MR TURNBULL AND THE CHINESE QUESTION.
[To THE EDITOR. Sie.—Two or three letters have appeared in your contemporary, the “Timaru Herald,” on the Chinese question, avowedly written to injure Mr Turnbull in his candidature. No one hates the beggars more than I do, but to my mind Mr Turnbull adopted a statesman’s view of the question in proposing a heavy poll tax. Those who write so gibly on the subject are altogether ignorant that in this matter, Imperial Treaties exist with China, putting each nation on equal terms, and consequently the Home Government have something to say about it. Any attempt on our part to interf re with those Treaties, except by imposing a poll tax, might lead to most serious consequences, perhaps war with China. At present, therefore, the only way to deal with the Chinese question, and keep the Chinese out of the country, is to put on a poll tax — and this Mr Turnbull very wisely advocates.--! am &c., TEUTH. Timaru, December S, 1881.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2721, 8 December 1881, Page 2
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167MR TURNBULL AND THE CHINESE QUESTION. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2721, 8 December 1881, Page 2
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