Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-27
rAE CHINESE TREATY

tsorresusadeuoe Between the state DePaEssss
pent and the Chinese Foreign Once
$ WAsHINGxo51s Sept. 19.-The President
yesterday transmitted to Congress in am
swer to the Senate resolution, the CORE
1spondence in relation to the Chinese treaty
A letter dated January -, 1887, from
Tsingu, Yamen (foreign office), to>Minister-
Deuby in regard to the coming of Chinese
to this country, contains bitter complaints
of violated treaty obligations, and of cruel
outrages on Chinese. The original project
submitted to Chang Yen Hoon by Seere-
tary Rayard under date of January II.
1857, embodied the proposition 'sThat
FOR . period of thirty years, begin
ming with the date OF the exchange
of ratif1cations of this convention, the COM
ing of or returning to the United States OF
Chinese laborers shall be absolutely pro-
hibited and if six months before the ex-
piration of said period of thirty years
neither Government should formally have
given notice to the other of an intention to
treat such proposition as at an end, it shall
remain in full force for another period OF
thirty years. But it is expressly under
stood the provisions Of this convention
shall not affect the right al present enjoyed
of Chinese subjects being teachers, stu
dents, merchants or travellers for curiosity
or pleasure, but not laborers to come to the
United States and reside therein"
Hoon, in his reply to Secretary Bayard,
states that he has several things which he
intends to propose, but can not, under the
instructions to do SO until the outrage
cases are settled. ThE correspondence
shows that on March 1s, 1887, the Chinese
Minister LETT document giving il detail
9nd minutefy Che pan proposed by she
Chinese GovernmeIig to prohibit immigra-
tiors of its subjects to this @ountry5 Part
Of this document, however, Us - reply %
Bayard's project. ct declares, firsH that
China proposes to punish Chinese laborers
who never have been GSthG United States
and who fraudulently atten3pt entrance
into the United States and that as China
does this Of hep own Secord
and for sns protection o. Ser subj
jects, there is no necessity for fixing any
limitation Of times second, that Chinese
laborers with property % relatives in the
United States must satisfactorily grove
the same, and must henceforth, when
leaving the United States for epaina, DIS
posit with the Consul.Genera1 as Saxn
Francisco a statement showing CHS to be-
the case, or otherwise they will no6 tSeu0
titled to return; third, the Chinese Ghall-
be permitted to go through the United
States in transit for other countries
Fourth-The exempt class of chinese
subjects, such as teachers merchants, StcO
if possessed Of certificates, shall De Zero
mitted to land without detention unS5E
any pretenSes
The document ehen requests the FfGiO
dent to proclaim that with view OF fHe0
venting it's subjects from suffering liz
treatment that the Chinese GovernsseS
has of its own accord prohibited the como
ing of Chinese laborers into the Gsief
States. 1t also asks that officers be aTG
pointed to be specially charged with seol1O
ing after the safety Of Chinese in the EesS
with authority to cali ON troops 10 prossnE
the Chinese. A treaty Of extraditio9 by
which Chinese criminals will be delivered
up is also suggested and the United Ssstse
is asked to reduce the duty upon rige ixe'
ported from China.
On April is, 1887, Secretary BaE&r6
transmitted the draft of a convention 90
the Chinese Minister and invited aireSo
meet at the department. for consideEstiO<A
of the subject The correspondence sss
with the notification by Secretary Bayard
to the Minister of the ratificattD1a OF the
treaty by the Senate. including swo adEs
ditional amendments adopted by che SeRa
ate and the Minister'S reply, in which Ee
says: 81 have carefully examined these
amendments, and as they do nos aleer She
terms OF the original treaty, 10 wiz sifpe
noe pleasure to accept them in due eosfa.'9