The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI- NO. 138. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENATE PASSES BILL CONTINUING PRESENT CHINESE EXCLUSION LAWS BOERS AND THE BRITISH ARE SPARRING FOR TIME & o 2 = April 16.—The British held another meeting or the purpose of con- a communication Boer representatives at Pretoria and Milner, the British n South Africa. The ief. After thc bury, the Pre- ce with King Edward ce and stayed to ¥. The latter after- gham. now es Gazette predicts an early ment of the progress of tions. The paper says doubt that if the British anc an understanding on proposal peace will r points, like re- will be referred to a British and Boer rep- ted Press has excellent au- y¥ing that up to a late hour there have been no definite de- its in the peace negotiations. It learngd that Lord Milner defined cer- i «most immediately secured, but the Cab- met at its meeting to-day is said to have reed upon the merits of Lord Mil- s terms. Sparring for time™ best describes the rese status either side being willing to risk a de- ich wouid break off the pres- rence. An agreement may be any moment, but this would be nt of by Lord Milner and Lord Pretoria than of the rather nditions of the Cabinet at tion WHAT BOERS DEMAND. The broad lines rms zre now known to the Government sentatives at Pretoria, and on these reports the Cabinet is apparently shift- ng responsibility of taking advan- B¢ all opportunities, provided no ardinal principles be sacrificed. T Government has ordered the cable telegr Pretoria to be kept clear to insure the prompt transmission of Lord Kitchener's messages. There is good reason t9 believe that the Boers are vigorously demanding a repre- ative government and that this de- mand is opposed with equal vigor by the British representatives. It is understood bat the Boers strongly oppose the long Selay proposed by Great Britain before a cpresentative government be granted the ‘ormer republl and that they also in- sist on the number of Boer seats in the touncil being specified. It is expected that the Cabinet will re- the of proclamation will | propositions on which peace may be | the negotiations, | the result of semi-inde- | of Great Britain's | i lines between London and | | o Milner Sends Terms of the Fighting Burghers. No Developments in Negotiations for Peace. Neither Side Anxious to Break Up the Conference. Cable Is Kept Clear for Kitchener’s Messages. | AFRICA, WHO = | 1 | | { | | | | | * e BRITISH PREMIER AND THE HIGH .COMMISSIONER IN SOUTH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TRANSMITTED THE TERMS UPON WHICH BOERS ARE WILLING TO QUIT FIGHTING. o+ assemble to-morrow to discuss the matter further, e Tl |BRAVE STAND IS APPROVED. Boers Given Sympathy by the Eoi- | land Society. CHICAGO, April 16.—Resolutions de- claring sympathy for the Boers and ask- ing President Roosevelt to break up the alleged British camp near New Orleans | wkre adopted by the Holland Society of | Chicago during a banquet at Kinsley's to- The resolutions urge the consoli- of all the leagues in the United States now engaged separately in raisinig | money for the benefit of the Boer pris- oners, reconcentradoes and sick and wounded, The principal speech of the evening was | made by Dr. Nicholas Senn, who replisd | to the toast, “Holland as a Power of Civilization.” He said the Boers had | waged war for two years with the sym- pathy of the entire.world. He sald: “They have taught proud England an important and expensive lesse Never has England been so deeply ‘humiliated since the birth of our own country.” A significant portion of the resolutions adopted was the following: That we, the members of the Holland Soclety of Chicago, assembled to commemorate the | birthdey of William the Silent, the great pio- neer of civil and religious freedom, do most heartily sympathize with the brave and patri- | otic people of the Orange Free State and the South African Repuplic in their herolc struggie | against the empire of Great Britain to retain thelr independence; that we deprecate the stand of the present administration in refusing to permit a resolution of sympathy, such as was passed for struggling Greece, for Hungary, Mexico and for the South American republics, to be considered or to be passed by either house of Congress, and thereby express the true sen- | timent of the great majority of the American | | ion people toward the brave men and women of the republics of South Africa; that we regret the policy of our Government in permitting re- cruiting camps for the British Government to exist openly within our territory, in defiance of treaty stipulations and international law. That we hope and trust that the negotiations now understocd to be pending may result in an honorable peace, which shall recognize the in- dependence of those two republics, nevermors to be disturbed by a foreign power, PRAISES VALOR OF BOERS. Member of Atstralian Senate Creates a Sensation. VICTORIA, B. C., April 16.—According to news from Melbourne, by the Austra- lan liner Moana, there was a pro-Borr sensation in the Australian Senate on March 22, when Senator ¥. H. Higgs, amid loud interruptions, made an appeal for the Boers and decried the sending of another contingent to, South Africa. He complimented the Boers on their splen- did fight and sald that the continual send- ing of contingents by Australia to aid in the extermination of such a brave people was unjustified. .Senator Higgs argued for the granting of general amnesty to the Boers. . There was a loud uproar and the debate could not be carried on for some time be- cause of the outcries of the Loyalists, who would not let the Senator complete his speech. INVESTIGATING THE “CAMPEY General Pearson, the Burgher, Ad- vertises for Information. NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—General Pearson, the South African burgher, re- turned from Washington to-day in re- sponse to a telegraphed r-quest from Col- onel Crowder, who is conducting the Gov- ‘ernment investigation into the alleged British army post at Chalmette. Imme- | Pope Leo Selects the | be officially announced, however, until the | den’ death, have caused a marked re- Fifty Arrests Are Made in Connection FALCONI GETS THE MISSION New Delegate to | America. ‘ Experience in Canada Fits Archbishop for Post. Failing Health of His Holiness Causes + Watchfulness. ROME, April 16.