National Republican., 1886-12-18
The Chinese Question,


WASHINGTON, u. c., ncr 10, ls'6.-EDToR
NATIONAL REPCBLicAS: Your Breakfast Letter
10 the President, published in last s IturdBy's
NATtONAL REPUBLICAN,, on the Chinese ques-
ton, l. an able aud statesmln,ik, document,
and ought IL, Gully tosirvc rs n gui lie for the
President but f. r senators and members OF the
House of Representatives, aud especially for
the gentlemen members Of the committees on
Foreign relations of both houses Of Congress
The committee on foreign relations OF the
SCrate wUuln aug uite precious amount of un'
ptejudiced: reliable, aud valuable Information
u know what say on he Chinese question If
the big headed Senator from California, the
Hon. Leland Stanford. were one of Its mcm-
bers.
Tie Chinese question Is never too much dis
GUS cd ard appreciated, ! have studied China
and the Chinese on their own soil and long aud
alternately resided in the so called celestial en-
piTe from Canton in the south to Pekin In the
north via the Intermediary sea and tluvial
ports also in distant inland cities and villages.
] know China, the Chinese, their ideas, Gus
toms, and resources well enough to be able able to
wards evil. can fathom the grand market
that China can be for the United States by fair
play as ! con fathom the deep regret for
America by the loss Of said grand market
through unfair play. China ana the Chinese
are known TO the western governments and
people through the imperfect prism presented
BY the ministers, consuls,, and admirals who
all go to China loaded with prejudices against
the heather Chinee, as soon as they
most naturally become in daily contact with
other foreigners who are identically prejudlced
against China and the Chinese, and, becoming
disgusted with. all that surrounds them, they
only remain IN China long enough to sec
all the faults of the Chinese, but not
ong enought to see the Chinese virtues,
which are not easily ,perceptible to the
generally pretend TO be keen and adroit OBJ
servers of meu and things and always ready to
write ana transmit their judgment 70 their
governments and friends, based on all what
they assume to have seen, heard. touched, aud
thoroughly investigated, but often. instead
these judgments are the effect of their exalted
imagination, OF ignorance and of wrong in
formations conveyed to them by irresponsible
persons, but never free from prejudices against
china and the Chinese; hence all the misun-
oppoTtunties put is'' in peril % or lost | There % IS
much evil in not choosing the right men for
the right places and vice versa in doing vice
versa.
Much gOou and decorum to our country Is to
be expected In the settlement of this too much
agtHted and too much complicated Chinese
question as II appears now that the highly
State Department, Gov. Porter. Is giving his
serious and benevolent attention to both the
Chinese and the Hawaiian questions,
The Hawaiian can hardly be called ques-
ton. All the clamor aud animoSlty against
the reciprocity treaty, derived frt III tho uude-
Sirable working of said treaty, winch has be.
Of all in America aud In Hawaii and for the
exclusive benefit OF few alien Individuals OF
ldsso iuSsG, n funny trio viz, a Dutch corner
grocer by name Of Claus SpTeckels, Mormon
missionary by name Of W. NJ. Gibson and
Chinese coOlie by name Of COnfucius Ah Fong
-ythese precise details, they do no harm In
being known.
From the last letter and newspapers re.
ceived from Honolulu ! see that his majesty,
The chivalrous King kalakaua, III ugh rather
late, hes begun 10 open his eyes and that he
| is determined 10 shake of the unpleasant yoke
of the aforementioned monopOlists, and thus
prepare more equi able working of the
reciprocity treaty between the Cnited States
and his kingdom Of Hawaii
Very often, rs II is In this present case with
| Hawaii. 1t is not the questions, measures, or
treaties that ore hurtful and obnoxious, but the
Tapacious and INSCRIPTIONS individuals who
| monopoli2e them.
BY the opening Of the Panama canal and the
| laying of the trans Pacific cable (of this last
| enterprise am the projector), the trade of the
| Pacific will take gigantic proport ions and will
TevOutioniZe the commerce of the world.
| Shanghaiw be the terminus and the clearing
house in Asia and San Francisco in America,
and Honolulu will be prominent factor as the
| Intermediary point between the two conti-
nents.
The President and Congress of the United
| States ought to appreciate more highly the
| friendly and commercial relations with China,
Japan, Siam, and Hawaii than tho preludices
OF q few against races, which is q dead Issue In
the nineteenth century.
CEIso CESAR MORENO,