CHINESE IN BRITAIN.
SEAMEN INDIGNANT. ■ COLONIES IN THE CHIEF PORTS. By Tolegrapli— Pi-osa Association— Copyright. London, July 18. Mr. J. Havolock Wilson, General Secretary to- the National Seamen's Union, speaking at a meeting of seamen at l'oplar on Sunday, said:— "I must tell of tho Government's damned hypocrisy. They howl . about the Chinese in South Africa, yet allow Chinese to be dumped in . Great Britain. ■Drastic action has been taken.in South Africa, but Chinese colonies aro being founded m tho chief ports ( of Britain. Their standard is so low that they ought to be excluded. "If the Seamen's Union got the 200,000 seamea in Britain and on the Continent to take a fortnight's rest, the Shipping Federation would be compelled to be conciliatory, and not treat whites as slaves, nor insult British seamen by compelling them to be medically examined." Ht» added that'he would ask Mr. Buxton (Home Secretary) on 'July 28 to receive a deputation, backed by a hundred members of Parliament, which would urge him to enforce the Act regarding the language test and signing on. There must be no engagement of "scabs" afdead of night, nor facilities for the employment of the sweepings from hell and Newgate.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 873, 20 July 1910, Page 7
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200CHINESE IN BRITAIN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 873, 20 July 1910, Page 7
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