABLE and
violation OF the meaning and intent Of the
treaty.
a. 2. The inclusion Of "skilled labor In tho
bill is an addition TO the words and intent OF
the treaty. IL will operate with hsrshness
upon tho class Of Chinese merchants entitled
to admission TO The United States under the
terms OF the treaty. The shoe merchants
and cigar merchants of China manufact,ne
the goods they soil at their places Of bnsi-
ness, and to shut tsout "skilled labor " would
practically shut them out as WELL since il would
prevent them from carrying on their business
in this coultry. A isundryman who keeps his
shop and has small capital with which to pros
ecute his trade cannot in nny-,just sense be
termed "laborer." and the merchant tailor
comes in the same category.
y 5. The clauses OF the blu relating TO registra-
ton and passports are yexatious discrimination
against Chinese residents and immigrations,
when article provides exDIIcifly that they
shall be entitled to oil privileges conceded to
the subjects OF the most favored nation. The
execution OF these provisions OF the bill will
cause irritation, and, in case OF loss OF pass
port or certifea Of REGISTRATION. Chinese res.
fdents entitled to- remain may be forcibly ex-
PEELED from the country
L. III the bill becomes o law it will leave an
impression in China and its Government Of the
strangely misunderstood character Of the
treaty, or that Congress has violated some Of
its provisions, and this will tend TO prejudice
The intelligent classes against the United States
Government and the people, whom they nov
greatly admire and respect
g. There is no provision in the bill for
transit across the United States OF Chinese
subjects now residing in foreign conntries.
Large numbers Of Chinese live an Cuba
Peru, and other countries, who cannot re-
turn homo without crossing the territory Of
the United States OF touching at San Fran
cisco. To deny tins privilege, IL seems to
me, is the viSlation OF International law and
the comfy Of nations, and, IL the bull becomes
law il will in this respect result in great hard
ship 10 many thousands OF innocent Chinese N
foreign countries.