Speech #570040933

This treaty gave to China the right to appoint consuls at ports of the United States. and provided for reciprocal religious freedom of Chinese subjects residing in the United States and our citizens residing in China. Article V and VI. however. are the important articles. and I will quote them: ARTICLE V. The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of manto change his home and allegiance. and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and cmigration of their citizens and subjects. respectively. from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity of trade or as permanent residents. [e high contracting parties therefore join in reproba ting any other than an entirely voluntary emigration for these purposes. They cosequently agree to pass laws niaking it a penal offense for a citizen of thme United States or Chinese sub:jects to take Chinese suhjects either to the United States or to any other foreign country. or for a Chinese subject or citizen of the United States to take citizens of the United States to China or to any other foreign country without their free and voluntary consemnt. respectively. ARTICLE VI. Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy the same privileges. immunities. or exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of tIe most favored nation. And reciprocally Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States shall enjoy the same privileges. immunities. and exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. But nothing herein contained shall be held to confer naturalization upon citizens of the United States in China. nor upon the subjects of China in the United States. There seems to be nothing else reserved in that treaty except that the citizens or the subjects of either country shall not be naturalized in the other. The treaty further provided that citizens of the United States in China and Chinese subjects residing in the United States should enjoy all the privileges of the public institutions of each country. respectively. and should have the right to establish schools. respectively. in the United States and China. By this treaty we invited immigration from China and guaranteed those immigrants the same protection as we guaranteed the people of other nations coming to the United States. No distinction was made between Chinese laborers and other classes of Chinese. We invited them to come. and they accepted our invitation and came in large numbers and settled principally on our Pacific coast.