The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-20
CHINACAN'T BLUFF UNCLE SAN
WILL GET NO NEW TREATY AS
LONG AS BOYCOTT LASTS.

Tho President Believed to Have Served
Notice On the Pekin Government That
Attempt At Coercion VIII Fail-Nego-
tiations Halted by Question Of Glasses.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lo.-Until the present
anti-American movement In China subsidies
and t:ss boycott comes to an end, either
through failure In itself or by some action
on the part OF tho Chinese Government, no
action will be taken to renew the negotia-
lions for the new exclusion treaty China
demands.
This can b said on tho authority Of the
Chinese Legation here, and 1t IL believed
that such notice has been sent from Oyster
Bay, through Minister Rockhill, to the
Chinese Government.
Press dispatches from Pelkin to-day
state that the notice has been served, end
thereby President Roosevelt has delivered
q blow In retaliation to the motives that
prompted the boyoott-the forcing Of hjs
Government to conclude new treaty.
The President has, In effect, notified
China that this Government cannot be
blufied by such movement As the boycott.
Government officials here hope that tho
movement will de q natural death, and
way of doing things believe 1t will.
Sir Cheng Tung LANG Cheng, the Chinese
Minister, came to Washington to-day on q
brief business trip. He will return to
Amherst, his summer homo, In few days.
said there was no significance attached to
bis visit at this time and that he merely
paid his respects to the acting Secretary
Tho Minister said his Government could
boycott; that the merchants in China were
absolutely free to buy whatever goods they
chose, and that the matter could not be
controlled by the Government at Pekin.
He said his Government had already done
Governors and Viceroys Of the various
provinces to allay the movement in any
way possible.
The present status Of tho negotiations
for the new treaty ia apparently very sim
pie. The Chinese Government desires that
exclusion Of Aborers, with specifications as
to just what shall constitute laborer.
The Chinese Minister has said that this
point could be governed by the definition
Of the word BY Amerioan law; .on
tends that those who may be permitted
to enter should be specified by classes.
The Chinese refuse to concede this point,
maintaining that some class would be
sure to be left out.
At present the laws Of this country per-
nit the free entry Of five olasses-mer..
chants, students. travellers, officials and
teachers. II man happens to be banker
or possibly a scientist, there is no way he
can come into the United States.
There are 50 many classes which are
really entitled to enter free, according to
the Chinese view, that, II any effort were to
be made to set up a distinct list Of those who
might come in, there would be no end Of
confusion and dispute. 1t would be much
better, the Chinese contend, to mako pro-
vision for the exclusion Of the laboring class
and let every one else in free. The Chinese
Minister has had no instructions recently
concerning the treaty. but he expects some
word from his Government before return
ing to Amherst.
It became known to-day that the in
famed mind OF the Chinese against Aneri-
cans is due in some extent to the fact that
reports were sent out that the negotiations
for the treaty were to be transferred from
lngton for Pekin TO assume his duties there,
and were reproduced in Chinese newspapers.
1t was said that he would endeavor to
settle matters at Pein. Such was not
the case, but for some reason tho Chinese
merchants did not like the reports, and
thought that II was an attempt on tho
part Of this country to obtain some visionary
advantage. They believed that it would
be far better to trust the matter to tho
Minister here. II became known to-day
that the Minister twice complained to
Secretary Hay concerning the reports.
which smanated from tho State Department.