THE CHINESE QUESTION
[Per Pkess Association.] Melboxtmtb. March 17. Lord Knutsford, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, sends the memorandum of the Chinese Ambassador m London, protesting against exceptional legislation of the colonies m relation to the Chinese, as a circular note to all the colonial Governments. Lord Knutsford asks that the Government of each colony shall make a report on the exceptional Chinese legislation m force m each colony, and the results with which such legislation has been attended, m order that Lord Salisbury may reply to the memoran- 1 dum, which is the result of the visit of the Chinese . Commissioners to the j colonies. The memorandum points out that the Chinese are not exceptionally treated m Crown colonies, and that at the Straits Settlements, at Hong Kong, and even m some of the Australian colonies, the representatives of her Majesty the Queen have borne testimony to the value of the Chinese and to their orderly behaviour. The memorandum further protests against the exceptional treatment which the Chinese receive m the Australian Colonies, and asks for elimination of any laws which may be at variance with treaty obligations and opposed to international usage.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1793, 19 March 1888, Page 3
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196THE CHINESE QUESTION Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1793, 19 March 1888, Page 3
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