Inaddition, the country has several questions ut international law to expound, nid settle, the most vital of which is the ment of the Chinese and the attitude to be taken by the country to Chins. At present the Geary Law is a dead letter, though no one supposes it will remain so very lon; Tt is not likely to come up in the exti Sexsion, as finance must be first considered, and then tariff, The general popular feeling is certainly sin favour of a repeal of the pr sent law, but we fear the sentiment is not strong cnouxh to compel any decided chang One of the attorneys employed by the Chi-neve to blend their case before the Supreme Court, Joseph H. Choate, is by no means great friend of the Chinese. He thinks the Chinese should be compelled to register, whether other aliens do or not, and that instead of deportation as a punishment for their refusal to conform they should be required to pay a fine. Now Mr. Gearyhas also Published two" strong articles, one in the North American Review, and one in a Californian magazine, in which he argues very strongly for his position. At the sane time there seems rather a narrowness of spirit quite out of harmony with the sui posed policy of this young Republic. the other side three articles have appeared by men of diverse creeds. First comes Col. Robert Ingersoll in the same number of the Noth American, the Rev. Gilbert Reid in the Form on Chinese View of Chinese Exclusion," and the Rev. FrederieJ. Masters in the Californian on Our Treaties with China." One thing is sure, the very absurdity of the Geary Act has been a blessing, for without it there would have been great difficulty in promoting an of the question, Another international question is the: Hawaiian annexation. Still another treaty is proposed by the provisional Government, and in this the Chinese question looms up asa serious factor. By one of the articles there will be restriction to the Sandwich Islands of Chinese immigration while all Chinese on those islands are forbidden to come to the United States. One of the richest sugar-plantation owners, Mr. Spreckels, is now very strongly opposed to any annexation scheme, while at the outset he was regarded as in favour of it. The is in all probability that the new scheme will hamper the capitalists rather than help them, as supposed at first
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