President. the bill. S. 202. about which we have been talking this morning. concerning which a motion to reconsider themotion by which the Senate passed the bill is now pending. is a bill about which many Members of the Senate are uninformed. The title of the bill would seem to indicate that it is a very harmless measure. "to provide for the deportation of certain alien seamen. and for other purposes." Actually. Mr. President. the bill would do several things which its authors. I am convinced. did not intend. In the first place the bill would make it impossible for a British steamer coming from Shanghai. with a Chinese crew. to take cargo for San Francisco and. coming into San Francisco. to leave with the crew with which it came in. because British steamers coming across the Pacific Ocean have largely Chinese crews. Chinese stewards. and Chinese for the handling of the cargo. and those Chinese. under the terms of the bill. would all be taken off the British ship at San Francisco Harbor and put in jail until they could be deported in another ship. and that would bring on trouble with Great Britain. A Japanese ship coming across the north Pacific manned entirely by orientals
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