The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-07
THE SANE TACTICS.
Chins Proposes 70 Exclude American Citi-


Nzw Yoax, July 6.-The Chinese minister
to Warrington, Tsui, arrived ON La Bret
agne to-day. A newspaper correspondent
was passenger ON tho same boat and 40
oording to the paper had = long talk Wit
Minister Tsui. report of which il printed
this morning. His excellency's words are
said to have been carefully trans
lated by Mr.. Lee, the official
translator to the Chinese legation,
The celestial diplomat is very considerably
worried over recent events in this country
10 far as the Chinese are concerned. Gun
less the United Ssates government repeals
the law which now excludes my oountrymen
from this country, said the diplomat, ''we
shall treat Americans TO dose Of their own
medicine. mean Ne shall exclude citizens
Of the United States from the Chinese em-
pire. We shall not be pushed to any
measure Of retaliation. The Chinese for
eign office has sent me several demands to
Blaine to repeal the Law. We have received
no reply from him. Ot course. congress
alone can set right tbs present outrage. but
the state departments il the proper channel
was passed in defiance Of all treaties, SEQ
retary Bayard and the former minister
from China, Chang Yen Hoon, conferred,
and the result was the proposed new treaty
with China. ANY rupture between the two
nations will, OF course injure American IN
"What is believed in China to bo the
reason for our exclusion lawsy"
1T is generally supposed to be the work
of politicians. know, of course, your
argument about cheap labor and destruction
of fair wages, you say Cinnamon come to
America and save all the money they can
and then take it home with them; that
AAn,, 80 mSk Uan 80 ~
that exactly what every American in China
is doing2 The Chinese have built your
great western railroads and their cheap
labor has made possible and has carried
through to successful completion, works
and enterprises which would have been
are satisfied with small wages and do not
strike. When they are driven out capital
lists will be at the mercy Of other foreign
laborers who will not work 80 cheap and
who will combine and strike and jeopardize
capital. Chinese cheap labor has been tried in
various parts of the world and is a success.
When this treaty was submitted to the en-
peror and council it was Instantly repudiat-
ed. Indignation against the minister was
such that his house was burned and all his
property within reach was destroyed
what is the present state question in
China?"
''The council of state which aids the en-
peror is simply waiting to hear from the
United States foreign Office. Your reputa
tion for fair dealing and honesty with for
eign nations has been such in the past that
we cannot believe you mean to break the
treaty without reason or excuse, but you
have done so. there can be no doubt, and if
we find the United States means to persist
in excluding the Chinese from its shores we
shall proceed to the same tactics. The
Chinese government will forbid the landing
of American citizens in the empire"
"How about American citizens now resi-
dents of China and American capital in
vested there ?" N@
which the council of state will arrange.
am aware there are a great many millions
of American capital invested in China."