The Chinese Influx. Auckland, May 22.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 267, 26 May 1888, Page 6

The Chinese Influx. Auckland, May 22.

Till. Kov. (ii.iin^n llai^icue^, ;i yoimrr mi's.sionaiy. ul i\u Wcsloynn IsJoLliodibL mission to China, who at Lor ten yum a' .scr\ico is now on a year's leave ot absence, dolivoiod an addiess on the Chinese queslion at the V.M.C.A. Lcotuio Jlall at noon to-day. Thoie\. wuf ;i jwifun<>ei by the h.s. Matiposa fiom (Sydney, and proceeded to »Sau i''ianci.sco en loute loi England yesteulay. Tlieie was hut a moderate attendance. MrT Buddie oecii[)ied the chaii Mr Ilaigiea\es, who was leeeiverl with applause, pielaced his icinaiks by saying that he had gone to Clnna ten yeat.s ago, somewhat piopidiecd against Ihe Chinese, and had eoint, away with most ot these pi e|iidiet.s icm<i\ed. It was possible to icgaid the Chinese fiom two standpoints hist, .is io"«iid.s Lhur plulosopliy, then mmnt io7is an<l (Ih'H .ul- 11 Llie^ icgaidcd (!)(•-<! limits, (hey could piesent a pleasing pietim <»t Chinese civilisation. On the othei hand, il n.i» possible to piescnt a vei y d.v I* pietme ol the woi st side of (lien ci\ ili-atjon, )u-t as it, would be pt^sible to piesenl a d.uk pietuieol Euiopean ciuh-a tion. l>ul luither |)ictuic wouh! be tine; Ihoio won: li'jhls and -hadow,-. Howex ci, alUi t * it ,y ars' c\|iei iciicu ol the ( huw'sv, the niipicssion lelt on lv's niind uas la\ on) alilc -ceit.'imly nioie ta\ouia.blc ( han w hen he began hiiinission. ('oining to ioft.i lothopio-uitagitationagain-t thoChin-e-e, he -atdit w as u i \ dilheuit to undeistand (he < 'him s( < haiactci, and nuuk .illusion to the age oi l.hi Chinese Einpne, wlneh was inivbleiici whin I-aiah «,h piophe-ying, and the authenticity of this antiquity waeon obouii td Ij> then 1 lecoids ot the appealam* ot cornels and n.ovemcnls ut heavenly liodu 1-. The antH|iut> ol Ihe Chine-e eivih- | nation was one ot ihe dillieuitics that the Dinojtean nations tound in undi lslandinj; tin li ehaiaet" 1.. Another difhcult^ was the pceuliaiity °l lhc written and spoken I.UH'uauC) whd'' the dialectical difleienee weTe s'u ;_ML.it that m the Canton pio\ nice the \iiiiations weie such thai a man tioiu one P'Hl could not undci stand a man liom anothei As an instance of tin-, he had |Us( bituic he left lion" Kotii;, lic.ud <i ( Inne^o matidauu <Ul(| d (hini-e shoplveepei tian-aeL ino business 1.1 piston r,n<iii-h. Uminy the p.i->l 1< x \ months, while m the li,l,nn(s) he had In aid man} objections a<>.uns( C huiL^e lmin.^iatioi), and he must s?\ that 'he piLsfiit nuitation was needle-.-. They must iciiu mbei that the ( hincse weic no loii^ei a he 1 mil nation ; the inllm uce ol the 1 lie Fianco I lnnc-e w.n was that slic wa- now biouuht into contact withthiee pow i i tnl lOuiopeannations, i, upland, Fiance and 'ius-ia. and it would aL once be -een \\n immcii-c mlluenee that China v\ouß (\eici-e o\ ci Km ti{)can politic s The Chinese < -o\ ci innnil had not de^iied tliat I lie (hmi-L should Ic.im. the counti). lie ton-ideied that China w,i- not o\ci populaUd, and -howed that (heie was lea-on to doubt that the population w,,- not -o uieal as was lepoited. lloucmi, even Liking the e-limatc at 400,000,000, the population wis onl\ ,-e\en(\--i\ to the -(|iiaic mile, which is small "in piopoihon to I'nglaml. It would be asked it t lima was not o\ei populated why did thej (initiate This wadi'e, lie ' -aid, to the dialectical diHeienees m the l.mifua'je All the Chinese who cam' to the eolome-- came tiom the south and -out h-we.-t ot Canion, and touhl -peak -'pi'^von Engli-h, ' -o that t'ie\ eovdd actually yet on bettei in the colonies than in other piovinces ol China. ib> did not Inhexe there weie h\e China men m the < olonic- who did not hail horn the Canton pi ounce, and, speaking puuh on supposition, he did not think then/ weie moie than 50 m Ameiiea. I'.esides this dithcnltj thcie w CMMhihc ulties ihe Chinese (!o\eminent had u> eoutend with, dilhcnlties in -etdm^ the internal (list ncl- ot C hin.i, tluou^li the objections of the uatnes to ha\c then lull—which w( ie used as ;4i.nc\;ml —mteiteied with b> laHioads arid ce]-'-ia[)lis. In the Amooi iounti\. w Inch wa- \ eiy ueh,one miuhtude toi das- without -can*; a Milage in thc-e oiithmu di-tncts al-o, tluou^h the chlli(aHic- ot L.'oninuinK'ation, theie A\as but little law and oidei The population ol the di-tnct ol Canton w<i> eon^ested, and loqimoil an outlet ; the people theictoie cunt to the colonies. With legaul to tlio lo'-tnt !iast> legislation in Aus-lialasia he -aid the imposition ol the polltiv\ touched the hououi andotlcnded the digniu ot the Chinese I uneimnent. and C luna, teeliug Ikmsell a powei in Ivnojiean a-well a- A-i.itu politics, would los-ent it. C hina had always been leasonalilo in her negotiation- with England, and had e\en e\eeede<l the ol)liyatioi»s tit her tieat}. Alludinn to a icccnt cablegiamsU ting that the C hnieso AmlM^ador luid made a statement that Ausiiaha would iegret her opposition to the Clune-e, he said it meant that a- the Chiue-e gradually adopted Euiopean metluxU and lose to oui le\e! theie would be a deshe on the pai t ol the colonies to ti.ule with China, and he -aid that as W cstein civilisation advanced, Cluna v.is ealcuhited to bo one ot the laigcst markets in the woild. In conclusion he mged that the picfccnt dillieulty should be settled by diplomacy, and though not ta\ouiingChine.seimmigration to Uie colonies, did not think there was an\ danger of them stamping these Australasia. The Chinese were intensely patiiotic, ami the principal article ot their eiecd was tilial piety, which perhaps accounted tor the fulfilment of the iliune piomi-e in their case "that their life should be long in the land." He advised the colonies to keep cool and not seek to emulate the hasty action of New South Wales. Having concluded his lecture, Mi llargreavcs answered a nuvnbci ot qucs lions, principally on the social condition of ot the Chinese. llc denied tluit the Chinese weie " sent by syndicates to the colonies ; they came freel} ot their own accord. ] There were in Hong Kong emigration agents, w. ho, however, had no more power o\cr the Chinese than had our immigration agents. A heaiiy \ote of thanks was accorded at the close, cm the motion of Mr Button.