A CHINESE MOVEMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 163, 27 November 1912, Page 4

A CHINESE MOVEMENT.

A move is on foot in China to induce all Chinese residents abroad to return and settle down in their native country. '•"This is being done," according to Mr. Cosgrove, who arrived in Sydney from Canton last week, "because the Republican officials realise, what is undoubtedly a fact, that the men China badly needs are those of her subjects who are, and have lived, in enlightened circumstances. Only last month a band of emissaries was sent forth from China to the Chinese communities settled in the Malays, Burma, the Dutch. Indies, a>nd other-States, to lay before their, compatriots the terms which .the Government is' willing to offer to all Chinese who are ..willing to return. An immediate response to this appeal has come from Siam, and it is expected that the merchants in all parts of the near and middle East will see the force of returning and lending a helping hand to China. If merchants return, the smaller man will do so, too. Chinese who stow themselves nway for the purpose of reaching Australia, and other parts are called, 'piglets,' and the most stringent regulations are now in force to stop the traffic." Mr. Cosgrove added that as soon as China is able to place her taxation on a proper footing, she would be able to meet all her financial obligations. Dr. Sun Yat Sen had been placed in charge, of a scheme whereby the country will be opened up by means of a network of railways.