Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-04-09

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Question Of Time II the Eastern States
we're ovsrrun with Chinese they too would
Olamor for Exclusion.
DETROIT, April THE Postland
Tribune contains report of an in
terwiew with President Angel,
who was the United States Minis
ter who negotiated the recent
treaty with China, ia regard to the
bill just vetoed by the President.
81 see,n said be-" s'that Commits
sionor Swift says there was an I'M
dGrstanding that even as much as
thirty years. prohibition would
not be considered unreasonable. l
nave no recollection of any limit
OF time being agreed to when we
Aret conferred with the Chinese.
They spoke OF limitation of time
and mum Der, but afterwards said
they only intended to use that ex-
preston by way OF illustration-
s., for instance, asking what would
be the result II the Chinese were
permitted to come only in alter.
nate years, or were prohibited from
coming for one, two or three years.
They asked us. too, what legisla.
ton Congress would enact. We
said We could not tell, but wished
to make . treaty which should i'm.
pose reasonable restrictions. Now
that is the central point in the
whole matter. Whether the TWEEN
ty.year limit Of the vetoed bill was
: reasonable one or not is
purely . matter Of opinion, on
which there can be no hope Of
unanimity of action. When such
Z ouesti0n is to be considered, the
only way, after discussion, is to
cali the roll and see who has the
most votes. Personally, l think
the twenty-year limit too long.
Probably should not like to favor
: longer limit than five years my.
self.
PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION.
"The purposes for which we were
sent to China were In brief these:
Nearly every nation in the world
has imposed more or less stringent
restrictions on the immigration Of
Chinese. We had surrendered our
right to impose restrictions to q
great extent. The question of Chi
nese immigration has been grow
ing more and more serious, in the
Pacific States particularly, and it
was thought wise to frame a new
treaty, by which the right to limit
should be rsgained. There is no
question that the general senti-
ment In California Is that further
Chinese immigration is undesir-
able. Such opinions were not con-
fined to the sandlots. The Chinese
Government were willing to con.
sent to such treaty stipulat:ons as
should best preserve the interests
Of their citizens, whose good they
sought. They recognized the irri-
tati0n In this country, and desired
to alleviate it for the good Of their
own people. / suspect that Ii the
people of other parts of this coun.
try were situated as those are in
San Francisco, there would be a
good deal OF the same condition of
public sentiment"
As to how the veto would be re-
ceived in China, President Angel
said: "There will be 30 Interest
whatever in the subject among the
great masses Of the people, for they
know nothing about 1t. In the
Foreign Office there will be great
interest In it. The news has prob
ably reached Shanghai by this
time, but what the Government
would have thought of the passage
of the bill cannot tell. The
masses of the people do not, sup
pose, know that there 10 such
country as America.
CHIEF PERILs OF IMMIGRATION.
"rhe chief difficulty in the
whole Chinese question:" cOntin-
ued President Angel, sis the fact
that these people do not asslmi-
late like Europeans, nor do they
scatter over the country. II the
rs, 900 Cinnamon in California
would move to different parts of
the country instead of remaining
there, there would be no agitation
and no difficulty; but they are a
gregarious people. In their own
country they are the same clam
nish race, with the most bitter
fueds existing between different
villages"
The fact that practically prohibi-
tory legislation has been enacted
relative to Australia without pre-
vious notice, is not generally
known. He said in conclusions:
"The whole question turns on the
construction put upon the word
'reasonable.' as used in the treaty,
and what Is reasonable is q ques-
ton of fact on which men will be
Of different mindsn