CANADA'S PERIL.

NZ Truth, Issue 12, 16 November 1907, Page 1

CANADA'S PERIL.

TIIE'ADVANCE OF 'TBE ALIEN ASIATIC;

The influx of the alien, black, brown arid - briridle, ' into Canadian te r ritory hrW resulted, aseverbody knows quite*'- well,' m serious- antialien riots m Britisn Columbia, and it is hard to admit the fabt,- the white-sLi nned protestors • m: : the- personal conflict with the cuhhirig little ape, really got the worst; of "the deal c was forced to fly, chased by armed Japs. The { Government of the' Domiriiori of Canada dared. ''not countoiiart thc outbreak, ahd '■[ Sir Wilfred Laurier: the great, Imperial^ istic toady, promptly gavef. the, -Japanese Gop^n^ent the assurance that measures would be adopted ' to guard i-rainst any further outbreaks.;. yThe ,'eelinps of the Canadian people 'm having their fnir land invaded' by the black, brown arid bri idle subjects and Allies o f -King', Edward; VIL; can- be sas'iv gueSsed: arid the^(j[iiestiori, J 'ridt ' unnaturally is, being iasked , if . Aus- , tr-ijij. n Rri+^h colbri^^cEn' 3^ep ; ; out the Jans without. linfcfeAlconse«*t. wii? can't Oa. ;la ? That, at an vr'p te. is the ,-■ question :which thje people of- British Columbia^ are■■asking' themselves just nipw.st sis ■••_• they are . confronted -with a v ;Jyery ; gtave peril— a peril which mean's i more'than life itself to them. Unless the invasion of the. yellow hordes is. checked, it means that British Columbia will become a Japanese colony, and thp Whitevsail have to light out for fresh p&Mbt the British Empire. It .means that the White races are to be sa.crifii.fd on the altar of Imperial - , in-^rests, while Imperial statesmeri stand idly by the .meantime Fivirig .assurances to the Governments of yellow races that any demonstration will be promptly checked, that the yellow man can come m free and unfettered. An idea of the alien Asiatic invasion can be tra:ther&l from the following statement of affairs as they existed If pf ' •*r*.*f?t "— . Fo'' ihc past few months Japanese cool'" hi-Oc been dumped into British Colu?*-Ha'"'in a most reckless way. Ko, yea • -he Japs have been <juietlv -uij i v. but only recently has _..*;!)! :!-■ i y- ;.-j:* aiion (been aroused, for ■y i wt* -'TUh 1,200 of the yellow . f ., . t ;; "Diovui'ht over from Hono- ;--[__• n -.-i- ---liiploa'd and let loose on :ue •ue.:ts oi Vancouver. A- few v s'.a,,o' ihe trouble was with Chic- s* / ,'i' V.v ;•'. JK'-ad tax of 500dol. was^ '■\uv\o c-' ut*on the Celestials, and this" aa- 7 o be' very satisfactory m cfeec iv.t-: the infiux, butj.that they still con- :',m* fun afford to come is shown by *■$!». fsfct that on the -last trip of tV-V''ar..-(iiai. Pacific Liner Empress o' vnd ia :>7 ,000d01. was paid m head t"- l s tc the Canadian Government. Al the time it -was wished •by the peopif* or the v province to; put the same- 'restriction on the Japanese, bub. th"- agitation was turned down and th'/ p. -onle waited. Since that time Vancouver and Victoria have l*e-i! gradually growing intc. Asiatic i;oJ ff i)ie : , and the people of the Pacific Coast have now aroused to their danger. Meetings have been held, and the provincial LeK-islature passed -a Natal Act, which would effectively stop the rush of these undesi ed ypljo'-v people if put into force, but >i u'e'cuUar and unheard-pf condition- 'thi-Vgjs exists, for LieutenantC.o'vcrmi'i.. 'Diinsriiuir has refused to si^'rth^f" t. although passed by the Pi ovinciul Government. Here you have tht., spectacle of a beautiful > and - fair provirife, - aft'ording ample scope for ali the white labor that 'cares to come 'in 4 being- slowly turned into a colony for yellow men simply -because ' thf*'.- Lieut,f",..iit-Governor refuses to' sign*" an; Act asked for by the people. aw! passed !>v the representatives of the; people.' Why is this so ? The answer vis"' ** r iout. tedly to be found m the theory that he is acting on ins.truclifns; Frm Ottawa obtained from Downing-street. But this game has. H«W"pla'. I'too often . on the Cana-iia/i, people.; Listen to what Chai'Tm" John P. McConnell said at a. recc-pi ii>entir.g of citizens, and every •'"pn^cll''' , was applauded, to the echo • ■ o British Columbia, ssi ■'•_• -o-<- ■'■ - n y "reriouslv ob-ject to b"i^'> m.'jfk* the bb'den bearer of a B ii ' . a'M'am-er-with an Asiatic race. •Ye •cry)'-' h jurrr^rous sacrifices that Carf.'':- h •'-.' ■ i?r!-r v-:.'led upon to make by t'** A-W^O'is, A'verstoTics and othT-rs of Mrtorv for Imnerial interests or thro»jrh Imperial neglect, and while we may stand for the uniust adjudication of bojmdary disputes, we will not si and to be. made the dump ing flronnd of Asiatics for Imperial ot any othei reasons. Muoh lcs» fr.i_U we «taarf tnt t*« wholesale Im-

