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Show WAXT TO BE CITIZENS. New York Cliinameii l'ult . in Securing Tluslr Jilebts. , New York, April I. A big poster on a billboard in froct ot 16 Mott street contains con-tains the following in Chiuese characters: charac-ters: "We, tho undersigned committee, re-specfully re-specfully inform you that tho principal cause ot our continued persecution by races who differ from us in language and civilization is due to the fact that we have no voting power, that power having hav-ing been unjustly denied us by reason of partisan legislation through political rascalities. This unjust legislation legisla-tion against us has been discovered by us recently to be unconstitutional, and it is our sincere belief also that such unjust un-just dealings with Chinese do not. represent rep-resent the true sentiments of blue-blooded Americans. We now desire our fel-low-cour!trymen to unito with us in an effort to present our many grievances in a proper manner before the American people. Thia - important movement needs not only good words, but good money to buck it Let all those who wish to enter thia matter with' heart and money report re-port at No. 9 Doyea street." Wong Gong, bead, of the committee who sign the document, said to a reporter; re-porter; "J have been living here as an American citizen sixteen years, and lived like bt aldermnn, too. When I went to Igetrtny full naturalization papers the other day, the oHicials at court laughed at me and told me that I bad been born over. again right here in New York. If my parents were Chinese, I could not become a citizen. cit-izen. I got mad and have been working work-ing hard ever since to get vengeance. If all Chinese whose rights are denied them will join me, we can obtain what we want." |