New-York tribune., 1882-02-16
Ey.vIyIsTEG ANGELL IN TITS CITY.
lis MISSION 10 CHM AND THE TREATIES WHICH
WERE ARRANGED WITH THAT CoUNIhY.

11s MISSION 70 CHM AND THE TREATIES WHICH
WERE ARRANGED WITH TuAT COUNTRY.
Among the passengers on board the Cunard
steamship Catalonia which rrived yesterday, was the
Hon. James b. Angcll, President OF the University OF
Mchirar and ey- Minister 10 China Hie wife, daughter
and younger son were with him. President Angel was
appointed by President Hayes Minister Plenpotcnary
and Envoy Extraordn ny to the Chinese Government.
! and alfI was maze chairman of a coidin >siOh,
consisting of himself, william H. Tresrott, Of
| South Carolina, and John f. swift OF
! California. TO revise the then existing treaties
with the United States, and 10 make new ones lie LETT
| Lmerica in June, 1850 The other two Commissioners
returned rs soon "a their special work finished.
President Angel resigned his position Minister and
will resume his duties President Of the University Of
Michigan Immediately after making a final settlement
| wi the Government at Washington OF his afBifs as
Minister. He lrf China accompanied by his family In
October Inst leaving the al rs Of the Legation in charge
of it's secretary MIR Holcomh and by the way
of the suez Canal, making hur tour through Italy,
| France, Germany and England. President Angel
grceiod TRIBUNE reporter VINO called upon him yest r
day afternoon, c0rdiA y and said IN regard to his Voy
| age:
ave are all tired out with that exhausng voyage of
eighteen days Our steamship very slow and in bad
coud on aud we were buiicted by head winds till It
seemed to be open question which would finally get
ahead the winds and or the vessel The water
was often ankle deep in the saloon Of the ship"
"lCu unusually favored III DclnR aDe 10
tho treaties with the Chinese Government as soon as
you did, were you not :"
"W Il, we were very fortunate in that respect. 1t
ordinarily takes three years to make any treaty
arrangcIn,nls with the Chinese. We completed two
treaties, however, in foryeght days The first one Is
in regard to Chiuese imm grafton INTO the United States,
and secures for Cover men the rgat 10 control the
immigration If Chinese laboreTs into the country II has
nothing do with either scho travellers or mer-
chants of course We may prohibit the migration
of hnese but may regulate, limit suspend
IT, as the treaty says. The other treaty touched upon
three points. allows Chinese vessels to enter Amer
lean purts AID pay the same tonnage dues AZ the
vessels O o; her nations, long China does not DIS
rrlmnatt aiiust that regard Ii determines judi
cIal procedure between American ana Chlnese
cifiZeus .tlv prohibits American citizens from en-
gazing in the Chuere opium trade. The chinese are
very anxious to insert this provsO in their treaties with
every nation They b. gan VITA us ana since then IL mas
been put in their trcat with Brazil aud Russia"
Did YOU frd the Chinese officials agreeable men to
deal with :"
Yc>, thry were very aIahe, courteous and extremely
polite. very much pleased with nc KIND treatment
Jlcu. 1he Prime Minister. Prince kIinS,
aud esht others the FOrcn Offices and with these
all the busin - of treaty making was Transacted We
any alone, there being never less than
three four of tHem at Official NEE ng-. Nhny of tn IN
good II ws made severH rleuds ong tuehl
d regretted leaving the good deal think some Oi
them we're rather 10 have us come away, too tt
course they were dilatOry and cVasivc, wh,n they
cI t. Gc, the Chin neing ,te of delay in fact;
bat di 10 1T must be prep red for such thing. ]
heard many cOIll ntS this head, bat We IOund VcrF
lttlc dimcuIy o. ,h> kind thina Ne knew "hunct er
cyasiNc and knew how to meet It, On thr
whole however, treatment could not have been more
frank and co iaL"
Pr siIent Angel starts for Washington this morning