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The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-21

y POINTED Minister of the United
Il States 20 China by President
buchanan lu lSJs nv diplomatic
duties really began a. Shanghai
-. ia June ls5s. ] met there OWL
Ian ami Ws-haua. the TIVE imperial COM
UIsslCrers deputeG by the Emperor nomi-
ually 10 meet the foreign amba ssadOrs at
Shanghai ana make arrangements for
their visit 90 Pekiu. The real object Of
thnir mission Was n possible, 20 dissuade
ihem from going there, and falling IL
t.eir e;1oris 20 10 this. 10 lnterpOse every
obstacle Bv ihe American treaty no
place was designated whore II should be
exchanged. The English and French
treaties each contained a clause prOvId-
ihe for az exchange at Ptkin. IN my first
Official interview ] discovered that there
would be grcat opposition, not openly.
but C0verty, 20 our going to Pekin. /
therefore proposed, as the time for the
exchange Of treaties had arrived, that the
exchange Of the American treaty should
he made then at Shanghai To this the
imperial commissioners replied that the
'A!AeSe yaiilca lion q the treaty being al
FekiH, no exchange could take place until
either 10 could Ue received from Pekin or
We should re, eh that place. Satisfied that
ms was d mere evasion, then required
nom them = stipulation that / should
have The right. without the exchange OF
treaties, 10 proceed 20 Pekin with the am
bassador OF the first nation tnat visited
That place. To this they assented, and
correspondence With them erased.
on the arrival OF the British and French
ministers both Sir Frederick Bruce and
IL De Borbiilon refused 20 hold anv In
lercourse wiki the Chinese commission
ers at Shanghai, alleging that by the
supulations OF their treaties they were to
r.ake the exchange at Pekin and thar
that must be their first business. This. In
1uy-Judsmeat, was a grave error and tend
ID In no small degree 10 produce the dis
nstrcus results at Pei-HO. A meeting and
conference with these high commissioners
could have produced no possible evil re-
suit. Their refusal 10 do so irritated and
mortified them, as their rank was next TO
the EmperOr's. | was accordingly official
u notified by Quillian and Washana that
they would leave for Pekin. where ar
Iangements would be made 10 receive US
on the morning OF the llth Of June, 1S59
we left Shanghai for the mouth Of the
Pci-HO. having in tow a small steamer
called the Tceywan, with which We were
10 ascend the river "a Tientsin. the water
being too shallow for our frigate, the Pow
hatah.
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Determined TO Reach Pekin.

An Important difference between the
position Of the American Minister and
that Of the English and French Minister,
should here be observed. The English
and French treaties had been made IN
tlule Of war between China and those
countries. By these treaties the war was
terminated. Upon a yiolation OF the.
st!pulations theiv representatives. might
iagard themselves a thrown back into
the war which had been by such treaties
suspended. The American treaty., on tha
contrary was made with \ nation with
whom we had never been At war. Ii its
provisions should b- violated, the proper
TsmgGy for such violation must b. deter
Hiintu by the government Ol the United
states. ! had been instructed, however
BY The President 10 go 10 Pskn." / had
received the assent, il not the invitation
of the Chinese commissioners Al Snaug-
hal 20 20 there 10 exchange the Jre4ty
j determined. therefore. 10 proceed OIL
my way until stopped by force Whicn
eyu5G not be overcome by that under Iny
command.
Ia the execution OF that design. and
with the naval commander OF our small
io-cc. l crossed the bar the next day
Friday morning. the 25th. and proceeded
toward Tho forts. found a. anchor about
e. mile and q half from the mouth Of the
river all the English and French weasel.
which could cross the bar. The entire
fleet consisted Of Ten gunooats and three
sma! vessels. carrying about forty guns
sHd Gy0 men. Anchored with these yes.
sells were three large Chinese Junks. a.
tHey arr called, which had been taken
possession OF by the allies and on which
they had placed about 200 men. to be used
q recruits for the vessels and as q lsEd-
iEE force should land attack upon the
forts be- deemed eNpedient. These vessels
were passed IN the execution OF my de
Termination not TO be stopped except By
sctual force. and We were within half q
mile Or the forts when oar steamer
grounded which was not surprising. a'
Ne bad no pilot. ana 10 officer on board
Lad eyer before entered the river. a th,
lnc we grounded the tide was falling
rapidly
The English admiral Immediately sent
ids gag -..suteHant la the gunboat Piovei
" =Sy ~ Commodore Iattn1A that he ex
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Contempt for Chinameu.

