THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Northern Advocate, 8 September 1888, Page 3

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Pekin, September 1. The Chinese Government have refused to ratify the treaty with America, providing for the exclusion of Chinese from the latter country. London, September 1. A blue book just issued on the Chinese question contains a despatch from, the Marquis of Salisbury to Sir John Walsham, British Minister at Pekin. The message is dated 29th June, and urges the Minister to negotiate with the Chinese Government for a Convention similar to that between Ameiica and China, and that it should be based on the lines laid down by the Sydney Conference. In bis despatch the Marquis of Salisbury states he is anxious that no measures adopted by the colonial Government should be at variance with treaty rights. The Pall Mall Gazette, in an article on the Chinese question, expresses its opinion that the difficulty bars the way to Imperial Federation, and that it may probably lead to political severance of the Australasian colonies and Great Britian. A correspondent writing to the Times says the arrogance of Sir Henry Parkes in dealing with the Chinese difficulty in Australia has led to the rejection by China of the American treaty. The writer further expresses the opinion that Chinese emigration from Hongkong could be checked if proper laws were enforoed in Australia. New York, September 2. The opinion obtains here that the rejection of the American- Chinese Treaty by China is due to the amendments made by the Senate in the original.