The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-19
MINISTER TSUI EVO YIN.
The Chinese Minister'S Views Of
the Geary Act
HE PROTESTS AGAINST IT.


WAeaSeToS, Mag fe.--Ihe Chinese
situation Inns prosluesi an unusual nan.
Hesitation OF Interest en the ,slrt II tile
Chinese minister he c.licf IL tlt
state sephflnapnt Noane 4 - ia his
interpreter and haA IN ins, Nv with
Secretary t;tcshan IN reply 10 HIS In.
quisies is 70 Whit The Eovcfnm snt
q tho United states intended 70
do. he. WAS informed. flgsk III the
obligation ~ the admIE tsGtioA fo
execute the law ot eongtr af1 nSxt,
81 tlie Lack 81 sy5ar thy M eefeeal
adherence If each tiaasvi tsial tapsa sar
~ The administration NJ tx ,arin.
nncc 81 tile tAity Imposed upon them.
He was also givon - understand that
the situation il such. owing 10 the lack
81 an appropriation, that nothing could
he done Of wholesale character Ia the
matter 81 icportinR Chinese.
Secretary treNhnm took advantages
of the visit 10 request that the Chinese
government await the reassembling Of
congress before considering any step
toward retaliation. particularly against
American residents IN the ilowery king
dom. The courts. he explained, would
have 10 try each individual case. and, II
deportation was ordered, the Chinese
so disposed Of would have 10 await the
congregation 81 suiiicient number Of
ships before any deportation could take
place
The Chinese minister was IN h most
gracious mood He fully admitted the
ownership the Six Companies exercised
over his countrymen, and promised 10
use all his influence 10 get the vessels
OF this corporation to comply with tho
law He protested, however, against
the indignities 10 which the Chinese
had been subjected 10 contradistinc-
ton 10 the Immigrants from other
countries who made the United States
their home, and he pointed out the inn
portance Of the continuance OF com
mcrce batween the two countries Al
an older nation the Chinese minister
said his country could afford to be pa
tient, hoping that good scnse would yet
prevail. and that there would De Mo ne
cessity for severance Of diplomatic
nnd commercial relations.
The minister suggested TINT the
Ancrieahs Ind sought tho Chinese, not
the Chinese the Americans. ii this
connection he referred 10 the visit 70
China, In 1871, Of Burlingame and stan
ton two specihi ambassadors from this
country, scnt 10 China with tho hope Of
opening mp trade between the empire
and the Pacific states Up 10 that time
no trade whatever had existed between
the two nations, rs China had carefully
refrained from all intercourse with this
country. Burlingame and Stanton were
successful in their mission, and induced
China to break loose from her old con-
servatism and her exclusive relations
with great Britain, and 70 establish
trade with this country The minister
also referred to the fact that whom
Burlingame and Stanton arrived In San
Francisco, on their return from China,
the whole city WINS illuminated, and the
people turned out en- masse ina demon
stration Of welcome and congratulation
to the successful ambassadors.
This interview between the secretary
of state and Chinese minister viii be
good news to the many Christian soci-
cities throughout the United States who
have missionaries abroad, as itargues
their protection for while, at least.
although much can not be hoped for
should evil influences In the Pacific
coast bring about demonstration
against the inoffensive Chinese. The
Chinese minister was 70 certain that
the supreme court Of the United States
would declare the ueary law unconsti-
tutional that It was At his request the
case was advanced on the docket and
tried with such extraordinary dispatch.