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WAsHrNeTor. March 2a-The Pacific coast
delegation are up in arms against Secretary
oresham's new Chinese treaty. They ssE
that IL II = one-sided document in which the
State Department gives away sverythina for
nothing. The members Of the deleeatlon say.
moreover that there IL no necessity whatever
for the negotiation Of q treaty. as the Chinese
question is adjusting itself satisfactorily under
the provisions Of the Scott and Geary laws. The
treaty itselfis avery brief docu m ent but brief
as It is. few members OF the United States
Senate have studied its provisions, and, in
fact the Senators have Just learned Of It's exist
ence. Notwithstanding that IL was sent In .
week ago. The text Of the treaty still remains
diplomatic secret the only copies Of IL being
In the hands OF the members OF the Foreign
Relations Committee. The few persons who
have read the document. however. say that IL
is a complete abroRation OF the Scott Exclu-
sion law and nullincstlon Of the Geary law.
THE SUN correspondent has learned offlcially
to-day that the treaty contains q reciprocal
clause By which the Chinese Government may
require the registration Of Anne orleans in China,
just as the Chinese laborsrs are registered in
this country. The present Exclusion law does
not require the photoRraphinR Of the China
men who are registered, so that the Americans
In Shina will be able to escape this penalty.
Lhe question o. the REGISTRATION OF Americans
STATE Department officials make the statement
today that there are are not more than goo Ameri-
few Of them are laborers. the majority OF them
being missionaries
The California, Consressmen are slready
organizing Tor determined opposition to the
gnn Ss ,b St thH tres snd thy are san
ynee the senate that IS secFetsSS @ % aSssssn ' Sas
sS done an Hnwise .; t tthipg and been outwited In
tive Geary. the Dem mocratic Congressman from
California. who is the author Of the so-called
House this morning. and plainly told the
President that the proposed treaty would
much trouble. for. the purpose Of restricting
Chinese i'm immigration. and that the people Of
CALIFORNIA would not submit to the ratification
Mr.. Geary will not talk about the subject
for publication; as such knowledge as he has
Bsnats. But senator Perkins of. California is
he was free to do SO. as he received a COPY OF
the document without an Injunction Of secre.
tie desirable anti. Chin ess legisistion oi I" the
past past &. twenty {ears; He % cannot npderstnnd , @
or Shy WIN so At
been so thoroughly oveImatched In this diplo-
tor Perkins says that the Chinese and Amsri:
can Govern N ents both seemed to be satisfed
was some friction over the enforcement OF the
Geary act at the outset. everything 10 working
smoothly at present and to the satisfaction OF
everybody.
Representative Loud Of California Joins his
colleagues In condem ming the treaty. which. he
says. nullifes all present anti Chinese leglsla-
ton and gives the Chinese Government and
the Blk Compsnles eyerythipg they want or
have contended for. Mr.. Loud says that there
was no occasion for the treaty at present. and
II could not have been negotiated with q view
to the improvement Of commercial relations
between the two countries. because under
present conditions. China can buy flour and
other staples more cheaply from the United
States than from any other country, and is. Of
course satisfied with such Q state Of Affairs.
Representative Hit Of Illinois. who is the
leader OF the minority Of the Foreign Affairs
Com mittee. and who has long been an earnest
opponent OF the anti Chinese legislation. says
that the passage OF the Geary act By the last
Congress has caused . renewed agitation Of
the Chinese question. and that the insuf-
posed treaty. Mr. Hit declines to discuss the
treaty however as he has not seen IL and only
knows in q general way that II 10 thoroughly
unsatisfactory 10 the representative OF the
Pacific coast who. Of course. are at present
most deeply concerned