Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-08-11
TASK in CHINA FOR TAFT
It, Is Hoped That He Can Arrange Anew
s'i~1 " 81 Exclusion Treaty. adI |
THE NATIONS ARE WIDE APART row.
Draft Of The Treaty Published From Seattle
Is Mcrely the Translation From Chinese
= Pspers Of Draft Which Was Submitted By
/, China 10 This Goysrnmens About Seven or
3 Eight Months Ago 'GgJsgdU ia1a YGi ~

/
Washington, Pc. Especial ,TSccre-.
| tary Taft;s approaching. visit to Shan
| ghai is being awaited with much IN
Esterest by al. Government officials who
have TO lido with eitheri.the formation;
| of the. new treaty, with China or Qwitn
the boycott against American goods now
being carried forward in that country
He Is the onlys member of the Presi-
denis own family who has "openly de-
claredw that the exclusion flaws must
be givenaa more liberal construction f.,
| Negotiations for the new Chinese
treaty are still at a standstill, accord
| ing to an authority in the State De
Epart1neft. s:il7 sVIN5tih Dlio -I+Vn4 +
+. The draftof the treaty published from
Seattle isimercly the translation from
Chinese papers of a draft which was.
submitted by China to this Government
about seven or eight months ago, and
rejected by lthelI nitedi States. ltteon-
taits'ymany provisions WHICH are aeitu-
ally prohibited BY the existing exclusion
Laws and others which require legSla7:
tt;,orr,,, which the State Department IS not
IihoarEE III. Of Obtaining from Congress at
| anya near session Slice its rejection
nearly "a dozen other drafts have j.'ssS3si,,.
presented by either, side. 70 ..qaglas,.
| The, negotiations seem to, have. SPIT
| UPON a 'vyitally important rock OF dif-
| ference. The Chinese Minister desires
| the admission iofl all Glasses 4of II his
4 countryinen who are not specifically exx-
cluded by name.in the present laws tOn
the. other, hand, the American. 20 idea lea, IS
that none should be admitted except
I those WHO are specifically 'denoihinated
/ in the aws.i huf T02u $40 ~ %
| An illustration was given at the state
Department of a. student who III fh1e
summer vacation earns money as wait
| er or other eniploye. at a seaside resort
Under the departments interpretations
/ of the exclusion acts such "A person,
/ were he a Chinaman, would hall under
the classification of laborer. Another
objection BY this Government Is TIE GER
| tifcaiion Of immigrants by ChEese
sources "-'& e" - - H"'"'r'. I
o The State Department. made pubht
the following official statement which
concerns capitalists interested in the de-
! yelopmcnt Of Chinese, railroads:
@I,ast September 'the American Min
ister at Picking, in reference to the
CantonsfIankow Railway, communicated
to the State Department information
that the Chinese Government had pr0m!s
ised that British and American CAPT.
| talists Should have the preference, IT
| foreign capital was found TO be reees-
sary in extending the railway to Chung
! liking, 5in, the Province of Szeehuap 1892
miles above Hankow),e 4dail r.rn
| "The State Department is now in re-
| sept of advices that English and French
capitalists have come 1to ain agreement
with view to joining in the construc-
lion of a line to Szechuan, II IS, under.
stood that the British Government pro-
poses, to approach the. Chinese Govern
T.