Show jo in opi allia on a chinese exclusion I 1 dashington VAS HINGTON july IO 10 betant I 1 secretary spalding hag has written a letter I 1 to the collector of customs at detroit mich mic in regard to the case of I 1 three chinese laborera unlawfully la in the united states and whom the department deif if part ment had instructed ed him to send to san francieco for deportation to 1 china but wha instead returned I 1 to canada by order of the united states commissioner general spalding encloses the attorney generals I 1 opinion opt a ion in which he concludes conc ladee as 10 ollowa iowa in my opinion under oar our 1 lae laws chinese persons found to be unlawfully in thie this country may be removed directly to china unless they shall show they are not no subjects 0 of china and that they are subjects of some 4 other foreign power whether under the language of the tho acte acts of con e a s of 1890 and 1891 natives of tr china h 1 a naturalized in a foreign country i try would be suba act t a different 11 rule is not decided I 1 |