Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-07
THE TREATY WITH CHINA.
The Document Not Yet Signed by the
Chinese Government

Chinese Government.
NEW YORK. July 6th.-The Chinese Min
lister to the United States, Spain and Por-
tugal, Tsui Kuo Tim, arrived from France
to-day ana started for Washington in the
afternoon. Tsui returns to America to
watch the working of the Chinese Exclu-
sion Act and the recent law passed in
California. Through bis secretary he said
that China has not very great feeling of
affection for the United States, and that his
Government has not as yet signed the
treaty between this country and China,
which was made by Secretary Bayard and
Minister Chang Tin Hoon. He did not
know whether the treaty would ever be
signed by the Emperor, nor has he as yet
any idea of the attitude which China in
tends assuming toward the United States.
To World reporter Tsui said: UNLESS
the United States Government repeals the
law which now excludes my countrymep
from this country we shall treat the Amer
leans to dose of their own medicine.
mean that we shall exclude the citizens of
the United States from the Chinese EN-
pire. We hope we shall not be pushed to
any measures of retaliation. The Chinese
Foreign Office has sent several demands
to Blaine to repeal the Exclusion
law. We have received no reply from
him. OF course Congress alone can set
Alright the present outrage, but the State
Department is the proper channel of nego-
tiation. Our treaties with the United
States have been regarded as sacred trusts,
and we have lived up to the very letter of
them. Now, without the slightest warn.
ing or excuse, the United States cruelty
breaks its solemn agreement, and builds
up barrier against our citizens.
Your reputation for fair dealing has
been such in the past that we cannot be-
ieve you mean to break the treaty without
there can be no doubt, and if we find that
the United States means to persist in ex-
Guiding the Chinese from its shores we
shall proceed to the same tactics. The
Chinese Government will forbid the land
ing of American citizens in the Empire.
The American interests in China are of
course, vastly more important financially
than our invested interests in the United
States. Any rupture between the two ma
tons will, OF course, injure American in
vestments. You say that the Cinnamon
come to America and save all the money
they can and then take it home with them;
that they don't become citizens. Well
ism that exactly what every American in
China is doing?'
What is believed in China to be the
reason for our exclusion laws?"
1T is generally supposed to be the work
OF politicians. / know. of course, your
argument about cheap labor and destruc-
ton of fair wages. The Chinese have
built your great Western railroad and their
cheap labor has made it possible and has
carried through to successful completion
works and enterprises which would have
been impossible with other labor"
The Chinese are satisfied with small
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driven out the capitalist will be at the
mercy of other foreign laborers who will
not work SO cheap, and who will combine
and strike and jsopardize capital. Chinese
cheap labor has been tried in various parts
of the world and is always success"