Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-29
AGAINST MR.. BLAIR
"nst 70 said ut the Chinese Legation a. to
Its Government's Objection.

What 10 Said At the Chinese Lee.s,o, n. "A
It's Government's Objection.
representative Of the Associated Press this
morning called at the Chinese legation here
and had an interview with Minister Yen in "a,
gard to the disinclination of his government. 70
receive Senator Blair a. the accredited renre.
sentative Of the United States
Mr.. Yen said. through an interpreter. that he
mad received cablegram from the Chinese
foreign Office, which he was instructed to Law
before Secretary Blaine without DELAY. express-
ing the unwillingness of the emperor to re-
ceive Mr. Blair. Other than this Mr.. Yen had
received no instructions, written or otherwise.
| rom ms government on the subject. The e xact
language OF the cablegram, or whether the res-
s s0ns iof this action were given, Mr. Yen de-
oninio 70 ~ sss.s Personally he had very high
eral tunes and had always found him TO be =
| very courteous gentleman. At the time Sem
Stof bar was nominated minister to China Mr.
.h Zen was In Peru, to which government he il also
sne representative Of China and did mot re,nrn
TO the United States until early in The nrssana
month. He had never had occasion TO ascer.
sain what had been Senator Blairis att;-
sude toward China or the Chinese
re- tS;s'aena In this country, and not until
MS tesurn mad the Senator's uttersuces
On the Chinese question, as reported in the
.So.yess'omof Record, been brought to his at
tenuon. The minister conveyed the imnres.
srn .nas ne had simply stated facts to his gov
not A' sousbs ana aside from that had
s ZINE Iavorably 10 the Senator or unfavor-
.oy; ms action Of the Chinese authori-
Ies mas not created the least excitement here
n A. ~ na6 been anticipated by many from the |
nrsL The proceeding is not q very unusual |
one and cannot be construed as indicating an
unar'endiy feeling toward this government.
TIE STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED.
The fact that the Chinese government in mot |
oesirous OF receiving Senator Blair as minister
from the United States was communicated 20
the Secretary Of State through the legation in
tnas city yesterday, and the State Department
oinclally announced the receipt of the COM
munisatlon last night: The document is kept
9 profound secret at the department and no ons
knows just what reasons are given by the
S :, government for its objections to Mr.,
oiair, although everybody understands that he
~ NOT wanted because he is opposed to
oninese immigration into the United States
Mr.. BLAIR NOTIFIED.
message was sent by wire last night to Mr..
niair at Pittsburg by Secretary Blaine and he
viii probably come to Washington a. soon as
poss,oN 70 consult with the State De-
pertinent authorities upon the subject
d his future movements. There is
,esny nothing for him to do, as
US : ~ now out Of the question for him to 20 to
nina. 1t has always been the policy of the
government to heed the protests Of otber ,
iat1ons against the sending Of certain men to -.
mem as Representatives, a. the case of Mr..
how 'ei'es 70 .
II has also been the habit of the government u
Provlae IN some way for men so treated as n
helr rejection by q government is not any =
aore their fault than that Of the administra.
ion which selected their post a
secretary Blaine will not talk for publication b
pom the subject and there is no one at the C
nything. " " '"' n