Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-19
THE CHHNKsE TREATY

Documents Concerning tho Treaty.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. 18.-The Presi- dent to-day transmitted to Congress in an swer to a Senate resolution letter from the Secretary of State together with accompany ing correspondence in relation to the Chinese treaty. Secretary Bayard in his letter to the President says: 'It is proper in elucidation of the correspondence to inform you that the subjects embraced in the treaty were also elaborately discussed in the personal inter views held by me with MT. Chang Yon Hoon, the Chinese minister, from time to time since his arrival in 1ss6." He continues: ''On May 21 last the minister sailed from New York for Peru and my latest information is to the effect that he is now on his way from Lima to the United States. On July Is last I was called upon by the Chinese charge which informed me that 8 cablegram had been received from the Chinese foreign office inquiring whether any further amendments could be added by the Senate to the pending treaty."
 In reply the secretary says he informed the charge that the treaty as amended by the Senate was concluded and only awaited an exchange of notifications to become binding upon both parties by proclamation te that
 
 correspondence whatever with any one other than that transmitted has been had by this departments in reference to the said treaty" 1"
 A letter dated January 12, 1887, from Tsungh Yamen, the foreign office, to Minis ter Denby in regard to the coming of the Chinese to this country contains paragraph bitterly denouncing the outrages perpetrated against Chinese laborers in the United States recalling on the other hand the fair treat nnent by the Chinese government and citing the measure adopted by the Chinese govern ment to prohibit Chinamen once returned to China from returning to the United States. The original project under date of January 12, 1887, embodied 8 proposal "that for a period of thirty years beginning with the date of the exchange of ratifcations of this convention, the coming of or return to the United States of Chinese laborers shall be absolutely prohibited"
 THE CYST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE.
 The correspondence shows that on March IS, 1887, the Chinese minister left docu- ment giving in detail and minutely the plan proposed by the Chinese government in a let- ter to Minister Denby dated January 12, 1887, to prohibit the emigration of it's subjects to this country. part of this document, how ever, is in reply to MT. Bayards project. It declares, first, that China proposes to punish Chinese laborers who have never been to the United States and who fraudulently attempt to secure entrance into the United States, and that as China does this of her own ac- cord and for the protection of her subjects there is no necessity for fixing any limitation of time; second, the Chinese laborers with property or relatives in the United States must satisfactorily prove the same and must hencsforth when leaving the United States for China deposit with the Consul General at San Francisco . statement showing this to be the case, or otherwise they will not be en- titled to return; third, the Chinese shall be permitted to go through the United States in transit to other countries; fourth, the ex~ empted class of Chinese subjects, such as teachers, merchants, etc., if possessed of OCT tifcates, shall be permitted to land.
 In anticipation of any argument that may be advanced that the government has not authority to make action against those com hitting violence, the minister says that Chipa's treaty stipuiations are with the United States and not with the local govern ments and that Americans in China have aaked and received simiiar protection in China. The correspondence closes with a notification by Mir. Bayard to the minister of the treaty by the Senate enclosing the two additional amendments adopted by the Sen- ate and the minister's reply in which he says: 'I have carefully examined these amend ments and as they do not alter the terms of the original treaty it will give me pleasure further says that he has telegrsphed the amendments to his government and as soon as he shall be notified of the ratification of the treaty by his august sovereign he will in exchanging notifications have the amend msnts written in protocol to be appended to the treaty.