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

Tho President Believed 10. Have Served
, Notice on the Pekin Government That
Attempt 1T Coercion VIII Fan-Nego.
tiations Halted BY Question Of Glasses.
WASHINGTON, Aug. le.-Until the present
anti-American movement In China subsidies
and the boycott comes to an end, either
through failure in itself or by some action
on the part OF the Chinese Government no
action will be taken to renew the regotla-
tions for the new exclusion treaty China
demands. ',,t. ..t IS Is ~
This can be said on the authority OF tho
Chinese Legation here, and II Is believed
that such notice has been sent from Oyster
Bay. through Minister 'Rockhill, to the
Chinese Government.
Press dispatches from Pekin to-day
state that the notice has bean served, and
thereby President Roosevelt has delivered
q blow In retaliation to tho motives that
prompted the boyoott-the forcing Of HE
Government to conclude = new treaty.
The President has, in effect, notified
China that this Government cannot be
bluifed by such movement as the boycott
Government officials here. hope that the
movement will die . natural death, and
those who are familiar with tho Chinese
way Of doing things believe it viii.
Sir Cheug Tung LANG Chens. the Chinese
Minister. carne to Warrington to-day on
Amherst. his summer home, IN q few days.
He called at the State Department, but he
said there was no Significance attached to
his visit at this time and that he merely
paid his respects to the acting Secretary
Of State.
The Minister eaid his Government could
do nothing toward putting an end to the
| boycott; that the merchants in China were
absolutely free TO buy whatever goods they
| CHOSE, and that the matter could not be
He said his Government had already done
all that was possible by instructing the
Governors and viceroys Of the vdrious
provinces to allay the movement tn any
way possible.
| pie. The Chinese Government desires that
the treaty shall provide merely for tho
exclusion Of laborers, with specifications as
| to Just what shall constitute a laborer
The Chinese Minister has said that ss,t tins
Of the word by American law.
The United States Government con-
| tends that those who may be permitted
to enter should be specified by classes.
The Chinese refuse to ooncede this point
HlAuN SinnB, ShSe ooino o'o7 "oN'o Nv
sure to be loft out. g
At present the laws Of this country per-
NIT tho free entry Of five classes-mer:
| chants, students. travellers. officials and
| teachers. II man happens to be banker
| or possibly q scientist, there Is no way he
can come into the United States.
There are 40 many classes which are
really entitled to enter FREQ, according to
the Chinese view. that, II any effort were to
BE- made to set UP 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 make pro-
| vision for the exclusion Of the laboring class
| and lot every ono else In free. The Chinese
Minister has had no instructions recently
concerning tho treaty, but he expects some
word from his Government before return
Ing to Amherst.
Il became known to-day that the in
famed mind OF the Chinese against An,eri-
| 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
Washington TO Pekin. These reports were
hgtou for Pekin to assume his duties there.
and were reproduced in Chinese newspapers.
Il was said that he would endsavor to
| settle matters at Pekin. Such was not
| the case, but for some reason tho Chinese
| merchants did not like the reports. and
thought that It was an attempt on the
| part Of this country to obtain some visionary
advantage. They believed that II would
be far better to trust tho matter to the
| Minister here. 1t beolme known to-day
that tho Minister twioe complained to
Secretary Hay concerning the reports,
which emanated from the State Depa rtment