This was the significant statement made Saturday by a distinguished delegation of Chinese officials which called upon Governor Pardee and discussed with him the arrangements necessary for housing the homeless Orientals in the city. In the party were Chow-Tszchi, first secretary of the Chinese Legation at Washington; Chung Pao Hsi, Consul-General of San Francisco, Ow Yang King, his assistant consul and Lyman I. Mowry, the attorney for the Chinese officials.

The party thanked Mayor Mott cordially for his courtesy and kindness to the fugitive Chinese population which poured into Oakland after the San Francisco disaster. Governor Pardee was asked for letters to General Greely, General Funston and Mayor Schmitz, authorizing those officials to grant to the properly accredited Chinese representatives the right to enter the guarded section and care for the distressed Orientals as well as provide for the protection of their burned places of business. The letters were given them, and, armed with this authority, the party returned to San Francisco.