Similarly. a French ship coming from French IndoChina could not come into our ports with a crew composed partly of Chinese. In this way the bill is discriminatory. A German ship sailing on the Pacific and containing in its crew any Asiatics of any description could not come into our ports at all. A British tramp steamer on her way around the world and picking up a cargo of jute in India destined for the United States could not bring it because such a tramp steamer. in accordance with custom. would undoubtedly have on board a crew composed of Lascars and other Asiatics. and so she could not accept that cargo of jute and bring it to the United States unless she was able to employ a crew of British seamen in India. As everyone knows. that probably would be an impossibility. The passage of this bill undoubtedly would lead to retaliation on the part of foreign nations.
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