SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1892. THE COLONIAL CUCKOO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4101, 30 April 1892, Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1892. THE COLONIAL CUCKOO.

0 So tbe Chinese Exclusion Bill has been rejected by tho Senate of the United States, and John remains 0 among the Yankees for the next ton years in statu quo I Well, wo imagine that in ten years lie will have grown > with the growth and strengthened with the strength of Jonathan's own 1 prosperity, to such an extent thut it will take an uncommonly drastic Ext, elusion Bill lo exclude him from his i, part and lot in the country. Peri bnpa people do not altogether realise the amazing change which has come | over the Chinese within the present j generation. We are witnessing to> , day what niay he called the awaken* mg of China. The Flowery Land, is now a real naval power. The days of 3 junks are oyer; she has fleets of steamers for trade, and men-of-war of ; the very latest type, The Empire has ! always had its countless soldiers; but from "barbario hordes" they have : blossomed into disciplined battalions, 1 [ taught to use the most modern arms 1 ■ of precision, and showing a truly for- ' 1 midable front to the most highly ' civilized" of European powers. ' , And, as though to complete the ( rosomblancg iq Western nations, i although no plan qf emigration is 1 countenanced by the Chinese autliori- 1 ties, with'the view of relieving local 1 , congestion, there is nevertheless a j | steady exodus of Chinese to other , lahds. The emigrant Celestials may ( , be—it is generally said that they are I —drawn from the least desirable class 1 1 of the Emperor's subjects, patriots, in 1 . fact, who leave then* country for their | country's good; but it is certain that j they have been playing now for some i • yeiirs tbe part of cuckoo to our colo- I > nists in many olimes, We make our 1 ' colonial homes with British pluck and i ; toil—and down comes the Chinaman t upon us. He is paiient of muoli I jkitjflh pflpjempt and abuse—by the 1 way, lie gets |eyel wjtli our fellow- J country men who have illp, mjgfor tune i to live in China-he acts (we are apt i to suppose) the tortoise to our hare; { but in the race for success ''he gets • there all the same." English-speak-in|» people everywhere will bsveto a rejekflp .with their Chinese neighbours '' i»pd .these neigh- J hours will have h/come j fiyals before we know it.' " "' n This; Phjnese ipyasjon fiy driblets 1 has a very direct bearing upon flip . Socialistic teaching which is rampant j, just now in certain quarters. Are all b men equal? Then surely we should " , share our luck with John Chinarain jj

with the beat of all possible graces. The Chinese are exceedingly clever artisans,' What is going to be the effect upon the labour market of the Western world if they gradually invade it with their cleverness ? The effect will be this—the Chinese will bring down wages, and bring them down with a run, too, if it be true that they havo an equal right with ourselves, being brother men, to live by their heads and hands, We do not say that the reduction of our accustomed style ol living to something simpler might not be a good thing; we do not stay now to argue whether a Chinaman may not teach ns a certain amount of desirable thrift, But we say this—that John is surely coming advance guard; and becomes to stay, Let Socialists, let ;preachcrs of;iin» adulterated !' Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," Jell us how to provide for the Chinaman without lowering fhole-levelj)f our present mode of life. The battle oi the races will be fought, perhaps, first in the United States; but we shall find the Mongolian difficulty .at ;our own doors before the end of the present generation,. ' ...