The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-12
sIsG.FANf For
HINA TREATY
TtiE Exciting REeuLA
cNs GLIDING CHINESE
SHOULD sE MODIFIED.
OFT oRoLleHLY ORGAN
Ep MOST REPRESENTA-
!IElVE CHINESE IN EMPIRE.

y g.
sTlS August lin. WI Ting
ofmer Chinese Minister at
iAgton, interviewed to-day, said
the existing regulations for the
tIIsion Of Chinese from the United
were unsatisfactory from the
Chinese standpoint and hence it was
estFed that they should be modified
the new convention. The Chinese,
~ said. agreed to the exclusion Of
0liesi and this point presented no
Iiiiculty. bnt the existing regulations
saed with severity on other claspoS.
ilstanced the cases Of merch-
ants travellers Tor pleasure, students
and others who, while nominally ad-
aissable to the United States, were
eed to undergo examinations which,
60ngh possibly necessary, we're gen.
EaIIy rendered very Objectionable on
econnt Of the manner In which the
Iations were enforced.
superior Chinaman arriving at
San Francisco, for example" said M.
WI Is detained by the authorities
hlle his credentials are being exam.
nf and this detention frequently in.
olives consortlng with low class Of
p9lies ii q common shed. He is una
BE 70 communicate with friends, and
subjected to Inconvenience and
ldignities to which Americans would
fdse to submit Moreover, he is not
Slowed to retain the services of any
ne 70 protect his interests, and If the
Immigration authorities decide against
nm there Is no possibility Of appeal.
Tint these grievances are well found
Is demonstrated by the necessity
iR President Rooseyelt's stringent
g5eE that courtesy be shown the Chi
1ese BY the immigration officials I'M
lei nain Of dismissal There have
bssn numberless instances Of harsh
treatment which the Americans them
eIxes have been forced to admit"
Nh admitted that European i'm
migrants were not allowed represen.
5atioh By lawyers or others during
Their examination, but he rejected
mis- argument, because, he said, the
Ghine Sc in other respects were sub,
ested to treatment entirely different
rom that accorded the Europeans.
sT Door For Labor In Hawaii.
China, he said agreed to the exclus-
1n Of coolies, but she urged as the
min points OF a new convention that
me better classes to Chinese be treat
"a on an equal footing with other
Aliens with the right to retain coun-
sol, and the right of appeal If neces.
r9 and the admission Of coolies to
Hawaii which he regarded as Of the
Htllrer Importance. Hawaii was
< EeatIy ID need of laborers, NJ. WI
sIid and since the Chinese were ex-
cIuded the Industries of the islands
hid suffered. At all events the Chi.
nsse. there could not compete with
American labor. The Philippines had
long heen a natural field for Chinese
ministry, but the application of the
exclusion act to the islands had chang.
ad this Regarding the desirability
q Chinese labor in the Far East, NJ.
WI instanced the prosperity of Singa-
ms IA the Straits Settlements, and
sseaal1hgenE country.
NJ WI expressed himself as great
" regretting the Chinese boycott of
narfean. goods and steamship and
insurance companies as it might es-
TRANCE the good will of Americans,
which he highly priced. Apparently,
however, he said, the Chinese classes
most concerned, considering that the
prospects for the solution of the diff
iculties arising from the application
81 the exclusion act we're remote, de-
cided on the boycott as the only means
Of yentilating the question. He
painted out that the movement against
Americans, though thoroughly organ
ICED by the best and most representa-
live Chinese, was altogether pacific,
aud was not directed against persons