The Daily News. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1905. A PROTEST JUSTIFIED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7974, 10 November 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1905. A PROTEST JUSTIFIED.

Wlien the (.'ov-ei'miionr of New 'A-a-aud protested to the Imperial C.o ••Illlticnl against tlii- importation of t'hinese labour for thP' Ranfl. there were not wanting those who decried this action as unwarranted ami unJitst.ilialile. Those who were alive to ■he full gravity of the 'question view{•l the. JuaUer in a very different iiiilil and warmly cot end, d the I're:uier for his ;vell li'iucd protest fotind••l on reasons that were < Ijviotis to any sagacious and far seeing States[man. At their -best. Chinese UUxMir■r* are not a elass that elicits ml- | tniralii n or an.v other feeling I. side, t'liat of tolerance in an emergencv . ! i'"i ■ when, as has evjdpntlv lio.-nthe I vase With those import,-d to the Haml ■ ' consist of a villainous 'inolr of rimimds i•'!"let>• w th Vires iliat Kuj ropeans «|,hor. the evil is intensitied 'to such a degree that a denial,d for ! epatriaiion naturally arises, \loro,ou r we mils! uoL forjjel Unit South i \iiica lias lal.ts been the scene of a 'stl ife 111.11 has ellltlil I el'ell leeiine |,e j I'.ritain and lli.er so tlnil il ! Wis a list i, 111 el \ e-s. 111 ial to 1 lie Well ji.ein-; ..I I lie eon ill rv lliat li-,,u!ile« jv. 11l ali. lIS should lie m,lid, I. an.! le. tile i lit I'ndliel i,,n tll.-Clllll-I.••• il has 11, -eoni,. m.'i essarv lo per j uiit tie- lioers 10 earrv arms in or- | d.-r to defend 1 lieiiiselv ,-s iroin the ■•'•mn„,ii dan-.r The prcl.at/ilily )s .that we do 11 o l know an.v thing like j .11- lull extent ill tile evils leMiltllig JlHtu tin- 11-inl\is''(| pii|jr\ <il the (in p*i j.il_ (liiVrinJii. in . |j,.j th,.f i h t -\

; '.r the mining ant liorit ies an- likely 1., iiny iin'..nuali.in that wonlil Uir (tisif-i lotis inll\ ■>i t lie sti-j> { 'iiknr. l-jirn-h. liou\'\el - , hits rnrift in liglu lit ai'uiise a h-Hiiii; i>i" nisi ij iial.|<* in.liuna t i<ni ami Jilariu «| t|;,. <iani;iT uhieh threaten:-; to increase Ifvuwl lu-aring point unU-ss the ruI <■> "i repatriation is cinplo.v w l. j Utotding 1 o the Illustrated London \ews. a minim; who has worked with ilir (/hiii.'si' since their Ursi iMlnuhiclii.il ~11 Ihe lb,h| states emphatically thai i„„s t coerce lie Chinaman send Ivim Inane. Vou can't coax him." Jl<- throws a •-'""I »f light on I lie t rouble that tlies,'aliens have caused. " To I'egin With," he says, "the policy of tile mine managers has Veu to hush np all t roubles The full Story oi' the i rioting has never i| ( n,,, t Chinamen 1,r„1.e ;out ami threatened j whit.s or native la>y s , were Were <ir'lel'ed to Us, l no violence, even though our lives were threatened, and the Co, he fellows soon learned that they could go a long «ay without lieing hit ln\ck. I hey atv an unsavourv en wd to handle, ami revel in mis- ' 'l-ef "I ;n,\ U,„|. Iteulry is. pelImps. a I tetter word ll,an miscleef in this instance. 1 think it fair tu say lhai Chinaman ha* no moral 1

H'M.v at all iis Ul . \Vis(cin,.|s things, anil lie wotiKl not Hindi at am iii-iion. however, monst i ons. (1,. can work well when In- likes, and is not too Well t rented l.v his over-.-'-els. Soluet itlles lie seeks reVeng-p. »•• had t li.- whole camp out on,, nigh! 111-cause We illlerlep'il to p,-,.-\--"i an unpopular overseer from lie''"usicd alive. Ihe Chinaman as I lum- in,-i hiin on the Kan,l is not on s|.,.aking i.-riiis with hurtnsu . You .■•in lea\ •• lint liiii- vviMiin his reach, lie 1- as Sllseepl ili|,. 1,, |, ni: hl eol- ■ ui s as a magpie, and vv hen a thing has disappear,*d it will never I 'line l-aek Money. jewels. ,"lollies. <■' Hie IllliijUit ous Chiu,v '' piekp,:ek, t. \ t liiiiaitiau can

| ! "\"n tiling u.'ll. ,Mif| » srct'ct I ;, H ' l.' L fij;i i-'i'i' \~r :hr men J" 11 'l'c li.inil ,ii. nv-tnlifH-s hi" S'-nvt j snri.-l |..* Ili.lt' h.i'. .• ii •I hi ■!> -nts ill. ,iv- ; 1 Mini is r\. r ii,.itl.il h. ;I: •11 j: rVrr - ' " "['■ 1 --it.'. I llii 1 Il] . ■ |,]M|| J',."'i' "i" Kami hili..mi- iiiiirL't T|,, « ,>r wtini China li f;i i-..- | ln i , ,|,j ■ | M - , u )n , tn \ • M-o-s ,iv Cfi 11! i n.i Is nil., Jrl't ii.'ii- o"uiw.. inf ilu-ir C'tiihl r\ V Mini 111 IJu- ■ I 1,,. « "»•-! i i!li rol'l'lilll t \U- Jm-vI jf! a VITV liMlr uhiif. I!\ ihi ■ siil,. iii" (.'hi- j

lu.'ivii] > ho kallir I--;i l»'hj li'initii. li, iii»i. wink lur itntl he ran 'ln his sha it 1 * t ..liuhlurg n«' win p-i drunk ii th'-n-is a in f'aj"- <?nii)!w' in f *■ ifiifl. jiful ji! liiin-> he will run •illm»K. Hut ilhiv aiv (],.[»: h s \<>ijr InsiNil - ha> ii.-Vit I'lumliivl. and .l->hu ('himitmti: li\.s in th,. lo\\«'st. «.f jlln'tn." Si it'll is tin- rhi.s'- ibat Mr S» .Id.in st r(i)iul\ 'pi tit .-st«'.! against fcfin# allow**! in Im* jiii|)()i'tt"i| iii' o t Injland uh«re our braw sons l'« hillh f,,r | I he' Mul h.-rl.t ml. Kith 'that keen si-iw.- «if th»» i-trrnal IhiU'ss of 1 hints with which ntir I'rrmi.-r is s<» ivinark- , nWi*. liv Inirsau tlic I'taisi'tjurnUo ci UtiuuL Kilj'.iii' UJI iiiv JUui-'.l. I

and had the Imperial authorities lis|U'Utd to the warning it would havt jUvu wiser and infinitely hotter than (Irii't'in'gi liflin-dly into a state oi' af--1 fairs which is not only'discivtUtahh? !to lli.' Knipiro but fraught with alurjuiiiig consequences.

U.N THE FOURTH PAGE. The Storyteller. Commereial. The Single" ll in War. The Man Who Saved Natal. The Wealth ui the Soil.