Arizona republican., 1899-09-29
.CltSed Doors of the Philippines
 to Be ReOpened.
EXCLUSION NOT OPERATIVE
The Grounds Upon Which inc De- cision Was Reached After Full COnSiderafiOn.-No Dancer In. less There Should Be Immi- grafton From inc Islands to inc Unifed States.

1 Washington, Sept 2S.-The difficulty
 between the United States and Cuba regarding the exclusion of Chinese
 from the Philippines will be settled
 amicably and to the satisfaction of
 China. The door of the Philippines.
 closed by order of General Otis, will be | opened again.
 The question has been thoroughly
 considered by the president and the
 cabinet, the facts in the case having
 been supplied by General Otis. The
 decision to allow the Chinese to enter
 IS based primarily upon the ground
 that the Chinese exclusion law, al-
 though in force in the United States.
 is not operative in the Philippines. It is held by the administration, in fact.
 that no United States statutes are in
 force in the islands until they are ex- tended over that territory by congress sional action. In the meantime the government of the Philippines is pure ly military and must necessarily be to l large degree, arbitrary It is cited. for instance, that the tariff laws are not in force in the Philippines, the GUS
 toms duties there being collected by
 virtue of an official order The law relating to the exclusion Of Chinese must be regarded as equally inop- erative
 Another point which has been taken into consideration is the fact that the exclusion of Chinese would work hard ship to large number of innocent persons. A goodly proportion of the mercantile business of Manila is transacted by the Chinese, and to cut them off from all communication with their families would be, it is held, both unwise and unnecessary It would lead to friction with China without any essential gain at time when friend ship with China is desirable.
 The administration thoroughly real izes that the danger of this concession lies in the possibility of immigration of Chinese to the United States through the Philippines It is not believed, however, that this danger is as serious as it might seem at first glance. There is, at present, no method of transpor- tation between the Philippines and the United States except in government vessels. Even when commerce has de- veloped to a degree, which necessitates line of steamers, these ships will sail from an American port in the Philip pines, where their cargoes and passen- gers will be under the supervision and inspection of United States officers. It will be, therefore, impossible for the Chinese to sail from the Philippines to the United States, and if they should emigrate to British Columbia, intend ing to smuggle themselves across the bcrder, the situation could then be met by proper regulations.
 At the cabinet meeting yesterday length. It was decided to ask Gen. eral Otis for further definite informa- tion as to what had been done. es- pecially in regard tc a particular com plaint from the Chinese minister, that one shipload of Chinese had been stop ped. General Otis will be asked 10 give reasons why this action was taken.
 First Assistant Secretary Hill, of the state department, was present at the cabinet session on account of the Chi nese exclusion topic.
 The Chinese minister called at the state department yesterday and held long conference with Acting Secretary Hill respecting the admission into the of some Chinese. The case is an exec eptional one, and 1t is said that the general question of the and propriety of General Otis extension of the Chinese, ex- .lusion law tC the Philippines was not m issue in tte conference. Senator Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, happehed to call at inc time and was participant in the discussion, giving the department the ,enefit of his views of the attitude that would be assumed by his committee, md perhaps by congress respecting uch questions as that presented.
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