Arizona republican., 1892-03-09
CHINA.

The Chinese Exclusion act expires by limitation on the first day of May 1892, and unless it is renewed by con gress and approved by the president previous to that date the Chinese will have as much right to emigrate to the United States as the people of any other nation with which we have a treaty of amity and commerce.
 The Chinese treaty was made by Anson Burlingame am bassador from China to the United States and the nations of Europe and Mir. Seward secretary of state of the United States in 1868.
 Mir. Burlingame had been United States minister to China under Lincoln s administration, and was appointed am bassador from China to the western nations-a proceeding unexampled in diplomatic history.
 When the Chinese Embassy arrived in New York in the spring of 1868 l had already received my commission as commissioner to Asia.
 The President, Andrew Johnson was under impeachment in Washington and Mir. Seward not desiring to receive the em bassy while the president was under arrest told me to go over to New York and detain the embassy there till the trial was over.
 The embassy was camped at the Vest minister hotel, and in quandary as to their future movements.
 They could not be officially received by the governor or officials of the state or city of New York until they had been recognized at Washington.
 In this dilemma l proposed to MT. Burlingame that they should have a social reception at the Travellers clu b in New York where was a charter mem- Der.
 This seemed to solve the diplomatic problem, and was accepted.
 called a meeting of the directors and the members subscribed $50 each to pay the expenses of the reception.
 Ward McAlister had not turned up then, and as my franking privilege had not expired made list of the 400-or rather sent invitations to 2500; to meet the Chinese embassy at 222, Fifth Avenue-8 till 12.
 The music and refreshments were all that could be expected and the ''creme de Ia creme" of Gotham came in grand tenue to pay their respects to the first embassy China ever sent abroad.
 After the trial of Andrew Johnson was over we went down to Washington on special train and the mandarins were presented to the president by Mir. Se- ward.
 The treaty was then made, approved by the senate, signed, sealed and deliver ed to me to hand to Prince Kung in Pe- king, the regent of China as commis- sioner from the United States and bear CT of despatches from the Chinese em- bassy, and delivered the treaty to him with my own hands in the imperial palace in Peking-he seemed highly pleased.
 Alter these ceremonies terminated 1 proposed to the tsung-la-yamen (the cabinet) on behalf of a syndicate of London bankers to purchase the ruined Imperial canals of China. with the pri- vilege of throwing the banks together and building railroads wherever the ca. nals had existed.
 Sir Robert Hart Inspector of Mari time Customs in China, is the most astute foreigner in the service of the | Chinese government and serves it faith | fully for fifty thousand taels a year sal ary, with palace and appointments. was talking with Sir Robert one day about the delay of the tsung-la-yamen about coming to any decision on my railroad proposition, he replied: "Old Wan-Seang, chief of the cabinet, is con. sidering what effect it will have on China in thousand years."
 That is about the speed of Chinese government action-large bodies move | slowly.
 suppose they are considering the railroad proposition yet; but must ad'