| Show chinese lim Re resigns Kcal signi nH new york yorla oct 1 Colo colonel liel J thomas scharf chinese inspector tor for the southern district of new york has s sent t to the sl secretary cre tary of tho the treasury his rei resignation nation to take effect immediately lie ile says that in liis his opinion based on four years of practical experience and close cloe observation the chinese exclusion act is a farce and lias has resu resulted I 1 te d in tho the corruption of the treasury department colonel scharf is an ex officer of tho the confederate army and a fighter lie ile was as appointee chinese inspector in 1893 under the cleveland administration and immediately after his arrival hare preferred charges against customs officers whom lie he accused of assisting in the amu smuggling g ling in of chinese he has never succeeded in bringing about the dismissal of any of them lie he has accused ile he says his failure in in that direction was as caused by the in influence v rf cf the canadian pacific railroad in high quarters |
