Speech #470037377

And our commissioners then submitted a project for a treaty which included the words which are contained in the treaty. to m it. " to regulate. to limit. and to suspend." adding the words 1"to prohibit." So that in the yrojet submitted by the American to the bhinese commissioners were the words. "that the Government of the United States may regulate. limit. suspend. or prohibit such coning or restdeuce of iumnigrants from China into the United States." The Chinese cemissioners declined to consider aiproposition so broad in its significance. and they stated: We infer from tbe phrases "regulate. limit. suspend. or prohibit." the first is a general expression reforring to the others. When Mr. Itolecon. secretay of the A netcan commissioners. was at the yamin the otir (lay we said to hi) that tie nsot of the tern" prohibit" was not in accordance withthe teaties in iore and (hat China would assuredly find it difficult to adopt it. [hey then go on to repeat their readiness to negotiate to ihe end that a limitation either in point of time or numbers may be f xed on the immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States. So that the Chinese comnissioners refused to negotiate with the intent that inMigration of Chinese laborers shouli be prohihited. but only that it aight be "regulated. limited. mil suspeided ." that it might be LiniIted either in point oftinme or nun bers. They go onto say that ifafter the liiritation shall have been agreed upoti ant settled the immrigration to the United States becomes small. then the action should be as heretofore. that is. in accordance with the stipulations of existing treaties.