Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-30
Chinese Of the Philippines
Furnish Exclusion Snag

Washington, Jan. 15.-It was report.
ed today that Secretary Hal had advis.
ed Senator Lodge that it would be a
grave affront to China to enact an ex-
clusion law running beyonu the life
of the present treaty, when is popu-
larry supposed to expire December T.
1904. II may be stated with authority
however, that there is no truth in this
report. In the first place the treaty
with China does not expire in 1904, but
will continue for another ten years I'M
less one of the contracting parties
gives notice of intention to renounce
II. me United States mas received no
intimatiOn rom CIIina Of such inten-
ton.
Senator Lodge said today that the
Chinese exclusion question was nkely
| to give rise to extended debate in the
| Senate inasmuch as the whole Philip
pine question probably would become
! involved. He added that he thought
! there was a growing feeling in favor
of his bill. looking to the simple con.
| tinuation of the present laws. This
would avoid bringing in the question
OF the citizenship of the people of the
Philippines, about 100000 OF whom
are OF Chinese blood. It is estimated
by the insular bureau that of these
DOC, 900 are of pure Chinese blood, co.
900 Of them being in Manila. If the
people of the Philippines are citizens,
or should be made so by act of Con
gress. the question arises whether the
Chinese there. citizens like the rest
could be excluded from the mainland
of the United States. This Is a sub
ject OF such far.reaching scope that
there is hesitation in attacking 1t.
1t was this very question that caus
ed something like a split today in the
. subcommittee charged with framing
the Chinese bill. The labor leaders
Immigration Bureau representatives
and California Commission presented
composite bill containing features
; drawn from several bills already de
scribed. and the subcommittee dis
r cussed II at some length. This com
| posite bill contains ntCy-six sections
I 1t restates the existing law In ever!
4 respect, except as to certain points
= where amendments were suggested
either by the United States officials o.
labor leaders. These amendments ar,
I not changes. but additions, except II
q single case of giving the right Of ar
b peal 10 the United States in all case
= where similar right is given to Chi
r nese.
, The bill differs most radically iron
=, the existing law in extending the eN
clusion law against the Chinese iron
the Philippine Islands. This ney
: matter Is contained in section as fo
h lows.
r Section .. That from and after tn
h passage Of this act the entry into tn
!. American mainland territory of tn
Il United States OF Chinese laborer
. coming from anv of the insular pc:
sessions of the United States shall b
J. absolutely prohibited. and the prohib
Il tiou shall apply to all Chinese laboI
+ ers regardless of considerations of eli
4 lzenship. unless their citizenship sha
5 have arisen in the said mainland tel
y ritory. And ,ne same prohibition {
q entry shall apply to Chinese labOrer
coming to one Of the insular posse
. sions of the United States from anv {
5 the other territories of the Unite