Show minister ism talks NEW july 7 special the phinese minister to washington tsui arrived on la brettagna Bret tagne yesterday A newspaper correspondent was a passenger on alie same boat and according to the paper had a long talk with minister tsui alie report of which is printed this morning hia excellences words are said to have been carefully translated by mr lee the official interpreter to the chinese legation the celestial diplomat is very considerably sider ably worried over recent events in this country so far as the chinese are concerned unless the united states repeals the law which now excludes my countrymen from this country said the diplomat we shall treat Americans to a dose of their own medicine I 1 mean that we shall exclude citizens of the united states from china we shall be pushed to measures of retaliation the chinese foreign office has sent several demands to blaine to repeal the law we leave received no reply from him the council of state which aids the emperor is simply waiting to hear from the united states foreign offices your reputation for fair dealings and honesty with foreign nations has boen such in the past that we cannot believe that you mean to break the treaty without reason or excuse but that you have done so there can be no doubt and if we find the united states means to persist in excluding the chinese from its shores we shall proceed to the same tactics any rupture between the two nations will of course injure american investments what is believed in china to be the reason for your exclusion of course congress alone can set right the present outrage ou traga but the state department is the proper channel for negotiations after this exclusive law was passed secretary bayard and the former minister from china Cha hoon conferred and the result was a proposed new treaty with china which contained an exclusion clause when this treaty was submitted to the emperor and council it was instantly repudiated the indignation against the minister was such that his house was burned and all his property within destroyed what is the present status of the question in china it is generally supposed to be the work of politicians I 1 know of course your argument about cheap labor and destruction destruct fon of fair wages you say that coma to america and save all the money they can and then take it home with them that they do not become citizens well is that not what every american in china is doing the chinese have built your great western railroads and their cheap labor has made possible and has carried through to successful completion works and enterprises terp rises which would be impossible with other labor the chinese are satisfied with small wages and do not strike when aliey are driven out the capitalists will be at the mercy of other foreign laborers who will not work BO cheap and who will combine and strive to jeopardize capital chinese cheap labor lias been tried in various parts of the world and was always a success |