The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-21
OUTCRY FROM CELESTIALS.
THBY TKEL NISIsrER To DEWITT
C<1ION COSTS roo WUOH.

go - shs Cht-sss Cs-ssrs Csu-ssi go
Every Cht-s-a- wac - 90 ustvre fro-a
Chtss-eeet h Case ne Rstur-- tres Cabs.
The Mott street Cinnamon allees that LANG
shun, interpreter At the Chinese Consulate.
and W. W. Hoover. counsel for the consulate.
have been issuing to Cinnamon Identification
cards" which are Of no use whatever These
cards bear the photograph OF the owner aud .
description Of him. They are covered with
seals and signatures and Chinese emblems.
Hoover and Shun. the Cinnamon say. have is
susd these cards to Cinnamon leaving this
country. but DESTROYS Of returning A charge
Of $50 was made to those going to China and
Of $50 to those going to Cuba
The cards are all right as far as Identifies
ton Is concerned. but the Cinnamon cay they
are Of no use as talfsmans to get back into this
country with. The United states Government
requires that all this personal description be
placed on the passport, and this Identification
Inscription should be 80 placed without any
charge being made at the consulate.
The following letter has been sent to the
Chinese Minister. Yu. at Washington. IL is
signed by nfty-six Chinese merchants Of this
city. II IL written entirely In the Chinese lam
guaee, and this is liberal translation OF the
document:
cSn. Subtle Al Il. IA merchants p xSTs siS
account of the merchants PASSPORTS which they con
4: csin;:. Psopi: ~; ss t.asiT.. consul. and
S s csa.. fs,y sS," or SSS.ss
s.,: to 60 e China md return but ne :,o consI
csrtinesis But no chinese consul has ever charged
Also this Ne. YORK Consul make. nsy rule. for the
ny p..SsI 70 chns%n in e.S o'a na s0 s
York Consurs Signature and seal which sh,, lsvysrs
s.rs. $40 . sSa s r.: .sa ] T .S.
Hoping the Minister viii hsv. ali ihi. business
md y: FOR n &. s:n.!. p :; everything
The Chinese Consul here is sho Nal KwsnR.
ssss the Chin men who call for passports.
This ousinesss. 10 left to Hoover and Lang.
nS Gh 10 !. M Sy sss an nTs
Consul At Haysna, has sent ip Al corroS0rstiys
at Warrington e in charge Of ali the Chinese
Consuls in the Western hemisphere,
sui Kwane and his Interpreter LANG shun.
Lnng shun replied for the Consul. He said
seS b.oSs they got sssr p.spSs but the
go snd $40 went to LAWYER Hoover as wages
Former e Consais did 8's not have lawyers to
:::Ins out BIT IL Federal 81 & % S:
KT.ns sdOPtya the :slsn. q, Getting
81. sSss Hover Sst: Ike $50. nom. S 81 which
to why there should be q charge Of $50 |
for the China passports and $50 for the Cuba |
passports the intsIpreter said LAWYER Hoover |
must be asked. The moneys are paid directly |
to Hoover by the applicant and none OF IL |
passes through the Consul's hands. |
Lawyer Hoover said the $50 and $50 charges
were fees. The work which he does. he says. |
Hoover said he drew sffdavits. examined the |
business standing Of the Chinese who submit |
stat DEMENT'S as to the business standing OF the |
applicant for pass port. and in addition pre-
pared the Identification card and guaranteed
legal assistance to the man In case 10 had
trouble In getting back into this country. For
this work he got $25 as fees, and then submit
ted his affidavits. &C.. to the Consul who Issued
The th passport. in case hs found everything was
and that the Consul got q SIS fee for making
put the passport. In the case OF q man trying
70 get passport from Havana to Amer. O. |
here was the double work OF making an in
vestiRation before the man got here, so that
The Consul at Havana would not be imposed
upon. and also after the man got here to see
s9u
Interpreter LANG shun said. while talking
or the Consul presumably, that the Chinese
I'D not like to pay tho $50. and 90 some % |
HON want to their American friends and got |
passports independent Of the Consul. which
passports are accapted by the collectors II they
believe the man IL o. X. |