The evening times., 1901-06-15

NEW YORK. June l5--The Chinese in
the United States ars preparing for an
organized fight to- obtain the absolute re
PEAL OF the C9cary Exclusion acr At the
coming session of Congress. The move
mtnt was started i'm this city early in the
week and il is expected To spread rapidly
TO Philadelphia ChicagtR Portland Sc
attic san Francisco. and other cities hay
ing large Chinese. populations
y powerful organization has been effect
ed among tho Chinese merchants of this
city Within the next two weeks every
one OF the I5.u.| Chinese here viii be asked
to siSa "a carefully prepared memorial To
the United States Government asking that
the exclusion act be repealed The mem
oriaI VIII protest in the strongest possible
terms against having the act extended for
twenty years from the date Of its expira-
ton. in 1902 II viii be forwarded To the
Government along with similar meEnor-
iaIs prepared in other cities, through Wu
-TinE-fans, the Chinese Minister at Wash
instou.
An effort viii he made to obtain the
support of thousands of Americans whom
the Chinese believe are opposed TO the
exclusion act They viii be asked to sign
a petition TO Congress which Chinese law
yers and students are now drawing up.
The Chinese realize the handicap which
is placed on the movement through their
lack OF suffrage They hope to persuade
some political organization to take up
their cause
Their strongest hope Of eventual success
lies in N-u TinE-fang- They say il was on
his advice that they organized for the
struggle They depend largely on his per
soHal popularity TO get them fighting sup
porteTs IT the Senate and the House Of
Representatives.
TIE CI-IESTIALS HOPEFUL
Another thing which has gIven the Chi
nese hope that public and official senJi-
ment Is about to turn in their favor is the
stand which the United States has taken
IN dealing with the allies IN the Chinese
crisis The present movement would have
begun a year aSo had the Boxers re
raaired passive When the legations were
besiegsd in Pekiu the Chinese in the Jr-jt-
ed States almost gave up hope. Some of
them sold out and went home. The clear
ing of the war cloud and the subsequent
show OF interest in the development of
their fatherIand have given them & nsw
and stronger hope. The offer which tho
UniteJ States made TO the Powers TO cut
the indemnity III two made q great i'm
precision on the Chinese
See. the United States now smiles on
our country" they said. and they VIII
give Us the right 10 become citizens, to 90
back and forth as We pIease-perhaps-"
There is 10 doubt that the movement
which has Just started here Is a strong
one. and thlt the political wires will be
carefully pulled. Chow Tszchi, the smiling
and Americanized consul general at this
port holds daily conferences with the
big men OF Chinatown who are pushing
the proposition. His unofficial pen VIII
possibly draw UP the memorial The
wealthy Chinese merchants association
Top Sing Hong, as they can it's giving
active support, and its president Moi
Ping Fun, Of No. Is Mott Street, is one OF
the most active workers.
No stronger evidence that the Chinese
are in earnest could be offered than the
fact that they have started a weekly
newspaper in this city for the purpose OF
aroasing the Chinese to action aEains
the Exclusion act This 2aper-the Chi
nese Weekly Herald is reaching nearly
all Of the fifty thousand Chinese who Iiv,
east of the Mississippi. Through its in
fUence q moyement similar TO the out
just started here VIII begin in Chicago
next week Its work, so far, has beer
chiefly TO educate the Chinese on the cx
clUsion question. It publishes the eutir,
text of the act and Of the present treatl
between China and the United States.
has told Of the bill which Rc2resentativ,
Julius Kahn, of San Francisco. intends L
bring before Congress, and which pro
vides for the exclusion of Chinese unit
1872
THE MEMORIAL To CONGRESS-
The memorial 10 Congress viii demand
the absolute repeal Of the Exclusion ac
on the grounds of fair play and a sort OF
reciprocity for the opening Of Chimes,
ports 1t viii ask that the Chinese be pu
anese immisrants-the only requirement
being good health and q stipulated sun
Of money TO assure their not becoming
public charges Even more than tn.
right to travel freely to and from China
the Chinese desire the right Of becoming
United States citizens, with full suTrag,
and property rights
The memorial will include some inter.
esting statements in their own behalf
One clause viii try 10 persuade the sup.
porters Of the working classes that Chi
nese immigration would not be bad for
the wOrkiugnel-
Commercial benefits which America
would derive from granting free commu-
nication with the Chinese viii be d point
strongly pressed The memorial vii
speak Of China's 100000 90 inhabitants
and the vast market for -four, paper, To-
bacco, clothing, iron and steel ware and
machinery which would be opened up
There VIII be q clause something like this
THE repeal of the Exclusion act vii
remove a terrible stigma from the United
States Government. viii create a faEora
bic impression IN China and open UP tn
vast Empire to American goods and man
UfaCtuTes Of all kinds"
The Chinese say that the repeal Of tht
Exclusion act would be Of great benefit [,
this city They say that the Chinese pop
uIatiou would increase 20 5000 in q short
time and that most OF the newcomers
would be men with money. They say thai
the property IN Chinatown would b.
bought outright by the Chinese. or if the
property owners we're unwilling TO sell
that q n-w Chinatown would De built III
in some other part II the city They say
that New 1Orks G. ---t5 TO China would
u just love - IS q ...-a-z more often apple,
10 Nozie than anything else.
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