The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-04-13
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
An Interesting Statement of the situation from
the Man Who Made the Treaty.

DETROIT, April 1.-THE Post aud Tribune
Will contain tomorrow an interview with Pres
! i1ent Angel Of the university, who was the
United States minister who negotiated the re-
cent treaties with China. In regard to the bill
just vetoed by the president, Mr. Angel said:
isee that Commissioner Swift says there was an
understanding that even much thirty years
prohibition would not be considered unreasonable
l have no recollection Of any limit Of time being
agreed to. When We first confersed with the Chi
but afterwards said they only intended to use thai
expression by way Of illustration. as. for instance,
! asking what would be the result if the Chinese
or were prohibited from coming from one two. or
! three years. They a=kel us, to-. What legislation
congress would enact. We saw he could not tell.
but wished TO make treaty which should impose
reasonable restriction. Now that is the Central
point in the whole matter whether the twenty
year limit in the vetoed bill a reasonable ono or
which there can be no hope Of unanimity. When
such question IS to be considered the only way
After discussing IS to cal! to- roll and who has
the most votes Personally thinka
TWENTY YEAR LIMIT TOO LONG;
ans! shonlt have voted against it il had an oppor-
tnnity, Probably should not like 10 favor longer
limit than five years myself, though when say that
DO not express my hrsl Judgment. have not
thonsht 1t over sufficiently 10 do Tie PURPOSES
for which We sent to China were in brief
these: Nearly every nation in the world has
imposed more or less stringent restrictions the
mmi igration OF Chinese We had our right TO impose
restrictions to the greatest good The question Of
Celnese immigration has been growing more and
more serious IL the Pacific States particularly, and
was thought wise to frame new treaty BY
which the right TO limit should be regained There
10 no doubt that the general sentiment in California
is that further Chinese immigration is undesirable
Such opinions are not confined to the sand lots
The Chinese government are willing to consent to
Such treaty spuatlons kfo best the inter-
eSts OF Their citizens. whose good they seek
They recognize the irritation in this countr, and
desire to alleviate it for the good Of their own
people, and suspect that if people OF other parts
OF this country were situated those who are in
San Francisco. there would be good deal the same
condition OF public sentiment.
NO INTEREST IN CHINA
As to how the veto would be received in
China, President Angel said:
There will be interest whatever among the
masses OF the people. for they know nothing about
it, Iu the foreign Office there will 10 great interest
in it. The news has probably reached Shanghai by
this time, but what the government would have
thought ssHno. OF, OF the %so passage Of the bill
q country as America. The immigration all comes
from the provinces near Canton, and from strip
OF country about as large IS the New England
States. These people were maratne race and
became imbued with spirit OF commerce and
travel. Whether they are imported by the Six
Companies. called, whether they learn Of
America from their returned count-ymen. do not
know. Both theories are stoutly maintained. can
hardly see how the vetoing Of the bin cause an
increase Of immigration Of Chinese this country.
for as said the people do not know there IL such
country as America ! suppose I could have
asked thousand Chinaman whom l would IN ct
in tho streets of Shanghai whether any such thing
as Chinese emigration had been discussed by them.
and they would not have known what was talking
about.
THE CHIEF DIFFICULTY
in the whole Chinese question is the fact that these
people do not assimilate like Europeans, nor do
they scatter over the country, and il the $1,000
Cinnamon OF San Francisco wo Id move to diifer-
ent parts of the country instead of remaining there.
But they are ereearious people In
elsnp.h race with most bitter fsuds e1isns hs .e be.
tween different villages. The fifth objection Of the
Chinese minister. that there was no provision In
through the United States to Cuba, and elsewhere,
1s good one. There are Cinnamon in South
American countries and Cuba. The fact that prac-
tically prohbtorT legislation has been enacted rel
alive to Australia without previous notice IL not
generally known.
President Angall in conclusion, said:
The whole question turns on the construction put
upon the wO:d 'reasnuabls'' used in the treaty,
and what is reasonable question is fact on which
men will be OF different MINDS
How lsdian Wars are Provoked.
WASHINGTON. April 5.-The follow ing abstrac
from letter from Con. Pope 10 made public:
Fort Leavenworth. Kan, April 3.-Naj. William
Gum. WashinRtop-Sir: I Leave tomorrow for
Reno. The situation 10 plain. The Indians cannot
live on reduced beef rationa There are 100000
cattle grazing not far from there Rather than
starve they viii do as we do-take by force vhas
cattle needed 10 keep them and their families
from starvation: This will provoke Indian hostit
ties, which will lead. God knows where The only
legal act the military can do is to make them starvs
peaceably-a most inhuman service Some
department Of the government should as
sumo the responsibility OF sending q few
thousand dollars for beef rather than have An In
dian outbreak on a large scale. There is game
to subsist tho Indians in this Indian Territory Ii
it really the intention Of the government for such
patry sum to plunge the frontier into war With
the Indians to assemble strong military force to
force thesennhappy creatures to starve In peace2
There will be fearful responsibilities somewhere
If this matter is not settled 1t be done in
one hour Should l find nothing done when
reach Reno shall probably assume the RESPONSE
bility myself I had rather suffer anything myself
than see an Indian outbreak so lne1cusable unjust
and fraught with such dreadful circumstances
There is no reason It, Yon show this to the secre-
tary Of war. kSiREed JOHN POPE.
Bvt. Maj Gen. Com'd'9.