Show WILKIE WORK IN THE EAST chief secret service entirely new scandal and president Is aroused washington august 6 one of the objects of the three months trip of chief wilkie of the secret service to china and japan from which he has just returned it develops was to in cases of alleged graft on the part of the surgeons in the marine hospital service stationed in the chinese ports it Is charged that somo of abe agents of the service in the treaty ports have been exacting fees of 50 per head from intending chinese am migrants migran tb to this country tor clean bills or health rumors of this practice reached washington some months ago and chief wilkie it Is now said was detailed to make an investigation whether he confirmed the reports of graft Is not known as he has refused to say anything about his trip when secretary shaw was questioned today he contented himself with saying A man wrote to me the other day asking me to tell him all about the secret service I 1 replied that if I 1 complied with his request there would be no longer any secret service arl wilkie went to china to ascertain a number of things the object of his mission and what he learned I 1 will not tell neither secretary shaw nor surgeon general wyman of the marine h os altal service however would deny that an investigation had absen made of graft in hospital service it Is reported that after paying their fee of 50 tor clean bills of health have come to the united states only to be refused admittance on the ground that they were infected with contagious dangerous or loathsome diseases during the month of june last twenty three persons were certified for rejection on this score iche port of san francisco alone it is believed that mr wilkie also investigated the issuance of fraudulent or forged consular certificates to coming to this country it is said that chinese are still arriving in the pacific ports bearing such certificates purporting to have been issued in the united states consulate in canton when robert was removed from office more than a year ago following the scandal attending the disclosures of these forged or fraudulent certificates it has been suspected that a fake certificate factory was still in operation in conton |