The Washington times., 1905-12-16
PLAN TO SPECIFY
CHINESE EXCLUDED
Proposed Law Would Ad-
nit All Others.
SCHEME or ADMINISTRATION
Idea is If Measure Passes, Treaty With
Same Effect Would Have
= t to Do So.

The Administration plans for secur-
ing an adjustment of our treaty rela-
tiops with China. which will induce the
Chinese to crop their boycott. are be
ginning 10 be made manifest. II is ex-
planned that the first step will be 10
secure passage of law which viii radi-
caliy depart freE, tie present one in the
matter OF restrictions on Chinese admis-
sion TO this country
The present law prescribes certain
CLASSES which may come in, and bars al
others. The difficulty of classifying the
people OF great country has become
plain, anu it Is proposed that the new
law shall take the other view and enum-
crate those classes that shall be barred.
and admit all others. Thus merchants,
students scholars. etc would be ad-
mitted without enumeration. while
coolies and labcrers would be specifcal-
ly excluded
Law First, Treaty Sure.
1t is thought such a Law ought to be
passed. and would require only a ma
Jority in each house. A treaty. on the
other hand. requires two-thirds in the
Senate and probably would fail If it
were the initial effort But having
passed a law declaring our attitude to-
ward Chinese, il is maintained. there
would be small excuse for Senators later
10 reject treaty which should agree
upon the very things we had enacted
into the law
The plan is first to pass the law, and
then to negotiate a treaty practically in
the same terms. and put IL up TO the
Senate to approve the treaty or take an
illogical position. 1t is said tnat, while
the negotiations with China have not
gone along so smoothly as might be
wished, yet the Pekm government has
Indicated in Il general way that agree
nent might be reached alone these lines.
China's Suggestion.
The Chinese would like the establish
ment OF American consular agents at
proper places in China, who should wise
The papers OF Cinnamon intending 10
come TO this country. and whose ap-
proval. based on their Investigations in
china. should be accepted as evidence OF
admissibility at American ports.
TO this proposal the objection is raised
shat, basing judgment on past expert
snce. IL is impossible 20 secure consular
agents who Will be honest-who will not
sell their Endorsements when they get
the chance. This argument does not
strike the Chinese as strong; the naughty
aeathen actually has the bad taste TO
reply that il the United States can't find
any honest officials at all. possibly its
assumptions of superiority are rather
aebgieus anyhow, and IL might we'll ad-
init some honest heather TO teach II
morals.
Boycott Doomed.
The latest reports on the boycott situa-
ton indicate that the intellectual classes
in China are taking more interest in the
movement against America Students
are generally active in arousing preju-
dice. and among these the scholars who
have studied in this country are mos;
active because they believe the anti
Chinese prejudice here is so strong that
only the most extreme measures can be
eTective
u is also reported that the Chinese
-overnment is taking steps TO investi-
safe the particular cases OF their citi-
zcilS who have been excluded unjustly
from this country, and to make the IN
formation the basis for some large dam
aEe claims.