world. . . . We have treated Chinese immigrants--never more than
a handful when compared with our population--as though we were in a
frenzy of fear of them. We have forsaken our wits in this question,
abandoned all self-control, and belittled our manhood by treating each
incoming Chinaman as though he were the embodiment of some huge and
hideous power which, once landed upon our shores, could not be dealt
with or kept within bounds. Yet in point of fact he is far more easily
kept in bounds and held obedient to law than some immigrants from Europe.
. . . It must be admitted as beyond question that the coming
of the Chinese to these shores should be held under constant supervision
and strict limitations. And so should immigration from all other countries.
The time has come when we ought to pick and choose with far
greater care than is exercised, and to exclude large numbers who are now
admitted.... It is this discrimination alone which is unjust to
China, which she naturally resents, and which does us serious harm in our
relations with her people.''


Commenting on the regulations promulgated by the Secretary
of Commerce and Labour, July 27, 1903, regarding the
admission of Chinese, the Hon. David J. Brewer, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, declared:--


``Can anything be more harsh and arbitrary? Coming into a port of
the United States, as these petitioners did into the port of Malone, placed
as they were in a house of detention, shut off from communication with
friends and counsel, examined before an inspector with no one to advise or
counsel, only such witnesses present as the inspector may designate, and
upon an adverse decision compelled to give notice of appeal within two