Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-04
If Chinese AntagOnism Is
To Be AIIayed.
PRESIDENTS CIRCULAR HAS
FAILED TO TAKE EFFECT
Matter thoroughly Discussed al First
Cabinet Meeting To Be BeId Fol.
lowing Summer Vacation
Of the Government.

Washington, Oct. S,-The most ins
teresting subjects discussed at the cab
met meeting today were. first. the Chi
nese boycott against American goods,
and, second, the consideration Of COM
plants made by the Chinese against
the method Of execution of the exist
ing Chinese exclusion law. The inn
portant fact developed was that the
presidents efforts last summer to all
lay the Indignation Of the Chinese by
circular OF instructions to the Ameri-
can minister to China and consular
officers therein, had in measure
failed of its purpose and required a
considerable amendment to secure the
object sought. Minister Rockhill HIM
self reported that 1t had not been
found impossible to carry out in full the
instructions contained in the circular
without doing great injustice to wor-
thy Chinese and imposing burdens too
heavy to be borne upon the American
consuls.
Being freshly back from the Orient,
Secretary Taft took prominent part
i'm the discussion of this matter when
1t was broached by Secretary Root and
presented some of the results of his
observations on his recent trip. 1t
developed that the requirement that
American consuls identify the Chinese
seeking certificates admitting them To
American ports imposed task uron
these officials beyond their ahNitt.
The Chinese applicant frequently came
from some place far distant from the
American consulate and the consul
was consequently obliged to refuse to
identity as proper persons to be adj
mitted to the United States many very
worthy Chinese, which. of course. led
TO bitter complaint and fostered the
hocott feeling. Then a Chinese mer-
chant who desired to send his son as a
shop assistant to his branch store in
the United States With view OF ul-
timately admitting the son to part
nershfp. found that the boy was bar
red on the charge that he was coolle
Chinese living in the British and
French and Portuguese Aslatlc colon
les being really citizens of those ma
tlons. did not see why they could not
be admitted to America under proper
passports instead OF being required to
produce the unpopular certificate,
These were only a few of the COM
plants made against the adminlstra-
ton of the existing exclusion law. The
trend of the opinion In the cabinet
meeting was lndl lNtNt complains att
err MI were directed rather against the
construction placed upon the law than
the act itself and especially against
he definition given in California to
the term coOlie so Il was practically
decided that some important changes
IN the present regulations must be
made.
Today's session was the first reg
ular meeting of the cabinet held for
Isome months. and It was one OF the
Longest held during the administration
Of President Roosevelt. 1t was at
tended by all members of the cabinet
except Secretary Shaw, who is absent
from the city, and Secretary Metceit'
who Is III.
1t was the first cabinet meeting for
Secretary Bonaparte of the navy and
the first as secretary Of state for MIR.
Root. "All l did" said the former.
jocularly, "was to listen"
Most OF the time OF the meeting was
occupied by the president and Secre-
tary Root and Attorney General
Moody.
Mr. Moody took up with the -presi-
dent two or three appointments, whieh
were decided upon. but their an
nouncement WAS withheld pending ac-
ceptances. He also discussed the stat
us of the beef trust cases which are
being pressed BY the department OF
Justice.
Postmaster General Cortelyou also
conferred with the president over
postoffice appointments.