The sentiment among the ignoraur
classes OF Americans is one of hatred and
contempt Tor the Chinese for no raason
Whatever L have Travelled extensively in
lhIs country from California 10 the
East especially In the New England
states and in New York State. and every
Where nave found the same conditions
NO Chlnaman can get in anv Store IN paI-
tlmore at all except, perhaps. one or tVo
ofy goods or grocery stores. and ha can-
NOT enter drug store for even a glass of
SOFA In this city it is not unite so b,d
as thls, although in many of the bot,I,
ana lunch rooms here a Chinamap is no,
allowed to eat or lodge.
how IS 1t possible for a Cbinapa, 20
Spend his money in this country nd.
such conditions? He might as We'll throw
II away Ike stones for all the good il
o"es MN. Twenty years ago the Chinese
we're hoI allowed TO become citizens in This
country. To-day the American women
Ieel IL Is disgrace TO become acnuaintad
Win the ChineSe, so il is imnossihIe fo,
'he Chlnanan to marry here. He must
return 10 China if he can There are
countless missionaries in China who busy
themselves in writing about China. | often
wonder now they get their data. for most
OF IL Is all wrong. All they meet are the
common, ignorant classes. They cannot
speak the tongue, they cannot compre.
nend the customs, yet they write most
freely about the Chinese. 1 cannot under
stand 1t. / know that many OF my coun-
trymen here are ignorant. uneducated. be-
cause they are the poorer classes. but
tnat is no reason why the Americans
should classify the Chinese with indians.
negroes, and the like"
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the survivors. Landing at the approach Of
night UDon shore of which they were
entirely ignorant. at low water. with
fast rising tide. they found that they were
separated from the forts. first. by mud
and water waist deep. as well as by a
vide canal filed with water. which no one
coulc cross without swimming. and by an
other ditch hlled with sharp iron spikes
Il vas soon apparent that there was no
safety bat in retreat One Of the officers
told me that when tb-y had crossed the
canal they had not a weapon that would
fire. 30 vet had their ammunition become.
The retreat was ss fatal as the landing.
The Chinese sent Up fire rockets. and BY
their light shot down men who could not
return the fire When the day dawned,
the squadron was a wreck. Less than
one-half OF he land force had escaped un-
hurt Three hundred OF the landing par
", besides eight officers and twenty-three
men OF the little squadron, had been killed
The wounded were towed BY the Toey-
van over the bar IN three large barges
attached 10 her stern. 10 the ships in the
gulf and thus were the first tidings OF
the fight received by the French and Eng
ash ministers.
Il was now evident that with the
French and English I could not reach
Pekin. had faithfully endeavored TO 90
so, because BY their treaties / could visit
Pekin in a very much more satisfactory
manner than by going under the provis-
ions Of my own treaty. But | was The
bearer Of a treaty which had been ap
proved Dy my government, and my duty
was plain 10 carry Out my instructions
and have it exchanged il possible. / there
fore opened communications with the gov
ernor general. informing him that l was
there By invitation Of the commissioners
Of Shanghai; that 7 was charged with an
autograph letter from the President Of
the United States. 1 asked him to pro
vide ne with the means Of conveyance
in accordance with the provisions Of the
American treaty. These negotiations re-
suited In immediate preparations for my
lGuaFfura Tor pAgfu
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The Journey TO Pekin.

On the morning of the 18th OF July 7
left. the steam frigatc Powhatan in a
small steamer. and anchored off Pitsa NO
where | spent the night Landing at
daylight, we commenced our jour
rey across the country. We were
furnished with saddle horses and
carts without springs, for the land
portion of our journey, which was
accomplished in two days, was through
a most barren and uninteresting country.
The whole Of the vast plain from the gulf
10 Pekin, j distance of about 100 miles is
Cnly a few feet above the level of the
sea.
On the evening Of the second day We
reached the banks OF the Pei-Ho, where
we found that the most luxurious accom-
mOdatiOns that the empire could afford
had been prepared for our party. The
finest boats had been fitted up for US. My
boat. being the largest, had one sitting
room and three sleeping apartments. Oth-
eTs were accommodated in boats of siml-
lar description. The captain tod me that
he was siXty-tOur years OF age, and was
born on board the boat. II had been IN
his family more than 100 years. II was
the residence of his entire family. He
had two me- hers (his father having left
two widows, two wives and four chill
dTen, all presenting picture Of happi-
ness. over the doors Of the rooms were
various Inscriptions; over my sleeping
apartment the following: A silver can
dlestick announces JOY, anC flame ra-
dates flowers"
The boats were drawn by trackers. and
the current running strongly against US,
our progress was very slow. The Emper-
or had issued an edict forbidding the use
of animals. because of the injury done
BY them 10 the banks Of the river. The
natural question was asked, II the mules
we saw grazing in the fields had not bet
the twenty-five men used as trackers for
each boat be engaged In repairing the in
jury the mules might do the banks The
Chinese reply was given that 1t was
cheaper to hire the men than TO feed the
mules. JOHN z. WARD.
lCnnHriahi Ilnn hH Inhn Z Mardl
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Arrival the Pei.Ito.

