The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-10-19

Is VIEW Of the fact that every arrival from San
Francisco brings a new accession to our popula-
ton of MALE Chinese, we feel it our duty, as
public journalists, and as supporters Of Hawaiian
nationality and independence, to repeat with
every issue our solemn protest against this
crying evil. The Hawaiians, it had been said
for years, were a doomed race, gradually but
surely going to extinction, after the manner of
the Tasmanians. But recently, greatly to the
encouragement of the friends of the race, it was
asccrtained by reliable statistics that the former
rapid decrease was stayed, and that in most of
the Islands the births were about equal to the
deaths. Thus. it was thought, and with reason,
that in the battle between civilization and bar
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the two doctors-the patient
had a chance for life on the side of the former.
Very unfortunately, however, just at this critical
moment the MALE Chinese element comes in,
whereby the chances of the aboriginal Hawaiian
to much longer exist on his own soil are infni-
tesimally reduced.
troubles that must sooner or later result TO
all commemorative native Hawaiians and the for
eign residents, including the planters themselves
from the immigration of male heather Mon
golians from California, is a subject which we
intend to keep before the people go long Us we
have the car of the public through the press; or
until His Majesty in Privy Council shall decree
the necessary measures to put a stop to the i'm
pending public disaster-which action would be
clearly authorized under the Constitution.
Aside from the humbug of K~earney-with
which everybody East and West is now pretty
well disgusted-there is a deep-seated feeling
with all classes in California against the further
immigration of Chinese, and President Hayes has
decidedly expressed himself in favor of a modif-
cation of the Burlingame Treaty, in order to stop
the influx of barbarians. From Tahiti we learn
that the French Commandant has issued an order
that no Cinnamon will be permitted to land there
without written consent, obtained through the
French Consulate in San Francisco. If any Chi
naman lands without a permit he will be sent
away, and if unable to pay his passage, will be
compelled to earn his fare in the Government
works before leaving.
And in this connection we find that conserva-
tive John Bull (ColoniaD is fully awake to the
importance of selfprotection, as witness the fol-
lowing, which we copy from a late issue of the
San Francisco Chronicle:
The Province of British Columbia has led of In the en-
forcemeut OF measures for staying the inundAtion OF the
Pacific Coast with barbarism and servile labor, Of q very
decisive and rigorous character. The anti-Chinese law,
adopted by the last Provincial Legislature, went into
effect on Monday, and the authorities acted promptly in
enforcing its operation to the letter. Under its prOvis-
ions. merchandise and property of whatever description
is liable to seizure and sale for taxes, without regard to
ownership. Heretofore the Chinese have almost COM
pletely escaped taxation in the Province through perjury.
There is also a head tax of $50 a year, and this has to be
paid and a certificate obtained by every Chinaman before
he can engage in any business or pursue any industry for
himself or employer. Any person employingA Chinaman
without a certificate is liable to a heavy penalty, and
Cinnamon delinquent in their taxes are liable to be COB
bled up and compelled to work out the amount on the
public roads, at forty cents a day, with deduction for
board. This law is certainly as stringent as the most
earnest opponent of Chinese immigration could wish for
and in consequence of its severity there is q possibility
that it may fail to receive the sanction of the General
Government of the Dominion, which is still pending. In
the mean time, however, the experiment is being tried
with a vengeance. In Victoria there has been a general
seizure of Chinese goods for taxes; the shoe factories
have been closed, laundries suspended, and a general dis
wide field for white industry has been opened, and the
unemployed are urged to stand in promptly and fill the
breach. The revolution, of course, will occasion much
inconvenience at the outset, and no little embarrassment
TO business: but if the white workingmen come to the re-
lief and are reasonable in their demands for wages, there
is no reason why it should not prove a success, provided
the Dominion Government is not moved by ultra-humAne
considerations to Illustrate the struggle of the people of
British Columbia TO free themselves from the Chinese
incubus. If this measure in British Columbia is main
tanned, the result will be to drive the Chinese over the
line aud California may expect to receive an accession
OtoO,OOO or 6O,OOO from the exodus. Z