Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-30

OF nlsrtNcVOus concession, or for
nal recital Of some n re pla'itude.
Section ,';,.i, she United States
not t. n,taca the ciIiI=ns or
subjects oI any foreign power, or
their properly, with winch they
may b ut war, Oh any Of the tract,
OF Ian J. or water ui the Empire,
which China bad conceded to the
citizens of foreign powers, ami the
same section also provides in sub
stance that the Chinese authorities
shall not be Invested of jurisdiction
over the persons "!.d properties OF
citizens of the Tnji. Il States, i'll any
tract of land conceded to the latter,
except i'll the apecial treaty ports.
Article III provides that "uny priv
lleIe or humanity In respect OF trade
or navigation within the Chlneee
cominions which may not have
been stipulated for by eaty, sh,ii
he subject to the discretion It be
Chinese government, and may be
regulated 10y it acc,rlln5ly.' Sec
ton Iii cnacts that Consuls appoint
ed hy the E,nperor OF China shall
cnIpE the saline privileges and I'M
muEiIies in the ports OF the United
States as those enjoyed by tn" Con
suls of Great Britain and Russia.
Section " comedies to the Chinese
the previously disputed point, that
places of sculpture must be held free
from disturbance or profanation,
and also provides for liberty of cou-
science III either country. This lat
ter article, taken III connection with
the rest of the treaty, means that an
American may enjoy Liberty of con-
science in the treaty ports of China
and the Chinese shall enjoy the same
liberty through the whole extent of
the United States; but as this is
guaranteed IL any case by our con-
stitution, and as the liberty existed
i'll the treaty potts without the afore-
said article, the latter is simply an
empty paragraph. Article V, III ex-
press terms, cordially recognizes
the Inherent and inalienable right
Of man to change his home and al
le5iance, and also the mutual advan-
tage of the migration and eml9ra-
ton to their citizens and subjects
respectively from the one country
to the other for purposes of curios'
ity, of trade, or as permanent resi-.
dents" The advantage OF which
provision, III the nature of things,
lnures solely to the Chinese, for tn
reason that where one American
emigrates TO China, five hundred
Chinese immigrate to the United
States.
The same article contains n provisc
that certain laws shall be passed
concerning the forced emigration OF
coolies, and of this l shall have oc-
casion to speak hereafter. Article
VI is that under which Chinese i'm.
migration is protected at the pres
ent time, and from its importance J
quote it Mt length. 1t is as follows
" Citizens of the United States visit
ing or residing in China shall en-
Joy the same privileges, immunities
or exemptions Ill respect to trave
or residence as may there be en-
loyed by the citizens or subjects 0.
the most favored nation; and re-
ciprocally, Chinese subjects visiting
or residing in the United States
enjoy the same privileges, immuni
ties, and exemptions in respect tC
travel or residence as "may there
be enjoyed by the citizens or sub
jects of the most favored nation
But nothing herein contained shall
be held TO confer naturalization
upon cit Zens of the United States il
China, nor upon this citizens Of
China in the United States" The
effect of tins is plain when we re.
fleet that China grants to the most
favored nation simply the right tC
reside and trade in certain specified
localities, seven in number, while the
United States grants to its mos
favored nation the hight of access
for travel, trade, or permanent resi-
dence i'll any part of our country
without restriction. Article VII
provides for reciprocity in the matter
of schools; American citizens to be at
liberty to enjoy the privileges of the
public educational institutions under
the control of the government OIL
China, and Chinese citizensto be al
liberty to enjoy the like privileges in
the United States. BY this article
also, citizens of the United States
may freely establish and maintain
schools within the Empire of China
at those places where foreigners are
by treaty permitted to reside" In
return for this it is provided that
Chinese subjects may enjoy the
same privileges and immunities in
the United States" In other words,
in the seventh article as in the sixth,
the half dozen treaty ports, more oil
less, of China, are set off against the
whole extent of the United States.
AS article VI was q triumph in
behalf of the Chinese people as re-
lates to this country, so article VIII
was triumph for them at home.
This article was clear aud formal
waiver on our part of the claims
which our ENJOYS, both before and
since, have made 10 interfere in the
internal affairs of the Empire. For
although this was right and proper
in Itself it was none the less an evi,
dence of weakness as contradictine
our own pretenslons, and Of undue
solicitude for the welfare of China
while neGlecting our own. In the
exact words of the treaty, "the Unit
ed States do hereby freely disclaim
and disavow any Intention or right
to intervene in the domestic ad-
ministration of China in regard to
the construction of railroads, tele-
graphs, or other material internal