AMERICA AND CHINESE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 253, 23 October 1905, Page 5

AMERICA AND CHINESE.

LIKELY REVERSAL OF POLICY. PRESIDENT'S STBOHQ STATEMEST. NEW YORK, October 21. President Roosevelt, speaking at Atj lanta, said the Federal control of corporations was necessary. Referring to ; the insurance scandals, he said the public conscience has been shocked at the revelations of the way some great fortunes had obtained and used. Congress must assist towards ending the Chinese boycott. "We come," Ec said, "short of our duty towards China, and ought to operate tfie exclusion law with as little harshness as possible, showing every courtesy, consideration and encouragement to the Chinese, and guaranteeing all, except coolies, the same right of entry and the same treatment as we guaranteed the citizens of any other nation."

[The reader will hardly need to be reminded that the large powers vested in the American President, as contrasted with those possessed by most of the constitutional sovereigns of Europe; virtually set a "fiat" on such a suggestion as the above. In this connection it will be noticed that Mr. Roosevelt does not suggest fresh legislation; he only advises as little harshness as possible "in operating the law." Since the American law on this subject is of the most definite character, its interpretation will need to be very liberal indeed to gain the construction desired by Mr. Roosevelt.]