Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-15
WASHINGTON GOSSIP. The New Chin.se Treaty Practi-
 cally the Same AS THE ORIGINAL TREATY Formulated During Cleveland's First Term --BreCkinridge of
 Arkansas Resigns.

WASHINGTON, Aug. H.-The new Chi
 nese treaty, to the ratifi cation of which the senate agreed yesterday, practically the same ss negotiated dur ing President Cleveland s first admin ittration by MT. Bayard, and which the senate at that time loaded down with notifications as to render obnoxious to the Chinese government and clused it's failure. The action oi the senate yesterday is there-
 fore regarded by the department of state as a complete vindieation of MT. Bayard's at tempt to provide lair basis of understand ing between this government aud the Chinese govern ment, and is taken as fairly indicative of the advanced stand the Amer ican people have taken on the Mongolian question.
 The important point about the treaty is that it takes the place of the sided ex- cusion laws adopted by congress, and in satisfying China iuougurates a better feel ing between the two interested countries. While it avoids the sting of exclusion, 1t
 really accomplishes more exclusion than existing laws in that it secures the cordial cooperation of China 10 the end of abso-
 lutely prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for ten year, and in the
 second article gives the United States treasury department authority to make restrictive regulations for the future, which will permanently prevent undesira- ble immigration, and specifically prohibits the naturalization of Chinese.
 The only clause of the treaty not con- tained in the Bayard draft ,and the one that has aroused tee greatest opposition, IS the filth article, in which the United States
 recognizes the right of China to enact and enforce laws similar to our own exclusion
 acts against United States laborers in China
 and provides that the United States
 shali furnish the Chinese govern
 ment reports, giving the name, age,
 occupation and place of residence iu China of all American citizens, includ- ing missionaries. The apparent objection to these provisions readily diss ppears when it is known that this in information has been regularly furnished to the Chinese govern ment for many years, it being the custom of Americans to register at our consuates and of consuls to furnish the lists to the local authorities, in order that protection might be afforded to such inssi onaries and travellers in case of necessity. When such lists are furnished Chinese authorities as- snme full responsibility for the safety of such persons. There is nothing humiliat- ing about this registration, as all Ameri- ca. travellers well know.
 Under the Swiss laws an alien can reside only fortnight in the country, except in public hotels, with governmental permis- sion, and as the laws of Germany and Francs are extremely stringent in the same direction, every alien being under surveil-
  maxim of international law. that an alien is amenable to the laws of the country in which he resides, and by the present treaty the United States has by apparent concessions to China secured that country's friendly assistance to the enforcement of our Chinese exclusion laws and to the pro- lection of Americans in China without making single practical concession. The fact that the senate agreed to the treaty without amendment, and by over whelming majority, expresses the confi- dence of that body that the interests of the United States are fully protected. REPORTED ADVERSELY. The bill introduced by Senator Allen, populist, of Nebraska, granting a service l pension to soldiers, sailors, marines and their widows and orphans, was reported to the senate today adversely from the com mittee on pensions.
 | QUALIFI FED AS MINISTER TO RUSSIA. Representative Clifton R. Breckinridge of Arkansas, who was nominated several
 weeks ago by the president as minister to Russia, will today telegraph his resignation to the congressional al convention, which met in his district this afternoon. Breckin- ridge also today qualified as the diplomatic representative or the United States at St. Petersburg.
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