The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-29
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W. O. Chen Hot Allowed - ~
Canada on Way 70 Asssl1 ~
dent Volunteer Cenvpntien
In Rochester, y: =:
Much Bitterness Felt Toward uuntu'
ions Rigid LAws, whish nssnlt
in Palpable Injustice. /.

w. G. Chen. . Chinese studsnt e
international law In the Univoru1ty q
Michigan and formerly Z procoooor ~!
English In the Pskin Untversity. vao'
held up by Canadian immigrntioa ~
hcials when ne attempted % enter Ia.
dominion at Windsor, Tuesday niehf
In company with party Of 90 othov'
Michigan college men ON their Wv ~
the Student Volunteer convsntfou ~
Rochester. N. y.
The ofhcials refused to allow Chs
to proceed with the. party until ~
had paid the head tax Of $500 whicA
the Canadian exclusion laws impooo'
on all Chinese coming into the oounr
try. Mr.. Chen refused to pay the heat
tax. declaring that on Z recent visit "a
Ottawa no tax was required Of him.
He understood. he said, that the Nv
had been modified 20 e. nor 20 ap1iy
In cases such an his.
Michigan Central oflcials explained
that he could reach Rochester ~ 90
ing around the other way. through
the states, and offered him every
courtesy, but Chen declared that Nm
less he could accompany the party
without being required to pay the hoa1
tax he would not attend the conyenv
ton at all. The immigration onlcfhIs
were obdurate. pointing out that the
law was most explicit and that they had
no authority to make any exceptions,
Accordingly. Mr.. Chen returned 70
Ann Arbor and the delegation con-
tinued on its way without him.
Several OF the students suggested
ways for eluding the officials, but Mr..
Chen frowned on all Of these propoeis
tions. refusing to stoop to tr}ckery.
The party occupied two special Sleep.
ers and il would have been an easy
matter to smuggle Chen through had
he consented to be party to such Z
plan.
l.. E. Buell., secretary Of the state
Y. M. c. A., felt the indignity to tbc
Chinese delegate very keenly. - AZ
record as Christian student and ME
sionary has been irrepr0achahle. Ruoj|
appealed to ]. s. Hall. general paesen'
ger agent of the Michigan Central,
who cited the Dominion law on the
subject, the technical violation Of
which would mean the imposition Of Z
fine of $500 against the railroad. The
United States government has modt
fed It's exclusion policy to guard
against palpable injustice In O. case
like this, but the Canadian rule has nd
elasticity.
The Student Volunteer convention
Is held every four years for the pur'
pose of presenting the claims Of the
missionary movement to the colleges.
An attendance of about 5000 dele
gates. representing TOO colleges and
mission boards, Is expected at the
Rochester convention. which lasts
over Sunday, and many mission.
aries from foreign countries will be
I'm attendance.
Mr.. Chen Is a devout Christian and
is deeply interested In the missionary
movement. He had looked forward
with keen anticipation to the Rochee'
ter convention. 1t Is told OF him that
when some of his kin we're killed IN
the Boxer uprising In China several
years ago and he learned that friends
were preparing TO avenge their deaths,
he went to the would-be avengers and
persuaded them to abandon their plans
as he had forgiven the slayers. He
was then a professor In the Pekin
university