The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-29
TRIX TRAT ARE VAIN.
The AlmOnd-Eyed Heather Declared
from Uncle Sans Domain.
de Can Travel. Visit Relatives and
Collect Debts.
But the Right to Become a Natural.
ICED Citizen Denied.
Executive Messages Transmitting the
Treaty to the Senate.

CHICAGO, March 2S.-The Presidents
message transmitting the new Chinese
treaty to the senate, together with Sec
rotary Bayard's letter and the treaty
itself. are printed to-day: The follow
ing is the presidents message:
To the senate:-I have the honor to
transmit herewith, and recommend for
your constitutional approval. d cOnven-
tion signed and constituted i'll this city
ON the 18th lust, under my direction,
between the United States and China.
for the exclusion hereafter OF Chinese
laborers from coming into this country.
The treaty is accompanied by letter
from The secretary of stale in recital of
its prov sions aud explanatory of the
reasons for its negotiation, aud with il
are transmitted Sundry documents Civ
ing the b story of events connected
with the presence and treatment of
Chinese subjects III the United States.
Iu view of the public interest which
has for long time been manifested i'll
relation to tue question of Chinese i'm
migration, it would seem advisable that
the full text of this treaty should be
made public, and respectfully recon-
mend that an order to that effect be
made by your honorable body.
lSigned) GROVER CLEVELAND.
Washington, March &c, 1888.
The blowing is an abstract of Sec
Rotary Bayard' s letter to the president:
By this arrangement we have secured
the cooperation of China. in the main
purpose and object of the treaty. which
is to be the absolute prohibition of Chi
nese laborers into the United States for
twenty years and its renewal thereaf-
ter for similar period unless notice
shall have been given. This precludes
the return of any Chinese laborer who
are not now in this country and for
bids the coming into the United States
of Chinese laborerS from any quarter
whatsoever. From this prohibition are
excepted any Chinese Iaborers who has
a lawful wife. child or parent in the
United States, or property therein of
the value of 81 900 or of debts of like
amount due him and pending settle
ment. The regulation and control of
the issue OF such certificates of re-
turn will be wholly in the
hands of the United States
officials and the power to prescribe
other laws at discretion may be exer-
cised by the United States. 1t has
been pertiently suggested by the
learned judges before whom the cases
| were tried that the detailed inform
alton contained in the certificate them
Selves dS HOW lSSu0U 10 5llo SHlHoSO,
| furnished the means of fraudulent
| entry of Chinese labors to whom such
certificates have been fraudulently
transferred and who are not entitled
| to come to the United States, and it
has been pointed out that if all the
| facts required for complete identi-
cation of the departing Cinnamon were
retained in the United States official
custody, and paper containing only a
cd
signed and cOuntersigned by the
officers, were furnished. the means of
detecting and preventing fraud in the
| transfer of the certificate would be
| given and the present abuse
made almost impossible of re-
currence. The existing treaty
privilege of travel and sojOurn in the
United States to Chinese officials, teach
ers, students, merchants and travellers
for curiosity and pleasure, and remain
| undisturbed as we'll as the transit
| right of labOrers, strictly TO be exer-
cised under United States regulations.
| Tried by this test the Chinese. in all
cases of injury TO their persons or prop
| erty, are equal before the laws of this
| country to the citizens of any other
| most favored nation, and certainly tC
| our own citizens. But the fact remains
| that they have suffered grievously in
| person ana property, AMI Wl1l6 GlS la
bility of the United States is wholly
inadmissIble, yet, as American citI.
zens, who were subjects of mob VIC
lence in China have been Unidentified
by the government, the pre- ent treaty
provides for the payment of a sum oi
money To be received as full indemnity
for all such losses and injury sustained
10y Chinese subjects in the United
States. to be reviewed and distributed
by the Chinese minister at this capital
(Signed) 7. F. BAYARD.
The department of state, Washing
ton. March 16. 1888.
The treaty fixes the period of re
turn certificate at one year, unless pre-
vented by sickness or other cause of dis
ability. and then to be extended onl,
one year. The right to become natur
allied citizens is denied. The sum o
S27 .661 ,975 is to be paid to the CHINESE
minister as indemnity for losses sus
tanned by Chinese subjects, the none,
to be distributed among the sufferer
and their relatives.