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Show THE HI A IHKN. A I'Jeu lu Thrir Vehnil. tiovornnieul Will IV or, Ait for ih I'rolKetiuu ol'ililuesc hi I'ronettt. WashinKton, 16. D. O. Mills called on the president aud secretary rf state yesterday in regard to the Chinese problem in Culilornia. He claimed lint great deal of misrepresentation had Leon indulged, that muny reporie of the bad conduct of Chinamen were entirely unfounded, that their prea ence and labor are not injurious but on the contrary are a great benefit to the Pac-ifio coast, and tbat the United States government in iu duty bound to see that they are protected in Hip enjoyment of the rights guaranteed guaran-teed by our treaty with China. It appears that he came here for the express purpose of making these argumentative representations. He left for New York in a few hours afterwards. Sr-crctury Ev.irtg, in view of the cociliciing Bt:itement made to him on this subject, Benmed inclined to send , for official information before recom-oj recom-oj 6 tiding any course of action for adoption by the administration in regard to nny of the queBtionB involved. in-volved. The matter is, however, very litrrly to como up for further cabinet diocu:sion sooner than Evarts contemplate. contem-plate. The attorney general will undoubtedly report that there is no p.-eeedent fur interference by the general gen-eral government to suppress or prevent pre-vent tibSHulta upon individual rights within state limits, unless such in-lerpntihion in-lerpntihion and assistance be requested by tattle authorities. The question whether ony such action can be constitutionally con-stitutionally volunteered in order to enforce stipulations baa never before been directly presented, but there Beems to be no doubt of a decision in the negative, regardless of the fact tbat tbe nation at large would be morally liable for consequences which might ensue from treaty infraction. |