—Archbishop Falconi, the papal délegate in Canada, has been definitely selected to succeed Cardinal Martinelli, the papal delegate to the United States. This appointment will not meeting of the consistory next October. It was felt that Archbishop Falconl's ex- perience in Canada, his learning, his com- mand of the Ehglish language and his diplomatic . abilities especially qualified | him for the Washington post. | ASPIRANTS FOR PONTIFICATE. The recent signs of the increased feeble- ness of the Pope, which led, at the end of last week, to alarming reports of his sud- crudescence of activity among the Car- | dinals aspiring to the Pontificate. The campaign preparatory to the next con- clave proceeds incessantly, the Sacred College being divided into two distinet forces, headed respectively by Cardinal Rampolia, the Papal Secretary of State, and Cardinal Vannutélll. The latter and Cardinal Gotti, now constitute the most probable succesgors to Leo XIIL Those wiio & now considered to be dangézans “ave fond, however, of pointing’ olit that almost 150 Cardinals have been buried during the Pontificate of Leo XHI, and that the prolongation of the life of his Hollness for a few years is liable to cool, through death, many more ambitious calculations. TRAFFIC IN TICKETS. Traffic in tickets to the ceremonies at St. Peter’s and the Sistine Chapel, held i honor of the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Pope’s coronation, has assumed such proportions that it has developed into a veritable scandal. Americans and English people are the principal victims of this traffic and the bartering in tickets, of -which some 50,000 to 60,000 are often is- sued for the ceremonies at St. Peter's, is carried on at all the principal hotels here by groups of speculators who are in league with the hotel employes. M. Bis- letti is indignant at this scandal and has spread broadecast notices that all tickets to pontifical ceremonies are absolutely gratuitous and that every one trying to sell such tickets must be regarded as a dishonest person: SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWS AMONG JAMAICA PEOPLE ‘With Recent Riots in the . North. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 16.—Nearly fifty arrests have been made in connection with the riots at Montego Bay, on the north coast of this island, which began April 5, and in which a number of police- men and rioters were wounded. In ac- cordance with a request made by Cham- berlain, the British Colonial Segretary, the Governor of Jamaica has appointed a commission to inquire into the riots. ‘While the legislative, council was en- gaged in a discussion of raxation meas- ures to-day the elected members of the council warned the Government to exer- cise caution, in view of the serious state of unrest prevailing throughout the isl- and. There will be no further increase in taxation this year. L e e ® diately upon getting here, General Pear- son inserted advertisements calling upon all Boer sympathizers who might pos- sess information touching the conduct of the British camp to meet him in the of- fice of his lawyers. General Pearson said he had been excel- lently received at Washington and that sentiment there had recently grown very strong for the Boers. Referring to the peace talk in the paners that was sent over the country last night that he had decided against the British camp here he “sald that the stories were en- tirely imaginary so far as he was con- cerned and that he had made absolutely no statements’ of his concluslons, by in- ference or otherwise. Colonel Crowder kept tlree typewriters busy in his office to-day transeribing the testimony of witnesses. All the -ecent evidence has been largely in support of the charges made by Governor Heard, and some of it, it is sald, has gone far beyond any allegations submitted to Sec- retary Hay by the Governor. ST. JOSEPH, Mo, April %.—W. J. Bryan and a party of pro-Boer sympathiz- ers will to-morrow inspect the -alleged British remount station at Lathrob, Mo., according to a dispatch recelved by one of Mr. Bryan's friends here to-night. Mr. Bryan will visit the camp at the solicita- tion of friends of his in Congress, who will follow his advice in the matter of urging Congressional action. ,PI‘_?m of Platt Is Finally Adopted. ASHINGTON, April 16.