The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-21
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

| WASHINGTON. May 20.-The president
| has taken up the Bering sea question a.
| the most important pressing international
matter. He had expected to have the aid
! of Secretary Blaine in disposing of this
matter, but it is not known whether Secre
| tary Blaine will go directly from New
York to Bar Harbor or come here. There
| is a very strong pressure being brought tC
| bear in the interest of the existing COM
| pany to prevent the issuance of an order
! stopping the catching of seals for the
| present season. The sealing season is now
very near at hand, and it will be necessary
| for the administration to come to some
| conclusion in the matter at the earliest
practicable day. All other diplomatic
matters have been laid aside until that can
be disposed of.
Nothing much is expected to occur at
present III relation to the Italian compllca-
tionS.
AS to the Chilian matter, all future or
ders to Capt. Remey will go through Ad-
miral McCaun. The administration dis
covered that the Charleston was operating
at too long range from Washington and
that the telegraphic communications were
too uncertain TO make 1T expedlent to Keep
the Charleston under the immediate order
of the navy department.
The statement which is attributed to
Sir John Macdonald relative to the entry
of the Chinese into Canada is attracting a
good deal of attention here, and 1t will un-
dOubtedly be made the subject of further
inquiry when congress assemblies. Sir
John Macdonald is reported as having in
formed 4 labor delegation which waited
upon him i'll Ottawa, that the Dominion
government is not disposed to adopt any
more restrictive regulations relative to the
immigration of Chinese into Canada than
the $50 per head now prescribed, because
the Dominion is endeavoring to create in
creased commercial rel 7tions with China,
and does not wish to offend that country,
and for the further reason that, 10 matter
how many Chinese enter the Dominion,
they are all certain to find their way to the
United States.
This suggestion of Sir John Macdonald,
that the Chinese restriction act of the
United States is violated by the entry of
the Chinese through Canada confirms
many reports which have been made to
this government by treasury agents ap-
pointed particularly to make inquiries rs
TO the immigration of the Chinese from
the northern border This government
has been informed that nearly all of the
Chinese who worked at different times for
the CanadianjP Pacific in the construction of
that road have entered the United States
in violation of the restriction act. This
official statement of Sir John Macdonald
will not be likely to escape attention. 1t
VIII nave unQOuDUeuly Cne eHecG TO SClfnu-
late the labor organizations of the United
States to induce the government to impose
restrictions upon the importation of Chi
nese to the United States across the north
ern border.
The statement of Sir Charles Tupper,
minister of marine, at Ottawa, to the
effect that the publication of the CORES
pondence might njure the October con-
ference has created amusement here
Charles Tupper. as minister of marine,
has no correspondence relative to that con-
ference out of which the Dominion gov
ernment could derive any comfort. And
it is because he does not wish to expose
the paucty of the information which he
has from the administration at Washing
ton on that subject that he is not at pres
ent prepared TO publish the correspond
ence. Minister Tupper has not a COM
munication of any sort from the state de-
partment here, or from the president, or
from the British minister, which will war
rant him in stating anything TO the Do
minion parliament except that the admin
istration at Washington has consented to
grant the audience which was not given
earlier III the season. The United States
mas made no pledges as to anything, or
given any indication as to what its policy
will be, more than what has been very
fatty stated by Secretary Blaine III the
letter which was written during the last
congress to Congressman Baker, Of Roch-
ester n Y