The Daily News. THURSDAY, APRIL 9. RESTRICTING ASIATICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 9 May 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, APRIL 9. RESTRICTING ASIATICS.

The cable man His us that there i< a great inllux of Japanese into British Columbia. This vitally concerns every part of the Kmpire. Although Canada lias tried to pass alien restriction laws it is bound by the treaty of alliance between Britain and Ja]iau. Now iln-ru is lmjie in the breasts of imperial statesmen for a toleration of intcrcs.s. a ijualilication of law and a general brotherhood throughout the Empire. If, therefore, our brown allies are cnLilhil to Hock into Canada, we in New Zealand —if wc think Imperially—ougiu to permit Japanese, to Hock in here. \\ e are, however, not quite so Imperially inclined as all that. Canada has a fit man trouble, and many of its huge exporting concerns are worked with the cheap alien, mostly Chinese, but largely Japanese. The restrictions imposed by the United States on the Asiatic have evidently driven still greater numbers into British territory, and it appears the British in that territory have at present no restrictive power over them. Most of the giant fish and other canning husinesses of Canada are manned by the Asiatics, and the delicious salmon that is a feature of our New Zealand camp ami home life is thrust into the tins hy the dirty hands of Asiatics, who often suffer from blood-poisoning after a short spell at the business. British Colombia is but a stone's throw, comparatively, from Japan, and oilers a land of promise to our allies. Canada has evidently gone too far to be able to exclude the coolies of Asia, and it is therefore most gratifying to know that New Zealand has been able to regulate the inflow of "the Yellow Peril.''