The Senate amended this section by adding the following: And this prohibition shall extend to the return of Chinese laborers who are not now in the United States. whether holding return certificates under existing laws or not. The treaty as first negotiated was certainly strong enough in its provisions. It was satisfactory to everybody who for twenty years had been contending for a prohibition of this immigration. but it seems that its terms were not sufficient to satisfy the Republican members of the Senate. who had up to that time opposed every measure of restriction. That this amendment has had a reverse effect to its provisions is perfectly evident. By its adoption the treaty had to be again sent to the Chinese Government for ratification in its amended form.
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