mouth of the Pei-HO and found there the
French and English fieets-the first un-
der the command Of Commodore Tricault,
the latter under Sir James Hope, the
Chesapeake being his flagship. The Eng
liSh and French Ambassadors had both
arrived before me We were anchored
about ten miles from the mouth Of the
Pei-Ho. the coast being so shallow tsat
10 nearer approach could be made in large
vessels About three miles from the
mouth OF the river and at nearly equal
distance from the forts there IS bank
about a mile wide, across which no Nes-
sci OF greater draft than ten feet can go,
even at high tide When that bank has
been passed. you are in the channel of the
river and distant about three miles in a
direct line from its mouth. .
on our arrival at the anchorage. we
found that the English eunboats mad al
ready crossed that bar and were anchored
within two miles Of the forts. AS soon as
twas possible. after my arrival Admiral
Hope called and informed me that he had
been I'D 10 the mouth Of the river and
Rad found Il so obstructed by chains as
10 render farther progress impossible
without their removal, and that ne had
sent his boats on shore 20 say thaS the
English and French ministers had ar
rived on their way 10 Pekin and demand
ed the removal of the distractions 20 as
To enable them 10 proceed. The reply was
that these distractions had been placed
not 10 prevent the ministers from going
20 Peltin, but 70 keep out the reb ls--a
IalsehOod, because the rebels had no
boats. They also said that this was not
the pei-Hu that the entrance 10 the Pei
lilo WIS ten or fifteen miles farther north
and that Jhe ministers must go there 4
get 10 Pekin They promised, however
10 remove the distractions and Ia pre-
tending 10 DO this worked at them day
and night. making them sJill more for
m!dabie. The admiral discovered this and
gave them notice that as the doors had
been closed upon the English and French
ministers. ne had been Instructed to oper
them, and should proceed TO do so on Sat
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Native Student on Treatment
i'm America.
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 0STRACIZED
Paul Lee Gyim, Chinese student at How
Cinnamon Have Been Excluded from Res
tauraRts. .Barber shops, ind Even stores
Impossible for Chinese in America 10 Pur-
chase Things at Our Establishments.

Paul Lee GYM, a Chinese student in
Howard University. and contributor and
correspondent Of several papers and mag
azines IN China, is a young man who has
Travelled extensively over this country.
and he believes that the Chinese in every
city and State Of the Union have been
obliged 70 endure humilia items and i'll
treatment beyond all parallel in history,
save the persecution Of the Jews. This,
ne thinks may have some thing TO do with
The hatred Of Cinnamon for foreigners.
Why says Mr.. GYM, the popular
idea among Americans is that the Chi
hese ruin this country. They don't The
expectations Of this country to China
amount 10 about S0.0O0.O0O per year, while
China exports to this county about So
OU0.vO year l know that the Cinnamon
would spend their money In this country
II they had an opportunity to do so. I
have often found articles in both the
American papers and magazines which
state that the Chinese are not sociable
with any race except their own, that they
ostracize themselves absolutely from the
American people, that everything they
wear, everything they eat is imported 6i-
rect from China, and that they viii not
patronize American trade. This is untrue.
tn" reason that the Chinese do not buy
iood here is that they cannot get it, They
can get nothing to eat in the hotels and
res aurants here in Washington or IN
any other city in the United States. The
proprietor invariably turns hem off rud >
~, saying: You are Chinaman: ges out
OF here
Inc Chinaman cannot get his hair cut
IN an American barber shop / could not
believe this when 1 first heard it. and did
not until 1t happened to me. During my
spring term in the Howard University this
year happened one morning TO step into
a barber shop on Seventh street, near the
bouhaary' and the BARRIERS Immediately
refused TO cut my hair You can't get
your hair cut here they said They did
not ask Of what nationality 1 was | NAV
nave been japanese, Chinaman. or 10
fean for all they knew, for all are alike
without the cue.
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Praise fram EnElaud.

