Show THE CHINESE PUZZLE there will be great trouble in carrying out the law as it now stands ban san francisco NOY nov 7 the passage a 8 0 of the mccreary act leaves tha the federal boffl ceals 11 of thia this state in nearly ae as bad a mud dle as they were before they have near ly chinese sentenced to deportation on I 1 their hands and they are at a loss what to d do 0 with tile them according to attorney general construction oath of the lawn law aa these chinese chi exe except t such buell ash as have y a been convicted of fe felony ny were en entitled tit edat to 0 ill their el r liberty as soon as the tile bill became law hut but they he y cannot be released until the courts ji have ordered their discharge now will the courts order the them u 1 dis charged ch r d at a t the request of tho the attorney att 0 renej go general eg I 1 these cases have been dj i and judgment 1 passed the langu language aze al of the act doea 0 es not clearly state that such judgments are voided I 1 besides je aide it Is to puzzling the officials how the they y shall hall a detert 1 an who of the chinese have n not ot been convicted convicted and who have been convicted there is nothing inthe in the reco record rd of the proceedings had bad before the courts to throw light on the question n and the law provides no do method or rule deter einink the matter it Iti is also ambiguous as n s to whether or it refer to convictions fc for felony in all courts or to convictions ob 0 tamed tat ned solely so lelyn in the federal courts the recent instructions of the attorney at torne general to the tile united states attorney aai and marshal occasion much embarrassment to those in carrying them out they are to the tile effect that immediate steps shall betaken be taken for tile he discharge from custody of all chinese now under orders of tion except those who have been convict edoff fhe question is who Wh oshall be ie discharged and who deported A As there are in the neighborhood of 10 chinese now under orders of deportation and as the officers have no knowledge or any ally means of obtaining knowledge kloft ledge as to the tile previous good standing of ally it is apparent that there Is considerable difficulty about acting 4 immediately as directed by the attorney general there has not been time to receive an authenticated copy of the Xe Al cCreary Creary act a and nd as to the amendments oi only 11 akis a telegraphic synopsis has rea cheil this city graphic through 1 i t the I 1 ie press dispatches so that their exact braul language ang enot Is rot known but from the information nt tit hand it seems that no chinese in person ermon heretofore convicted in any court of arl the united states shall be permitted to register under the provisions of the recent act and all such persons who failed fatted to register under the geary act shall be deported according to the amend anent as it Is understood now this deportation of felons may be effected upon any appropriate proceeding tie now W pell pending ing or alp ilp proceeding prop h hereafter rea t berto to be instituted As to proceedings now pending the question as to th tb 3 col conviction of a felony lies LS not and could not be heard or deter I 1 mined ill ned relative to any of the chinese now in custo custody and it seems to be el clear car that none oft the e chinese under sentence can be deported on oil the tile grounds of previous conviction of ofa a feany until a judge odthe of the the 11 united states court has as determined fat fact of such quell conviction upon competent probably all of the tile persons now proofs of deportation will be dis under sentence charged and if the tile proof are forthcoming tw that of them are convicted convicted felons any will be inell t proceedings inde buted to secure their deportation on that lint the directions of the attorney ground eril may have the tile effect of delaying the tile gel discharge of any of them then until a modification has bas been anade made the law also eema seems to t 0 make a distinction in favor of chinese co convicted nv isted of felor felony the ooary geary act went into effect it since all those convicted provides provide 3 that plainly the passage of that act sh shall allbe bo de do sorted te but ft t in is so worded that it seems J impossible babl pA bl to dep deport dept t felons convicted since who will hereafter be convicted that or appears to be the reading of the cumbrous and ambiguous language used in the arnen dment thordan Tl for the six T p It ordan lordan the th attorney companies says av he does not propose to do any thing lie says tho the mccrdary act of de to entitles entities the ch chinese inego under sentence atlon tation to a speedy disch discharge arge and the port por ment must get rid of the them I 1 in 1 its government covern awn way Y he lie does not think anhof any of them be besent sent those convicted of felony can even oven under the tile orders ont out of 1 the country I 1 nade by the courts 0 eald said be he should 1 ayt brict attorney garter the kattef till he had zo further instructions from the actor ney gheral he ile will wire to washington for more specific instructions today marshal long said he be intended to hold dis his prisoners till the court ordered him to charge them he ile will be glad when he be is rid odthe or the whole business it la Is certain now that the the chinese will make all haste to register the tile belief is quite general however that the registration will not lot be left in the hands odthe of the present col collector leetor of internal revenue n |