The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-28
EXCLUSION
MEASURE
Anti-Chinese Bill
Passes Upper
House.

| WASHINGTON, April 16.-After eight
passed the Plat amendment to the
Mitchell-Kahn bill, and then passed the
bill for the exclusion of Chinese from
fthe United States during the continu-
ance of the treaty with China. The
treaty will expire in 1904. Senator Hoar
cast the only vote against the measure.
| The bill as passed extends all the
present Chinese exclusion laws during
the life OF the treaty with China and
until a new treaty shall have been
made. The exclusion laws are applied
| to all territory under the Jurisdiction
| of the United States, and the Chinese
| in the new possessions are prohibited
| from coming to the mainland, thus
placing a barrier between Philippine
Chinese and their American goal. Chi
nese laborers are permitted to enter the
United States for the purpose of in
stalling exhibits and working in con-
nection with exhibits at fairs and ex-
positions. The bill requires Chinese
United States to register within eight
months.
TO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Represen-
tatives Hit, Perkins and Clark were
today appointed conferees on the part
Of the House on the Chinese exclusion
bill. President Frye tomorrow will
probably appoint Senators Plat, Dill
M. =. IL.
Senate. 1t was first suggested that
Penrose. as the chairman of the COM
mittee on immigration, would head the
conference committee, but as he hoes
not represent the spirit of the PlattI
amendment ii is now reported he is to
be replaced by Plat.
The conferees are to get go work soon,
and before the end Tf next week II is
expected the President will have signed
a. new exclr,Sfon bill. All signs point to
n reces4fon on the part OF the House
ap5 the passage of the Senate bill with
out material change. Representative
Kahn has in mind a number of changes, |
but nothing vital in nature.
PROTESTS AGAINST EXCLUSION |
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The fol- |
lowing letter from Prince Ching, pro-
testing against the exclusion of Chi
transmitted to Congress by Secretary
Root:
II find on examination that the Phil
ippines are not far from China, and
that from the time of the Ming dy-
nasty. which preceded the present.
down to today a large number of emf
grants have gone there from Fukien
and the two Kuangs. amounting to 100,-
900, more or less. and that it is very
difficult to put a stop to the coming
and going of their families, fellow
villagers and relations. These emf
grants were formerly i'll treated and
harassed by the Spanish Government,
but they were never forbidden to land
or harshly driven back to China.
Your honorable country has usually
the reputation OF being lenient. and at
present your relations with China are
especially friendly. There are places to
which the restrictions agreed upon in {
rast treaties apply. but. while we are
hoping that these restrictions may be
entirely abrogated. there has never
been any treaty applying restrictions
to these islands. If no distinction is to
be made between iaborers and mer-
chants. and the severe regulations are
TO be applied to that place also and
ire to be subjected to these harsh re-
fear the good reputation of
FOUR honorable country will hardly be
able to escape injury