Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-12
BOTHERED By ChlkhMtN'
Thev Fv,ded Customs Regulations an"
Made Things Unpleasant.
New York Herald


r,-oo slant-eyed. biand-faced Cinnamon
arrived in this city from Havana u, '"'
Ward Line steamer Concho on "e''''
dav and presented satisfactory P"@'
ports to Deputy-Collector u w.
thorne. The appearance OF the tii' W
Celestials created great cedi Oh
ment and speculation at the 01''0'''
ho,,so for Il denotes the terminate" Va
a merry little war which has peeh I"e''o
for nearly three months, anu VIM" -,
nrevented the departure OF Chlhdh''n -
cuha 10 this country for thdt pe'iOu "
time. ,-.,-.... ,o,,,r ,,,r-, the
confederation to this country OF 'Hli'eS
merchants and professional ne''
are barred outs susceptible oi Nd'i0u9
Kinds OF frauds which the WHY SOM ~
the Flowery Kingdom have hniIo'1r -
the utmost T.. ,,.,oesar,,
for the Chlnaman D have, hrst o. an
an Identification certificate maoe out bF
an established Chinese resident OF Inc
citv and signed by the Chinese 'oHsui
bere This paper rectcs that his charac'
tor and financial standing are al mat
the regulations require. Armed WIN t"'"
he obtains a passport from the 'hil"sr
Consul in Havana, secures th' H.'-"i
turc Of the United States Consul 'h''e'
| and crnbarks. The customs ofacials h'le
are instructed by law to recognize me
passport and permit the admission o, '"'
| cinnamon # there be no irrogular!lE.
| ravo-i,o schorno Of evadng the Ia"
and permitting the entrance Of labor. -
| has been 90 bride a Chindman IN ms
| CITY TO pave the way by making ldlae
statements regarding the applicant. Ih's
| game IS hard Of detection. ana Is WorEfh
| continually. II is said Several months
| ago the Cinnamon evolved now iraHl'
| The Celestial arriving here would care
| fully erase all signatures from his pass
port which Is left in his possession "oAI,i
! mail II back to a friend In Havana ana
the latter would put on an innocent lo'N'
deny all knowledge OF the Enelish iaii-
| guagp. 10 prevent too searching ana sud
acn questions. and manage 10 slide by the
officials and make the goal
| The customs officers here learned ~ this
last kind Of fraud three months ago,
and complaint was mad" ~
the Treasury Department AZ Wash
irgton alleging careless methods u
procedure at Havana. Yong irts, the
! Chinese Minister at Washington. became
| very angry AT the Havana Consul Il. u
Shiyi. transferred him 10 Spain, ara gave
the position to Ho Yen Shine who was
formerly Secretary Of the Chinese Lega'
| ton at Washington.
! r. q. Williams is the American Consul
at Havana. and when he was informed OF
/ the charges. in which he was compro-
missed. he, too. wdxed very wroth. 1.-THE
customs officials a. New York" he said,
! "can easily remedy the matter bv de-
handing that all acknowledgements be
| examined there before they are sent to
! Havana"
/ So indignant was Mr. Williams over
/ the affair that he decided not 10 afNx
| his name 10 more passports until hA
8sccrtanod whether the possibilities Of
| fraud could not be minimizcd IN this
! city. The arrival Of the cinnamon ycster-
day with papers bearing his name shows
( that no had decided to hold ont no longer