— The ' drastic Chinese ex- clusfon - bill . originally framed by the Senators and Representatives from the Pacific Coa States met defeat in the Senate to-day and in its place was substituted a meas- ure offered by Platt of Connecticut, ex- tending the provisions of the present ex- clusion law and also applying that’ éx- clusfon to all insular territory under the Jurisdiction of the Unifed States. The vote by which the substitute tock the place of the original was ayes 48 to noes 33. Once the substitution had been made all the Senators joined in its sup- port, with the single exception of Hoar, the substitute being passed, 76 to 1. The friends of theg substitute showed their strength throughout the voting on amend- ments that preceded final action and suc- ceeded in preventing any material change in its features. Some minor conditions were made, admitting Chinese persons connected with national expositions and providing for certificates of identification of Chinese in our insular possessions. Otherwise, however, the substitute was adopted substantially in the form that Platt presented it. GOES BACK AS NEW BILL. The Senate failed to substitute the enacting clause of the House bill for the Senate measure, so that the bill now will go to the House as an original measure and from a parliamentary standpoint will have to be acted on and treated the same as though the House had not passed a Chinese exclusion bill already. Pursuant of yesterday's agreement the Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock, two hours in advance of the usual hour of meeting. This hour was fixed in order to permit more extended debate on the Chinese exclusion bill prior to the voting on that measure. The President pro tem. laid before the Serate a number of telegrams bearing upon the Chinese bill. These messages were all from the Pacific Coast, sixty-one of them being favorable to the Platt sub- stitute and twelve opposed to it. Turner then took the floor to reply to the speech made yesterday by Spooner, bui before he could proceed Culberson suggested the absence of a quorum. This was at 10:15, and it took twenty-five min- utes to get a quorum. ARRAIGNS Cnmm Turner of Washington then proceeded, explaining a casual remark made yester- day concerning the Republican party. He sald he had no bitterness toward that party and that he had been a mem- per of it so 1ong as it was true to its principles. He declared that the party row on all occaslons prefers the dollar to the man, and that this fact is dem- . rE CLUSION, AUTHOR OF THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MITCHELL-KAHN THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE SENATE WHO VOTED AGAINST EX- AND OHIO STATESM AN WHO- SCORED, DUNN. BILL; — Rejects the House Measure and Extends the Geary Act to 1904. onstrated by the Republican organiza- von's attitude toward the Philippines. In that proceeding, he sald, there had been no regard for principles of liberty and democratic government, and they were, he declared, allowing this tenden- cy to “drown in a sea of blood the as- pirations of an allled people for free- dom.” He said that the shipping incer- ests and the transcontinental railroads have agents in Washington using their strongest efforts to defeat the pending bill. Turner then entered upon a discussion of the merits of the Chinese sexclusion | bill. He spoke of the Chinese, declaring that two-facedness Is a characteristic of that people, from which not even the Emperor is free. He also declared that the great Chinese Viecroy who had re- cently died had amassed his colossal fortune by the corrupt use of office, and followed this remark with the statement that if Chinese were to be admitted to the United States upon the certificates of Chinese officlals there might be ne pretense of a check upon it. ‘When Turner concluded, Quay of Penn- sylvania asked how much time he would be allowed in speaking upon an amend- ment he would offer for the admission of Christianized Chinamen. He said he did not desire to make a speech in the usual acceptance of the term, “as that practice,” he said, “I am content to leave to the senior wranglers of the Senate, be- ing entirely satisfled to sit at their: feet while they explain the mysteries of legis- lation.” He added that he desired to have read some printed extracts bearing upon the conduct of these converted Chi- nese during the Boxer uprising. He was assured that he would be heard. POINTS BY PATTERSON. Patterson spoke with especial reference to the Platt amendment. calling attention to the fact that as at present constituted that amendment fails to prohibit the Chi- nese from going into the -Philippines. ‘Whatever the motive of Senators in this omission, he said, he was quite sure that those outside the Senate who were op- posing the pending bill have a well-de~ fined and clearly-determined policy, and that that policy is to leave the pines. in such a condition that these islands shall be cultivated by the aid of Chinese labor, no matter what the result to the real inhabitants of the islands or to the honor of the United States. He quoted with approbation the report of General MeArthur, and sald that the pro- posed legislation is equivalent to a notice that the policy of exclusion is looked upon with disfdvor and he could not cem- ceive a more indefensible act than during the formative period in the Philippines to flood that country with a people whom the natives hate and who, they belleve, would drive them from their land and its- trade and commerce. Patterson also defended the section in the Mitchell bill excluding Chinese from American ships, declaring that it is es- sential to the protection of American la- bor on the sea. The opposition to this provision meant, he sald, that it was in- tended to subsidize the ships and then allow their owners to go into the cheap- est markets to secure labor, leaving the American seamen to their fate. The ef- fect would be to drive American sallors from the American ships, which would be contrary to the policy of the Amerlean people, who want American ships under the American flag and manned by Ameri- can sailors. As for the flag, it was & mere piece of cloth, its only significance being attached to what it stood for. If it was to be ralsed at the masthead of ships manned by yellow skins and white- livered men, the representatives of a Continued on Page Three, |