Chester A. Arthur

“ Arthur, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. ”

“ The Governments of China and the United States mutually agree and undertake that Chinese subjects shall not be permitted to import opium into any of the ports of the United States; and citizens of the United States shall not be permitted to import into any of the open ports of China ”

“ If he so desires, he shall have the right to present, to examine, and he shall be permitted to protest against them in detail. The law administered will be the law of the nationality of the officer trying the case. ”