Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1891 — A DELICATE QUESTION ARISES. [ARTICLE]

A DELICATE QUESTION ARISES.

An exceedingly delicate question of coo structlon has been presented to the Treasury Department by the World’s Columbian Commission. When foreign governments were formally invited by the President to participate In the Exposition, no exception was. of course, made in the case of China, and, in anticipation of the acceptance of the invitation by that government, the commission inquires whether citizens oi China who may come to this country foi the purpose of visiting the Fair will bt debarred from landing, under tho genera, provisions of ttie Chinese exclusion act It is admitted that it would be somewhat inconsistent to deny admission to peopl* who have been invited to come.. Acting Secretary Nettleton will probably ask tb« Attorney-General’s advice before acting on the question.