The San Francisco call., 1905-06-27
THE PRESIDENTS CHINESE ORDER.

chants and other exempt classes was widely misunderstood
~ msrepresened the Chinese exclusion law That
law aimed solely and only at Chinese Iaboers purpose
plainly indicated both aatvey and negatively 1t names pecl
cay the class be excluded and the classes to be exempt ro
exclusion Secretary Taft made his
and the policy he indicated toward them no more en-
solstice
What he President has done made nee
essary that entirely distinct from the Chinese boycott
When Supreme Court refused the
writ of habas Chinese even though born IN this country
great deposited with the oeers OF inc
Their decision the human rights OF Chinese was
placed before the abeas devised
give his day and enable judicial examination
and determination OF his rights 1t reflection upon officer
power executive subject abuse 1t always
abused and its abuse the original reason tor putting the
rights OF in the keeping OF the courts by the writ OF habeas
The purpose of the President to so safeguard the use
power will be abused 1t is easily
Judge who the extraordinary decision OF the
court if he arrived here on steamer from China could be depored
as Chinese by the immigration would be for
him protest that he Chinese He could that only
bv getting into court and he could get only by of
corpus which his petition would be promptly denied
decision Nor would be possible punish the officer
who excluded him. for oense could not be proved except
court, the closed against such proof.
The decision caused crisis before unknown in American a
Judging endangered reputation human
W and fair play and amply justified the President in coming to the
classes had been held by the Immigration Bureau to be guilty
of violating the exclusion and called under ccum
that made compliance impossible themselves nno
cent IS the PLAIN intention OF the treaty and the law tha sec
certificate vsed by consular diplomatic officer OF
Government China shall be pTma ce evidence OF the right OF
land here The practice however, has voded the
fate such evidence and put under every con-
China turned their backs upon
complete exclusion from their
by using negative resistance of which they the
The the socitude of merchants
Their anxiety treated evidence of their
nmy the exclusion and their willingness sacrifice Ame
labor the interest OF foreign trade If this expressed
real fear without foundation. The interests OF American
nsepaably The abandon
hope of trade Eastern Asia would
be American labor the hardest blow it has suffered Espe
cy would this be of the labor this and the cotton
raising and cotton districts OF the South American
labor produces that needed at home 1t must Ind
market abroad Europe taking much OF that surplus as can
be reasonably expected to find market there 1t is the policy OF
Government and people fair share OF the expanding
guarded the open door IN China and protected the neutrality OF that
empire.
Government could for
right OF leaving the rest to the energy and enterprise
merchants wo their appreciated their dependence
upon Chinese merchants settled here and their influence their
class IN China policy OF contempt outrage and huiation
merchants and the classes the complete de-
Chinese trade and the injury of Amer
labor The President has TO the rescue by ordering
and Minister their duty OF making section certificate
the hands pma facie evidence of the right land
the law intends should be- Oense regard to that certificate
charged against native officials China When they find that
representatives precede wise OF certificate by validating
native officials will find in vain attempt frauds
and their Government will cooperate with in giving the
thcate its proper character
The act of the President is highly commendable nowhere
first step taken by Government China equality of
policy necessity if
the prosperity people
Asia what Europe the of the Atlantic
Quick
mischief easily is hard
out of the force of our own peudce we learn to Judge the
power of prejudice among others set prejudice fixed in China
against American would be hard eradicate and the
Presidents action is we hope in time to prevent it
His confidence the integrity of consular service
misplaced Our representatives China will be found alert
ectg the exclusion act against violation and in extending the
intended benefits of the law to the exempts.
The Chinese Government will doubtless be found responsive
this policy of DEAL and as it has immense
the commercial class will doubtless that the antAmer
agitation shall cease.
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