nortation of Jap coolies '.< m the interests of railways or other corporations. The temper ofthe Province is riow such -that the interests of Governments, poiiticial parties, -and transcontinental, railways will receive scant consideration iri dealing /with the matter. It is no longer a . case of making excuses at 5 either Vie- : toria or Ottawa.". '• • .. . > v V- ' •;. ".-: 'Canada has before it the -example' of the Southern ; States 'of America; where the. negro problem is becoriiirig more • alarrhing every day. In British Columbia it is ;i argued that the 1 Jap is; a yellow man-: ]Sf6 power oh God's -"'ar'th can make him' a white man. He works for _ poor wages, herds' together m. the same way as the Chinaman, lives on rotten fish ;and rice. Once he 'gets his footing and ; gluts 1 thfe labor market, the Standard' of living would he lowered all tbui-d. while the mo rail tone of the coiVntry would be bound to suffer. We are an w«ell aware/oven m New 'Zealand, of the Asiatic's views on morality. In Queensland and West-? em Australia the Jap has been allowed to land and' what is the rc~ | suit ? Japanese brothels and Japlanese bludgers everywhere.. Their shanties stud the streets of the goldmining towns of Queeensland and, the Golden West. In . Japan, .- the Japanese "girl is sold without being disgraced m the eyes of her race. She lives iri an atmosphere of vice for years, raises: a so-called respectable family, without any expression of surprise, because it is the custom of the nation, and ,this is the cort of colored crowd we claim as allies, arid which Imperial statesmen wish to people a White man's country with. There has been some sort of agreement between the Canadian and Japanese Government concerning the importation of Japs and it is interesting to note that the general belief is that it is one of the great railway companies, working m conjunction witb the Jap Government, that aro did'Mincr the provisions of that agreement. H. v R. Kenvyn, writing m ".TotiT* Bull Over-Seas," says on this matter :— <:•.-. > <' "The Japanese Government entered into an agreement with Canada, m view of the feeling against the importation of the Japs, to only issue passports for 460 Japanese to enter the Dominion m a year. So far, so good. See how it has been kept. This year alone over 3,000 Japs have landed m British Columbia, and nearly 50,000 are preparing to follow. These men come from the Hawaiian Islands, and are,shipped from Honolulu. To every protest the Japanese Government has replied, 'These men co not come from Japan, they come fr American territory, and are therefore out of our control, being American subjects.' But the men admit thf .yes that they are shipped from Japan under contract, are dumped off at Honolulu for a month or two. anfl then come on to British Col"mibia. The Vancouver 'Daily P* ' .-c* recently published the contract sijy-1 by all thc coolies, and this m. itself is m direct defiance of the labor laws. ■ Tho J^anese Consul, M. Morikawa, is constantly expressing his views, m the Vancouver Press, and decries the influx of his countrymen. 'I know.', he said, m his most recent declaration, 'that r*v countrym*^* ara not wanted here; and that there ie no :oom for them. T have cabled constantly to Honolulu telling +ho Japanese there that it is against thc w'su of the Japan- : ese Government th_vfc they come here.' ''But tl'crc are not wanting those who directly accuse Mr .Morikawa of being m collusion with someone m Honolulu— in fact. w ,+ -h bring an aeent on commission fot the importation of the undesirables. Why they ■think this is because of- an incident which happened at the 6nd of July. On July 26th the British steamer Kumeric came ini;o Vancouver Harbor with 1.200 Japs on board from Honolulu. Public excitement ran i hip'h. and feariner a disturbance the i authorities kept the -coolies on board for four days. Tn the meantime. Mr It. d. MacTJUerpon. member of the Provin-Hal Lpo-isl- '<i rp w *m,i ; , vie°rr>t "'test. toOlUwa. Thf nrif«i**.h Col > Oovprn-nrf-nt is CV'nsrrvative. \*r MacPherson is a liberal : con«eo.iientlv, ' this rmestion of the Japs is,!not a. political one, both parties •wmrVing hand m hand for the ! good of the whites. Mr MacPherson : asked Sir Wilfrid I/auricr to do ; something to stop this im*migratfon. a* puWic sentiment was against

