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Show THE lIUVtSK. iHlnUfer Nenisril IHakeN Norm (Hiilloun LlleruiM-eu fu tve Kurd to Tlieui, Washington, 12. Tho W, t,-Jay publiabes a long interview wi, Minister George F. Reward upon Chineso topics. li b.-rt int-Timl evidence of liavini: uvr-n carL-fuily revised by him. 'He blowing ar-hta ar-hta utterances in rpui sj to thai specific rr-mie?l for bis v.w; conccni-ing conccni-ing the Cuiucee iu Califuinia: '"It ia to', my part to puss any cpmiou upon tbe iaeues iuvolvtd. All ciaesr-s in that state are dtscu-eing tin-matter tin-matter wi h the dreptat intend and concern. There is an honest fear ol an over luge iitru:!uei:on of tbe Obipese ek-meut ahhongh but a kmited clas?, perhaps, dtteire fo expBl those now there. There ia only one feature of the ca-j? iipnu wlrc-i. I have ftk and do led at liberty m spsat, and that is thin, whether tbt-Chiuete tbt-Chiuete are a desirable clement or not. They are not now, as I believe cornice to Caliinrni in nffin;. numbers to justify alarm lu point of fact it ia probable that more have 'left the state in the past two years than have come into it. Fifteen years ago the proportion of Chinese to whites may have been ODe in five. The whiles have increased rapidly and I doubt wbelher today there iJ more than one Chinese to ten whiles. This falling off in tbe proportionate number of Chinese baa been going on during the period of high rates uf wages and of the espBcially great demand for labor, ; for railway building, swamp land t reclamation, etc. u nb lower wngvs ' anrl nn Hrn,.i, I .11 i r.i. ... .-. J be expected that the inward fiV.w wurl lall eff still more. ileaimhile (he state, with ail ita magnificeut re-sourcci, re-sourcci, ia attracting ud receiving generul ini migration, and the natural increase ol ia population is being felt. All this is tending to make the Chinese question one ol lens re.il concern con-cern anU anxiety. Furthermore, there is an Asiatic side to this part oi tbe bcsiuess. China is by no means a j populous as is generally bobevid, and however great the population, the soil will supp.irt nn re tnau Am now fjuna upon it. Tue Cuiuamuu. in (act, is nut givtm to emigrating." In support of this, Mr. Seward referred re-ferred lo the abstinence of iheChiuese from any considerable attempt to leave the districts recently afflicLLd with famine. Ho also informed tbe interviewer that our export trade to Ciua is rapidly increasicg. and thought there is ground lor the hope that it is on lire eve of great development. develop-ment. Ho r-niarktd, howcrcr, lh;it bu would not lite lo b-a? tnat the opportunities op-portunities for Americans in Cuina are very good, on the coutrary, be sa:d theChinitc are becoming null! to do tbsir nwu Uminiss, and to do it more t c jnuiuiu-il y th.-m any foreign -era can. |