Praise from EnElaud.
Sir Frederick Bruce, I'm his official re-
port to his government. saw the different
positions which we occupied, and in his
communication TO the Earl of Malmes-
bury Of July =. 1873 uses the following
language I'm reference To my departure for
Pekin; Mr.. Wards position is one of con-
siderable difficulty Nor do ] see, after
our unsuccessful attempt at the Pei-Ho,
that any course was open save the one
he has pursued. He has acted cordially
and frankly in the spirit of his decldra-
tons 10 me al Hongkone, and it is mat
ter Of satisfaction 10 ne that his concert
in our previous proceedings is a strong
argument in favor ui the line of conduct
pursued by De BoUrbillon and myself"
On Oct Ner 10. lSJS Lord Lyons. then
the Britis. inister to the United States.
addressed "a letter to the Hon. Lewis
Cass, Secretary Of State of the United
States, OF which the following is a COPY:
Washington. oct 10. 1859.
sir-Hsr majesty's Minister in China has not
failed 20 bear testimony the friendly feelings Of
tie United States envoy, Sir. Ward. and of Flag
oiheer Tattnan, and to the assistance which they
rendered during the late operations 1t the Pei-Ho
River
Her majesty principal secretary Of state for
foreign affairs has instructed me to express TO the
President Of the United States and 70 you sir tie
thanks Of her majesty's government for the as
sistsnce thus rendered 20 her majesty's service BY
those distinguished officers. and TO request that
such thanks may be conveyed to them through the
regular Official channel l have the honor to be-
with the highest consideration, sir, your most
obedient humble servant, LYONS
The Hon Lewis Cass. &c.
The Pei-Ho being so obstructed as TO
render It's ascent impossible it became
necessary TO land at a small town called
EItsanS' about eight miles north of the
Iahu Iprts' ana thence 10 cross the cOun-
try 50 as 10 strike the Pie-H abouf forty
miles from the place of landing. at a CITY
called IIeltsin. situated upon its hanks
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Jun ---..--------iJ II fS' l'"
Total to-csy-Net. 1.Is3. Great Britain. Z
continent, 44g. stock. S. 40. Cogs9lhzted~
so2s: Great Britain. s.s32; contirsnt. tg5- [
since September Net. 6.J0e.7jl. Great Brl
. 54l 05s; France, 6s9 SIC; continent. 2.7J7 sos.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-04-09

Governor Taylor to Carry His Case tn Su.
Prcme Court "f the United states.
FRANKFORT, KY, April 9.-Ex.Gov.
ernor w. o. Bradley, chief counsel for
Governor Taylor. has authorized the
statement that an appeal on behalf Of
Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Marshall will be carried to the
supreme court of the United States
MIR. Bradley and Judge w. Yost, coun.
sel for the Republican officers were in
consultation with Governor TAYLOR for
several hours during the afternoon and
the above statement was made at the
close Of the conference.
1t is stated that Colonel W. C. p,
Brcckinridge and Republican leaders
from different parts Of the state will
meet Taylor in conference here a,
once.
Ex-Governor Bradley said: I'VE will
not take advantage of any tcchnicalitie.
TO delay the progress of the case. The
decision Of the court Of appeals is not
disheartening to Us. We will ask for q
writ Of error TO the supreme court a,
once and the contest will now be ut enc
In u very short time"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-04-09
RIO9 IN PORTO RICO.
Police Seemed Powerless to Cope with
the Mob.

Police Seemed Powerless to Cope with
the Mob.
San JUAN, Porto Rico, April 9.-At 4
o'clock the natives made a concentrated
movement at Porto Tiera. Different
mcbs, totalling about 1900 men, at.
tackled the foreign colored men. Any
English-speaking negro was subject to
attack, particularly the natives of St.
Thomas and st. Kits. One Porto Rican
was killed, one was seriously injured
and three negroes of st. Kits were
dangerously wounded.
The affair was the outcome of the
pier strike, aud the pretense of the at.
tack, apparently, was that the English
islanders were usurping Porto Rican
labor The islanders anticipated trouble
and some Of them were armed with re-
vOlvers
- A company of infantry under Captain
Alexander and Lieutenants Ansel ant
Parker was called out, martial law wa
declared, soldiers now patrol the street:
and the rum shops were closed. Tht
mere presence Of the soldiers dispersed
the crowds.
There were no demonstrations aftel
the arrival of the troops. The condition
of affairs necessitates the presence o.
troops. The municipal police are utterly
Inadequate to preserve order and handle
the crowd. They stood by during tn
riot as spectators and made no attemp
to interfere.
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ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE.

