Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-09
THE CAPITAL.
BAYARD'S NEW CHINESE TREATY
COMPLETED.
The British Extradition Treaty yir.
tually Killed-Stewart's Alien
Land Bill Etc.
TOO MANY COOKS.
The Administration Interfering in the
Chinese Restriction Matter

The Administration Interfering in the
Chinese Restriction Matter
Copyright 1s5S, by tie California associated Press
WASHINGTON, February Sth.-The an
nouncement made by your correspondent
yesterday that Secretary Bay ard had pre-
pared the draft of new treaty with China
to absolutely prohibit Chinese immigration,
was confirmed to-day by the statement
given to the public by Representative Bel
mont, with the approval of the Secretary,
that the draft of treaty was transmitted
to the Chinese Minister to-day containing
such notifications as would bring about a
! total prohibition of Chinese immigration,
and that within month he believed such
g treaty would be agreed upon by the re-
spective powers and sent 10 the Senate for
ratification. He also authorizes the state
| ment that there is no disposition on the
part of the Chinese Government TO oppose
such treaty.
The members of the California delega-
ton in the House were informed by Bel
| mont in the State Department, and FELTON,
and Morrow both expressed the hope that
| the administration was at last working
| earnestly and sincerely to bring about
what the California Representatives have
SO zealously endeavored to obtain. They
| believe that had it not been fer the deter
mination manifested by the Pacific Coast
| Congressmen to obtain relief, even to the
extent of abrogating the treaty, Secre-
! tary Bayard would not have moved in the
matter. If however, the treaty is modi-
| fed so as to prohibit all immigration, save
the coming and going of members of the
Imperial diplomatic corps, the necessity
| for further legislation and for addi-
tional treaty arrangements with Great
Britain on this subject remains before the
| evil can be completely remedied. The
| Government of Great Britain can make
resolutions governing the departure of
the Chinese from the treaty port of Hong
kong and their arrival at Vancouver.
1t is from Hongkong that the majority
| OF the Chinese are shipped TO San Francisco,
and if the British Government could be in
duced to join the Chinese Government TO
! prohibit the traffic, it would be of an in
estimable advantage. When John Russell
| Young was Minister to China he saw the
necessity for a treaty arrangement with
Great Britain, as well as for China, if i'm
migration was TO be prohibited, and he
| called the attention of the British Consul
| at Hongkong to the matter. That gentle
man communicated with his home Gov
| ernment, and as the result Mr.. \ Goung noti-
| fed the State Department that the British
| authorities would unite with the United
| States Government IN any measures the
latter recommended for the regulation OF
the immigration of Chinese. Whether,
since a subsidized line of steamers has been
established between Hongkong and Van
couver, and a tax of $40 per head has been
| imposed upon all Cinnamon arriving at
| British Columbia, the British authorities
are of the same way of thinking, is not
| known. 1t is evident that if China makes
a treaty with the United States for the
prohibition of Immigration between the
two countries, and the British Government
allows Chinese to pass freely from Hong
| kong to Vancouver, the necessity for sup
| Elemental legislation is as great as though
no treaty was made. In fact, this legisla-
ton is a necessity, because there is as much
danger OF the entry of Mongolians across
! the Mexican border as that OF the Domin-
lcn of Canada.
With the ratification of tretty between
| China, the United States and Great Britain,
| to prohibit Chinese immigration, and the
| passage of the FELTON, bill requiring every
| Cninaman in the United States to take out
a certificate in the United States Court and
| to surrender such certificate upon his leav-
| ing the country, the evil complained of
would be abated. Every Chinese resident
| not possessed of a certificate could be de-
| ported, and while those Chinese now in
! the country could not be sent to their
| homes, the danger of further immigration
would be reduced to a minimum.