THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1890

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 69, 15 February 1890, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1890

». _ !§£■ hwocof thn nmchtmathm notify big that the law prohih'.tiii} and •xeludini; Chincae from Samoa, I which W« rsUldiaWd UToro (Ira a. deporUtmn of Malieton, and is still in force. La- no doubt Wn ronaid- | wed rwemary a<> a reminder to onr f CbincM friends that micli a law was |:la «drtcnco At all. After Kin;; Malietoa's deportation, and during I the troul.l.aiH titnea of tlu* lust two years a coniiderahle numlx-i- uf |CMfttM Have arrived ainon«t-l u » * How Ihey cam« i* in many rc-|:gpcot*-ft my*ie»y. Several wo can '■ : ttoonnt for a« having U>en hronjdit 1 hero in the US. fchif* Trenton and f Vaftdalio, on which they were 011i* jnged as stewards or cooks, etc, & «nd who, aftor the wreck t>f these remained hehind. Many |;,,ftti«*wcre|>roKiWy cU-wrleiM from men-o'-war and steamers Srfrevi Ran Francisco and the oo!o----priM. who very likely rec ived in* inflation from their countrymen ■Wtif* Of the opportnnit»>-H afforded. |Kf <he Unsettled state of Samoa to ■pMWthe. Chinese? exclusion ordigjpnY and thereupon cam» and Mbd down in onr mirtat W« Hpt admit that tho Chinese, remiejKeherearc law- ahidinjr,peaceahlo, - and industrious, and thc*a aeem to I lie their national characteristics in | whatever conn try they aUdc, hut .whether they wou'd remain ao no longer formed only * of the pnpuK;jtejl\ .wool question ; and piMpil ifoaltliea aould cnim. wl i.-li ■Mb introdnc* whoever fljpnd aeenw to m u> l*.jtypMOtaUe hi the negative it frjfedpc from the tjjnn k ni-f, bauchTt) and the colonies his Ik en vert ■ (Jgkriiaineut nud Presc, an<l ■ljJ'ieeMH-tive Act* ha\e |t»in rtlation to Ow jbvin th* llP.*Klim: 100 few UJII Bf' lor ukifatar LegWlstivo As ■jf" »f the ■it diUkul-

On attempting t>> (maw- Cmmm BiahnioM Act pU, ml hj already aeeerted If Olr lata arrival* from the Cbles IW Empire, that they vera nut Ij aware that any audi Ad «it ever in avhtieatea. and that noobjectlon «RM «A to their landing by any Wtfherity. and coneequentiy that it . k aa injustice to force them away J. now, Whether this plea is foanded _ on feet we cannot aay, aod it wooJd ["ha diflkult to prove. Perhaps it ' would be bettor to allow thoee who ' arc already here to remain, especially at thuir number U too limited to bare any social influence on tlm i community, and, in addition,consulrifll.li! cxpcn.se would be incurred in their removal. All that Is at present necessary U to prevent any further incruoseon any pretext whatever oi Chinese in these- island! When our Government i* formally an<l firmly eatablitlicd there will most likely bo only two or throe ports of entry under Cnrtonw regulations, ahd ships arriving fiOm foreign port* would be subject lo Government inspection. The imposition of] a heavy penalty ua any ves* I' lirlnging Chine'e to Samoa conl.l thus easily he enforced, an<l thus ; 1 prevent any angtitenli'tion of the j .nnndx.r hero, now. To show the caution which is exercised in Vie toiia under tit..- Chinese Restriction i ; Act. we quote a r*»e which oc cmre.i only ti.'- other day, an 1 I reported «<> follow* by the Sydney ! Daily Teh'gi apis of Janunn <;: An in«.ifin-s illustrating tii<> if.-Mitv i » with whi-h *\\» l«w is enforced <•<•• I . mmd in i»mn«H-U«n silh tha Arrival j • of tli« s.s Ctuinipiis. Under ibo now , regulation* n n»-:«e! i« r>n!v allow •■! In | . carry on* I'luuese for etetjr i | 500 torn* r>f The Ofisne*!i.i i« HO:', tons. )i!.<l should j ■ ♦harafere only Imi allowed lo r*rry two j ]>.i«fcne*r*. Tu ihia instance. Imw- | etrcr. there were thras. tlio ihinl heinjy | a little gir'. Tn tin far* of ths rsjru- j latioe, tlie immigration officer on duty, j Mr. Seott. hn«! a doubt as to wbeth'-r ! the ehlM should ha snmittnd to ths | 1 ooloay. On thonintter r<»fe»r<xt tn the tiitiiiitrntioii Mr. T. D. Hammond, hj« «loc:«l*»t! to nl!<-*r th» (firl to JsTte" with her Tlia latter are old Ytetutiau residents, who j hat* away on a to Ol.i-n. and wero nnarqimintpil wiih tlio > atrirt letter ■•{ tli" law with rsjyard to Chines* immigration [ Our remarks may apply, if] i ,anrli is considered necessary, to the I . natives of ihe Hawaiian !.-dand*< , referred to in the proclamationi Theae people have increased their numbers here lately, i-t.t it the Samnsn Qovernment deem it advisi able to koep H&waiian<> away in , the future, the law referring to thcii rcatrietion should not \<c mtulo re> trocpective. Tliis i« n suhject that requires pivat oouslderation. Tho Hawaiian Ring and people wejv always on friendly terms with .Samoa, and before any Kxclu-bn Act l»o posard or enforced tWiriutrcolnclionorlo: then removal, it fa only fair Uiat some substantial reason should lie given fm the assertion «f the power that w« will not allow them to 1 ccvit:o our fellowi ehidenU. Of comae Samoa, or any > other nation, has full |x>wcr to ' nade lawa bavinir a Telr»s|>ccuvM ' | force a!R?eting an»>j«ets of any na- ' tion with whkh notteaty exists; ! hutrWaejnwf»>ahouldU'sppr.iathcd ; uitbaawidambla aaw and diacre- i the*, 90\ J*»kfe«tory rvaeon* •*- i Mfrastlft If the \ ol;)«4l|| |J. hi this iaakanaa, i tMm l& fc*a«4 hMa«ahh> J

• hich this torriUe diseaae is «o prevalent eolai«g.a||iongst us, and the world would look upon the Bxcluvinn Act as a rootmen-kblr fomsight and a wise preeauQon.