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Presented by the complainants to the British and Chinese Legations, as many of their assertions are erroneous; their appreciation of certain facts is sophistical, and their views in respect to many others are palpably contradictory.
The foregoing exposition nevertheless enables us to arrive at certain conclusions which I hope will fully vindicate the action of the Sanitary Authorities in regard to their reception of the steamers "Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff" which carried Chinese immigrants to the Port of Salina Cruz in the months of May and June last.
I. The regulations enforced in the case of the steamers "Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff" on their arrival at the Port of Salina Cruz are identically the same as those imposed on all the steamers which have been carrying immigrants to this country during the last five years, whether these steamers belonged to the China Commercial Steamship Company; the Eng Hok Fong Company; or to Japanese engaged in the same trade.
II. All the Companies during those five years have submitted to these regulations without demur.
III. It has been the constant practice not to disembark immigrants who, on the occasion of the first visit of inspection, were found to be unquestionably suffering from diseases.
IV. When the immigrants have been disembarked for the purpose of keeping them under observation in the barracks for a period of ten days, if eventually found to be suffering from disease they have been returned to the ship, howsoever large the number of such persons may have been.
V. The Companies have never regarded the Chinese immigrants whom it has been found necessary to return to the ships in consequence of disease, as having been expelled from the country.
VI. The fact that armed forces were employed to facilitate the disembarkation of immigrants, or their re-embarkation after proving to be diseased, is explainable as an ordinary precaution for the prevention of escapes which have occurred on occasions when such measures were not adopted.
VII. All visits of inspection to the steamers "Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff" were carried out by both Delegates of the Board in Salina Cruz, and all embark...
their
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Fresented by the complainants to the British and Chin-
ese Legations, as many of their assertions are erron-
eous;
their appreciation of certain facts is sophistical,
and their views in respect to many others are palpably
contradictory.
The foregoing exposition nevertheless
enables us to arrive at certain conclusions which I
hope will fully vindicate the action of the Sanitary
Authorities in regard to their reception of the steamers
"Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff" which carried Chinese
immigrants to the Port of Salina Cruz in the months of
May and June last.
1. The regulations enforced in the case of the
steamers "Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff" on their ar-
rival at the Port of Salina Cruz are identically the
same as those imposed on all the steamers which have
been carrying immigrants to this country during the last
five years, whether these steamers belonged to the
China Commercial Steamship Company; the Eng Hok Fong
Company; or to Japanese engaged in the same trade.
II. All the Companies during those five years
have submitted to these regulations without demur.
III. It has been the constant practice not to dis-
disembark immigrants who, on the occasion of the
first visit of inspection, were found to be unques-
tionably suffering from diseases.
IV. When the immigrants have been disembarked
for the purpose of keeping them under observation
in the barracks for a period of ten days, if event-
ually found to be suffering from disease they have
been returned to the ship, howsoever large the num-
ber of such persons may have been.
V. The Companies have never regarded the Chin-
ese immigrants whom it has been found necessary to
return to the ships in consequence of disease, as
having been expelled from the country.
VI. The fact that armed forces were employed
to facilitate the disembarkation of immigrants, or
their re-embarkation after proving to be diseased,
is explainable as an ordinary precaution for the
prevention of escapes which have occurred on occas-
ions when such measures were not adopted.
VII. All visits of inspection to the steamers
"Suisang" and "Landrat Schieff were carried out by
both Delegates of the Board in Salina Cruz, and all
embark
their
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