...for restrictions on the immigration of Chinese laborers, but expressly provided that Chinese subjects "proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity" should be allowed to come and go of their own free will, and should be accorded all the rights, privileges,...

...inserted in the cer. tificate for the purpose of examination aud investigation. (fi) The exempt class of Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United...teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity, if possessed with certificates or documents of proof of other description, shall be at once permitted...

...desire of pursuing perpetual friendly relations. The second article of the treaty reads as follows : "Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants, or Irom curiosiiy, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers, who are now...

...rega'd to Chinese laborers will be of Siich a character only as is necessary to enforce the regulation, limitation, or suspension of immigration, and immigrants...not be subject to personal maltreatment or abuse. "Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the Uniled Stales as teachers, students, merchants or from...

...regard to Chinese laborers will be of such a character only as is necessary to enforce the regulation, limitation or suspension of immigration, and immigrants...not be subject to personal maltreatment or abuse. "II. Chines* subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants, or...

...suspend such coming or residence, but may not absolutely ^prohibit it.10 But this was not to apply to " Chinese subjects whether proceeding to the United...together with their body and household servants," who were still to " be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities and exemptions which are accorded...

...accorded to "the citizens and subjects of the most-favored nation." Said articles in their order read: "Article II. "Chinese subjects, whether proceeding...as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity . . . , and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their...

...restriction applied only to Chinese laborers who had not yet immigrated to the United States. [Other] Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United...as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity, . . . and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their...

...immigration or residence, and article II of the 1880 Treaty clearly limits the regulation to laborers: Chinese subjects whether proceeding to the United...as teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity . . . and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their...

...Article III of the treaty, which explained the right of those exempt from restriction. The article began, "Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United...teachers, students, merchants, or from curiosity. . ." Rather than interpret these groups as examples of those exempt from limitations, the attorney...