The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
A STARTLING POSITION
ccontlnued from Pas, Fivc.o

cycee silver or in foreign money at the
rate of exchange as ascertained by the
regulations then in force. IL provided
how houses aud places Of business might
be obtained. the hiring Of sites from the
inhabitants TO construct houses and
places OF business. also hospitals. churches
and cemeteries. and that the local author
tiles of the two governments should select
i'm concert the sites for the foregoing oh
iccts. The citizens of the United States
were not permitted at their pleasure tn
make excursions into the country among
the villages at large. nor repair to public
marts for the purpose of disposing of
their goods. In case any officer or citi-
zen of the United States employed any
citizen of China. such employee was pro-
tected from prosecution on the part of
the Chinese government. 1t provided for
the protection of dwellings or property
when attacked by mobs. ~incendiaries or
other lawless persons. In case of con-
troversies arising between citizens of the
United States and subjects of China. the
same were To he and decided
conformably to justice and equity by
the public officers of the two nations. act
ing I'm conjunction IL provided that II
merchant vessels of the United States
were plundered by robbers or pirates I'm
Chinese waters. and the robbers could
not be apprehended by reason Of the ter
ritory and numerous population of China.
that the Chinese would not make indem-
nifty for the goods lost. II provided for
action on the part of the Chinese govern
mcnt in case OF vessels wrecked or stran-
ed on the coast of china II provided
for the mode and manner of correspond
encc. not only In cases where citizens Of
the United States desired to address the
local officers OF China. hut I'm case CORE
spondence between the authorities or rep
resentatives of the respective govern
ments. and prohibited the interchange
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IL prohibited citizens of the United States
trading with any other ports of China
that were not open to foreign
and that i'm case of such violation they
were not entitled to any countenancc or
protection from the United States. IL
ncGatived any construction of the treaty
that would confer naturalization upon
citizens of the United States In China. or
upon the subjects of China I'm the United
States.
"The so-called Burlingame treaty IL the
only treaty in existence which purports
to grant to the subjects of the TIA Using
empire residing i'm the United States
rights. privileges and immunities co-equal
with those granted To the citizens of the
United States. residents of such empire.
As to those privileges. the treaty provides
that Chinese subjects visiting or resid-
ing i'm the United States shall enjoy the
same privileges, immunities and exemp-
tiOns in respect to travel or residence as
may there be enjoyed by the citizens or
subjects of the most favored nation. This
latter paragraph does not, as will he per-
ccived. grant the subjects of the Chinese
empire residing In the United States To
engage in trade or deal I'm lands and es-
tates. and the holding OF any office there
I'm Is practically inhibited by prescription
of the right of naturalization.
''To asseverate that citizens of the Unit
cd States. under the ARTICLES of either
treaty. have the right to freely engage in
trade I'm any part or portion of the Tia
Using empire. except such as are speclti-
cally enumerated in said articles. would
be To contend for that which II not there
i'm written. All that is not therein dele
gated Is excluded thcreirom, for such
treaties are limitations of rights rather
than "A delegation of prerogativc. They
carry with them the stamp OF autocratic
concessions on the one hand. and mon
arChial reservations on the other. That
such was secured by American diplomacy
has yielded us a heritance of Monaghan
vampirism which has fastened itself upon
every source of living common to Ameri-
can wage workers. Because we seek to
remove this human barnacle by lawful
and legitimate measure, We are met with
the declaration that such peaceful
agencies are in violation of said treaty
obligations These treaties of peace. am
ity and never ted
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the Chinese empire every channel and
means by which the American wage
worker secured "A livelihood for himself
and family i'm order that this wealth
might go to the former. or that they
might compete with him to the extent
that the exercise of such privileges would
be ~prejudicial to and endanger the good
order of any locality within the United
States.
This is not a retrospect of facts de-
pendent upon speculation or idle fancy,
but IA state OF facts, the experience of
which is the nursery of crime and the
parent of poverty. How best To preserve
the rights of the wage workers OF the
country. after their destruction through
Monaghan labor. Is not the inquiry. but
how to preserve them from such destruc-
ton.
I'm view OF the above facts and the ar.
ticles of said mentioned treaties. we hold
that the action of the city council OF
Butte was not in any manner or at al
in conflict with the treaty obligations OF
the United States government with tina
of China"
There is something curious In the fact
that Mr.. Haskells elaborate decision and
settlement of the Chinese treaty question
was never allowed to see the light Of daJ
until il was introduced by counsel for tbs
Chinese themselves I'm the boycott investi
cation. Thompson Campbell had nevei
> even received a reply from the governor
TO the question submitted by him which
brought out. Mr.. Haskesrs opinion. an,
the first knowledge he will have OF tn
fact that II was answered will be whei
> he reads II in the Standard this morning
= Mr.. Campbell did not. as intimated I'm Mr.
a Haskells opinion. represent any Chinese
but represented several citizens OF Butt