The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-03

View York. Sept z-TA Hung Chang gas
interviewed 81 tne Hotel waMovf to8ay ey
/" number ot reporters. 81 response TO ths
query ~ne t1ter Pc bad ans uafAxorahls
comments 20 make. ms eIcsiserey raB.tesi
llsst ~ Nou-a nal say anyt alnE A5oa. this
e9aaSrF- RE a9tRa. however. fhst he
tfsu&At there wsTe 200 n1auv political
parties asre. ard asks1 Why the newspa-
bete CD nof bring them together " aen
asAe1 30 make q e0naa rts1n be- Heeu this
country and England. he dea5aea. sassfsss
ne aa4 Hofhing uafavorahse 20 say of
e'.her lh answer 10 a question as 20
Whdt ne had been most Interested in he
Sad our tau buila.a aEs were very wonder
fa4. oat they woG.d hardly Do ir Cllua
Or aee1unt OF ths gYpho8us. He y as asked
@aelAer He expected any modification of
the t'eary saw. sn4 he replsa that he
hoped for Il.
Was your exeellency Influenced IN de-
termining 20 20 home through Canada by
the treatment Of the Chinese iu the Pa
enc states. and especially iH California
choose 10 20 through Canada for ,wo
reasons. First because when I was high
commissioner ia China. I VAS constantly
fsee4N4I~ memorials and complaints from
etnigranss 10 San Francisco THAI they we're
noi also&ed rights which under American
law tAey acre emitted 20. Ny assistance
Vas constantly invoked 70 secure them
These rights. Instead OF being able TO do
-. your congress curtalied Waaf rights
they had. and made their situation worse.
Go aot 70 througl staiea where chinese
have been 50 treated. and I know that
woll1 be besAeEed hy Chinamea iu Cali
iorala having complaints 10 make"
The second reason. he said Vas prompt
ed By his advanced age. which compelled
him 10 taka great care OF his health Il
vas told la thina." ne continued. THAT
the steamship Empress OF China VAS the
IN" faclilc coast. and decided 70 go by
way OF Vancouver instead OF taking "A
smaller steamship at san Francisco.
j wish 10 say more about the exclusion
act The exclusion act IS most unfair and
most foolish, because it is admitted hy all
who have studied political economy that
upetluon. AMI competition alone. viii
keep the market IN good health. whether
the market is one % commerce or Of labor.
Pat aside from your minds that 7 am a
high Chinese Official and mandarin. and
lcok dpou me as man who s. studying
the best interests of = country. ] say 20
sou that 20 exclude Ia abor or cheap COM
merce from your country is unfair and
against the best interests OF your country.
sy excluding the Chinese and taking tho
irish you get inferior labor and pay suPe-
Tior prices for H.
"A Chinaman lives a more simple hfe
than az Irlsamsn. and the Irish hate the
sors or high virtues. Is 81 fair Is exclude
my country men? II any gentleman wishes
20 advance any argument in support ct the
exclusion OF the Chinese. ] viii be pleased
to hear it and answer him"
No reporter cared 10 argue the question
With the Ambassador and the following
VAS pat 10 him is there any desirable
outlet for American capital Ia China
Wealth" said the ambassador. "is
only produced 10y capital. labor and land.
China invites American capital. but IL
must be understood that the Chinese con-
tlnue ia control or their oWn country.
Gen Grant. who vas the best friend I
ever had. gave me a piece of advice once,
and that advice proved 70 me 10 bc good
aud [ VIII always follow e. lie advised
ma TO invite Az capital 20 China, but ne
also advised me that any enterprise iu
China must remain IN control % the Chi
reese government We must maintain SOW
erelgn rights 20 control any railroads or
great works OF Improvement IN our coun-
try"
The viceroy stopped and looked around
a. the reporters. Are y0u the best rep
resentaaves Of your papcTs?' he asked
Because if so. you are very poor repre-
sent8t3ves OF your papers.
rs your yisit 20 tnis country one OF
commercial or OF political siEniEcsnccr' -
be was asked
The vieerov did not want tn answer This
question and he evaded g by saying that
the time had arrived FOR him 30 attend %
ether business and be must declare the IN
tervtow closed
Arer the Interview Fayl Ia Gated on
Mayor Strong AZ the city hail. and then
proceeded So Brookiya. When the vsce-
rav reached the nraokvp end az t9e
bridge faiy l2eo persons were there go
wetcone him Mayer Wurster vas ln-
ffoduced hy Cen RuEcr. ana ho entered
rfH fa-a