New-York tribune., 1885-01-29
CUINESE EMIGRATION.
HOME VIEWS OF THE RESTRICTION ACT.
. TALK WITH THE EMIGRATION COMMISSIONER Al
CANTON

A TALK WITH THE IMiGRAIlON CoMMio9iO->i-' ~
CANTON
tryou SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE'l
UoxG KONG. Dec. 16.-The issuing OF GER
6cotes TO Cinnamon who wish TO emigrate 10 the oh
s,otos in charge OF the Hoppe. Commissioner oi
Custou,s at Canton who delegates the duties oi 'no
office TO one of his chief deputies, who therefore
the real Commissioner Of Emigration. lheso oo'''
cafes according to the Chinese Restriction Ao' "''
vised nv the United States Consul at Canton WHO
inc. the new ones only. He remains necessarily "'
Canton and perform. all his duties there Inc s1o'no
u, ,be Pacific Mail steamship Company and OF the occ
doptal and Oriental Limo sail for America from ons
Kong which is ninety miles from Canton iho oh'V
States Consul at Hong Kong has no duues OF icsioi'
bilities in the PREMISES neither is the Cohsui a'
empowered to employ deputy or clerk al hong hos "
he present when the steamer leaves and ADVISE "h 'o
officers in regard to the vaidy OF the certificates pre-
sented by intending emigrants. Mr. seymour 'ohs' "
Canton has been investigating the matter, under III
strucons from the State Department al "asniislon'
When 1t was found in 1888. that the law was lein.
eyaded the State Department complained 10 the ono'0
Minister at Washington, who advised that oahtoh
authorities cease issuing certificates which they
promptly Mr. Seymour finds that the Hst cei
issued in ss3 was granted Tong Tsuhg ehahe'
are thirty-three years, who was described rs ms
sionary teacher" preacher, intending 10 teach |'o
anity among the Chinese at Portland oregon MS
suretes were the Rev Dr. r. H. Graves and the Kew.
Il rs
Canton Up to this time LII certificates had peeh
issued Only two have issued since. both OF them
dated May g. 1884 These were In favor OF the servants
OF the United Consul at san Francisco one vi
Wong Tun Chun) being aged thirty SIX years. anu Tue
other Wong Pang Shang) eighteen years These nave
respectively the numbers ll72 and l,l7S' inc ias'
number representing the aggregate Issued shce 'H0
passage OF the Restriction Act.
The present Commissioner Of Emigration IS sit him
Kuk an intelligent and wel-to-do Chinaman OF aoou'
forty-hve years, who high Official ana cohueh'i'i
adviser Of the VcerGy but has under the present
viceroy Chang Chi Tung, given place to newer n'h'
He told Inc he had been Commissioner only thFeo
nontbs and had not issued single certificate. IL was
contrary to orders Before the sailing OF every
steamer from Hong Kong there we're applicatiohs ioi
certificates "How many applied on each ocoasoni
asked perhaps hundred" MI SIT seemed 10
hold his Office it appeared, only to say to those VINO
wanei to go to America impossible All the
certificates that have issued entered In full IN
an official register aud at my request he BROUGHT i9rt
the of the imposing volumes to show me the hi
What date does It bearr' | asked.
Fourth moon. ninth day. May 81
by whom was this signodf
Chek Poo Shu my predecessor an
How many kinds OF certificates arc therci
What are they called"
Tin sky and Ia learth'
one thousand OF the first kind and 3 OF the other
Do those who come TO yol for certificates MAKE any
No. simply tell them that they cannot nave them;
that il ALL"
There are great many certificates presented In
America tna do TO belong 10 those VINO bring
coolies present certificates setting forth that they are
merchants. travellers, students, etc lave you any
idea where these come irOmI' 80,
have not. They certainly do not come from this
Office There have boen only 1l13 Issued In al, ana
only two or three have been issued since December
1888" g., 81,
How do you and the Chinese authorities generally
feel in regard the law sed by tc American Con-
gress restricting Chinese imnisrdtlohi .
with some hesltaIDn-" can hardly say that we con-
slider it Just and fair. 49,, ,-,.
But does the Imperial Government or The Canton
Government or the Chm authorities any whcTc, WISH
the Chinese oi any class 10 leaNc 'hlhit ,
"Thcy do not. They wish them - stay a. nome anu
deyrlou tl.s country. They do not want thcn 10 80
abroad. getting Eur1pcanled, or Ancr!cIullcd, ana
forgetting their own country
Then why do they object to the reaiyI . ,
Merely because it seems 70 make d-honorahe dls-
tiucton between Chinese ana the people Oi other
nations"
Intelligent Cinnamon have not very profound feeling
that they have been dscruinici against but they en-
tertan no malice. and according TO their own confession
present policy Is relates to the cIpuiidunn OF
their own people. The Chinese authorities regard the
Americans the greatest iriendilncss They look on
them only people do not, through AN aS-Ic7-
sile colonial sy scm By commercial aggression, SOCK
their own advantage at the expense Of the Chinese
Empire. kwang Iung j. the only province directly
affected bv These districts are familiar 10
the American missionaries, Dnc OF whom told me the
other day that dlu remember to have tdrd one
word OF complaint OF the treaty from any Chlnanan.
Mr. Seymour SAYS show that the number oi
Cinnamon coming home remain far exceeds those re-
turning II Is his opinion that the cerllh-
Gates which longer needed transferred
sold 10 Cinnamon who wish to 20 America, and who
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