it. Ottawa calmly replied that it could do nothing. Consequently, ' the Japs were allowed to land, but each man was supposed to have, the sum of 25d01. ia his possession. The night before they latided. a nian^-a whitecashed a draft for 30,00.0d01. at the iGahrtdian Bank of Commferce. • * The money was all m twenty' and five dollar liills, and every Jap on board the Kumeric was given a twenty dollar bill and a five. Who supplied the> money ? The answer was; that it belonged to the men themselves, but had tyeen remitted to Honolulu so that they could not gamble it on the' voyage over. "That seemed plausible, but a curious incident happened when the yellow men were allowed 1 to land. Consul Morikawa and several of his assistants went to the, ship, and for the benefit of everyone Morikawa delivered a speech to the 1,200 Japs. This is a verbatim report of what he said. 'I want you to : understand that your coming here has been unwise, and you should have remained where you were.' There is hot enough room for you here, but; we have made arrangements for you which you will have i o comply with. On leaving' the vessel you will place m the canvas •bag held Ibv a Japanese at the gangplank the 25dol.' given you and your passport,. You must do as you are told and go where sent.' Then was seen the picture of the- Mikado's representative holding a bag and collecting 25d01. from his countrymen as they filed down the gangplank. Word of the occurrence flew around like wildfire. Mr MacPherson . and City Solicitor Cowan hurried to the scene and forced the' Japanese Consul , to return the money he had taken. Whether their action was constitutional or not has not yet been decided, but i.,&00 Japs, got away with 25d01. each which belonged to either the •'ompany importing them or the man at Honolulu responsible fbr.shippiutr them. Although a good portion of the money was collected afterwards by secret agents, yet someone has. been at a loss, but who it is has never been found out, although five newspapers have allotted star reporters to*, the task of clearing up the mystery and finding out who' the people are • at the British ColumMan end. Morikawa^ wihen accused, denied that he was collecting the money so that it could be; refunded to the parties who advanced it, but a Japanese named F. Makino, of Honolulu, has declared outright that Morikawa is m league with a man named Yoshii, of the Tokyo Immigration Company, and as a result Mr. Kikijiro Ishii, Director of the Commercial Affairs of the Japanese Foreign Office, has been appointed by tbe Japanese Government tb investigate the matter." • • •_ Resolution after .resolution has been passed. It has been pointed oiit that Japan, with a population of 45,000.000. lies within two weeks' j journey of the Pacific Coast of Canada. Tf the Japanese are not check- I ed by treaty, or otherwise, m two years .time the male population will be from 25,000 to 30.000. To-day Canada has 20,000 Chinese, 8,000 Japanese and 2,000 Hindoos. To-day 5.000 Japanese are employed on the Fraser River fisheries. Fifteen years ago. not one Jap was employed. Fifteen years ago alien Asiatics were strangers to the saw mills, the shingle mills. To-day not five per cent. of white men are employed. They have been ousted by the cheap Chow and Jap. All the time- what 'is going on at Ottawa, the seat of the Canadian Government ?' Tt refuses to act. It is likely. that the Canadian Government, will throw out the Natal Act passed by the Provincial Legislature. How British Columbia is going to settle the question is suggested by Mr Kcnvyn :— ' ' "Then the British Columbians Will wait until the Dominion Government' prorogues, and immediately it does so a special sitting'* of the Legislature will be called, and the Natal Act again passed and put into force. It cannot be repealed until the Dominion Government meets again, and so the men of the Pacific Slope will be able to defend their rights for the best part of a year. And so the game will go on, Ottawa repealing and Victoria re-passing until the British Columbians get what they want, and what their cousins m Australia have already obtained—a white man's country."