金山三年苦：黄遵宪在旧金山

Three Hard Years on the Golden Hill: Huang Zunxian's Term in San Francisco,Part 2

《排华法案》签署后两个月里,中国驻旧金山领事馆在总领事黄遵宪的带领下,参与了一系列与华人有关的活动。在格拉姆斯堡号轮船抵埠一案中,傅列秘领事把那些所谓的中国"妓女"从旧金山县监狱解救出来,成功化解了此案。对阿尔托劳尔抵埠一案,黄遵宪和傅列秘要求设立医院、隔离船上乘客,尽最大努力减轻乘客的痛苦。对马丁内斯暴乱,黄遵宪、傅列秘写给康特拉科斯塔当局的联名公函成为中国公使馆向美国国务卿富里林胡森抗议的基础。

During two months after the signing of the Chinese Exclusion Act,the Chinese consulate in San Francisco,under the leadership of its consul general,Huang Zunxian,has tried to protect its people by legal action. Consul Fred Bee rescued the suspected Chinese prostitutes from the San Francisco County Jail and successfully closed the case arising from the arrival of the Glamis Castle. As to the case of the Altonower,Huang Zunxian and Fred Bee sought to ease the suffering of the passengers by calling for a hospital to be set up and the passengers on board to be quarantined. In dealing with the Martinez Riot,an official letter from Huang and Bee became the basis for the protests of Chinese Legation in Washington D.C. to the U. S. Secretary of State Frederick Freylinghuysen.