Military Authorities Had No Hand IN sne
Executions ut Ponce.
WILMINGTON, April 0.-Beyond the
mere announcement that five criminals
were to be executed at Ponce for murder
and outrage, General Davis. the COVER
nor Of Porto Rico, has made no repre-
sentations to the war department. Oh
this subject. The officials mere arc
somewhat concerned about the satua.
tion, mainly because of the metnoo
chosen for the execution Of these crim.
inals-the oarrote. But it is explained
that neither for the enforcement Oh sno
death penalty nor for the repulslve
method Of execution are the American
military authorities responsible. These
are the results Of the continuance
in the island Of the Spanish lesA
methods, according to the official cn.l'
acter. The men who were arrested oy
Porto Rican officials were tried by for'o
Rican Judges under Porto Rican laws
and the method of execution also was
prescribed by the law and custom OF the
island. There is, however, a marked m
disnosition to take any Official ac.'on
that will tend to excite the latent 1eal'
onsv of the islanders over any encroach'
ment by the national government upon
thoir cherished customs and laws; hence
the hesitancy to act in the present IN. ~
stance by committing the sen'eno0 -
the criminals.
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PLAGUE IN HONOLULU.
Estimated the Cost of Fighting yt viii
Reach s., 900, 900.

Estimated the Cost of Fighting u Will
Reach &:,OOO,OOO.
SAN Francisco, April 9.-Honolulu
advices, dated March 81, received by
the Doris, are as follows:
1t is estimated that the cost of fight.
ing the plague will reach at least $2,-
OOO, 600, a large part of these expenses
having been incurred in finding homes
for the people who were burned out by
the fires, particularly the great conf1a.
grafton on Jan. 20.
Heavy expense has been incurred in
building the detention camps that have
been put up, and for provisions of the
people kept in them. The salaries OF
physicians, at $3.50 per month, alsc
make up considerable part Of the par
Gel, and there have been a number Of
paid inspectors, fumigators, heads o,
departments. etc.
This is the sixth day in the presen,
series since the last case of plague. The
board Of health feels satisfied that the
end is in sight. From Dec. IL to thi!
date. there have been 20 cases Of plague
of which 60 have died, 3 were cured ant
is still in the hospital, in fair way t
recovery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-04-09
GLOOM IN DUBLIN.
a-oFd Hoberts' Dispatch Creates Genera,
C0nsteruatiOn There.

s~Eu NooortS Dispatch Creates Gener.,
CONSERVATION There.
DUBLIN, April 9.-Lord Roberts, die.
patch describing the disaster at Red.
dersburg was printed in the Dublin
evening papers and created general
CONSERVATION. 1t brought the populaco
with quick turn from the rejoicing
over the queens visit to the great issues
OF the war and cast sudden gloom over
the gaiety Of the party at the castle.
prominent member Of the cabinet
now III Dublin, when interviewed bv
the correspondent Of the Associated
fress, did rot attempt to conceal his
modification nor to minimize the evil
effect OF such reverses upon the prestige
Of the empire abroad. He attributed it.
and others like it Of recent occurrence
to lack Of horses and the inability Of
the remocnts sent forward to endure
the climate. He appeared to have no
nope OF an immediate advance. He
said there was no criticism of Lord
Roberts. who appears to be trusted i'm.
plicitiy, but intense irritation and cha.
grin are felt that similar unfortunate
circumstance" should retard the marc,
to Pretoria.
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SORT OF A PARENT.

Chicago Building Trades Council Taking
Care Of It's Members.
CHICAGO, April 9.-The Journal says:
The building trades council has become
!. sort Of parent to all its members and
their families. 1t is announced that
contracts have been made with the
wholesale grocers. clothiers, shoe deal.
ers and with some property owners
whereby the commodities in which
each deals is to be furnished to the
council. When necessary, it is stated,
credit will be given the council. 1t is
believed, however, that the goods can
be paid for when delivered, as the local
unions are receiving constant aid from
the national organization as we'll as
from organizations in Europe and Aus.
trolia.