Speech #570043649

In view of that. I withdraw my request if I had made it. as I intended to. do. that it may be printed as a Senate document. On page 5 of the publication. as I have it before me. appears the following from the Chinese minister: The treaty of 1804 in its plreamble recites the object of the treaty of 1880. and gives as the reason for Its amendment "the antagonism and much deprecated and serious disorders to which the presence of Chinese laborers has given rise." Thereupon it amends Article I of the treaty of 1880. under which the immigration of Chinese laborers could be suspended. but not absolutely prohibited. by authorizing their absolute prohibition for ten yearsHe is speaking now of the treaty of 1894. which I have not yet come to. but will in a moment. In this respect the two treaties are practically the same. so what I am putting in here is applicable to the treaty of 1894 as to that provision: And it amends Article Ir. as to Chinese laborers. under which they were allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord. by restricting their return to the United States by the terms set forth in Article II of the new treaty. A piovision not found in the treaty of 1880 is added. as to registration of "Chinese laborers." but in no other respects is the treaty of 1880 modified or affected by the treaty of 1894. except as already stated respecting the certificate to be given to Chinese subjects residing in foreign lands.