The morning call., 1892-09-30
ASKING A GOVERNORS AID
The Chinese Look to Canton
for Sympathy.
REGISTRATION A TROUBLE.
Full Text of Long Petition Sent Over ths
Pacific Ocean by the Six Com.
panies.

The following is correct translation OF
the petition now on the way to Kuong
Tong, Governor of Canton, China, from the
Chinese residents as represented by the Six
Companies:
Our Minister in Washington has argued with
the President, but he has failed TO Induce any
change IN the registration law
He can do nothing.
All our Consuls In the United states nave
talk ed TO our Minister.
The Congressman have all the power, and they
pay no attention to the Chinese Minister. be-
cause they can do what they want 10 all.
Our Minister anG all our Consuls have tried to
get the registration law repealed and establish
The old law.
Our people are very thankful for what the Min
lister and our Consus have done.
The Minister has complained three times about
the violation OF the treaties between the United
States and the Emperor OF China, but has re-
ceiyed no answer
The American officers have sent out circulars
telling our people they must register.
On the 9th OF May il they do not GET registered,
they Will be arrested and sent back 10 China.
This r. gIstration Is of no advantage TO US.
We cannot tell you how unjust this law Is.
We VIII only show you few specimens CT the
tyranny OF this law.
1t is directed only at our workingmen and re-
quires two white men as Witnesses
Ii the laboring man can get no white men for
witnesses then they must come and ask our mer-
chants 10 be witnesses.
That Will be bad for the merchants, giving
them great deal OF trouble.
After our people have received their registra-
ton certificate they may move to other cities
and may lose their papers by fire or otherwise.
They will be robbed of their certificates by
bad white men and then put IN jail for not hay
ing papers.
In such an event how difficult it will be for the
Chinaman 10 get a Witness for he VIII be
stranger In strange city.
They Will put him In jail
Another annoyance is that the clerks en-
ployed by our merchants must take out cerIiti-
Gates.
The merchant Will be afraid to visit China and
leave his clerk 10 charge OF his business.
II any man lose his certificate he has to pay
much money TO hire lawyers and has TO 60 TO
much trouble.
Under the new immigration law the Cinnamon
landing Will be put in jail and Will be denied bail
until they can be heard before the Judge on
habeaS corpus.
We are thus deprived OF our treaty rights.
We know the constitution tithe United States
gives US rights. but the Congress makes laws
denying us It's protection.
We h4ve asked the President to protect US
from these wrongs, but neither the President
nor the Congressmen Will exercise their power
10 help Us.
They have made this cruel law to bind the
Chinese only
Other nations are not treated this way by the
American Congress.
II our people obey the law other nations will
laugh at us.
We shall ali be sent out OF the United States iu
few months If we do not degrade ourselves as
this law provides.
We beg you to help US ont OF this trouble.
We ask your help.
We beg you TO place our petition before the
Emperor, and induce him 10 send to the Presi-
dent OF the United States some message that will
prevent Ills subjects from being SO unjusty
treated.
We shall be very grateful for what favor you
can do for US 10 this our tIOubie.
The SIX COMPANIES.