The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-08-03


the Hawaiian would be too indolent 10 !
make any objections The Hawaiian spirit
would blaze into light, and with no mean
flame. let all be assured
But It Is no use dwelling on this view OF
theques6on. We have every hope that none
of our great neighbors are going to inter
fere with rs. As long as a good Govern
rnent is maintained. as our justice Is well
administered, our expenditures and taxa
ton are not too heavy. the great nations
viii unite in sustaining us. The history
OF Hawaiian civilization is so unique, the
experiment of a sef-governed race of
Polvnesians is so striking, that from a
sentimental view, if from no other, the
nationality of the Hawaiian must be as
sured to him.
Ok Saturday the Hesperia was permitted
to enter the port, and after the passengers
had been examined, they were allowed to
land. The city on Sunday morning fairly
swarmed with celestials on foot, in ex-
press wagons, in drays, perfect stream of
them was setting from Fisherman's point
to China town. We We're saddened rs we
saw them march along another com
pany of males landed in a country already
over-burdened with an over-plus of male
population. When is this kind of thing
going to come to an end And what will
be the end Of this kind of thing To the
latter question the reply is not difficult
It presents itself to the mind of every
thinking man it has been answered again
and again but to the former question a
reply seems difficult to get. 1t Is ques
ton which ought TO have had an answer
last Legislature this was one of those
truly vital questions which all those mem
bers. who had the true interests of the
country at heart should have forced upon
the attention of the assembly, in spite of
all opposition it raS and is question
which involves the national life of this
people far more than most people imagine.
Not only is the unrestricted introduction
of Chinese into country regarded as
danger by thinkers here, 1t has been so in
the States, and is at the present moment
exercising the minds of the politicians in
the Australian Colonies 10y this southern
mail. we see that a bill is before the Leg
islatiye Assembly of New South Wales,
which viii, if passed, put very heavy re
stTiction upon unauthorized immigration
of Chinese. We extract from the Ner Zed-
land Herald of the 10th of July:
The Influx of Chinese Restriction Bill was read
a first time in the Assembly; under Its provisions,
vessels arriving with Chinese on board perform
quarantine, whether there Is, at the time OF arrival,
or during the voyage, any ccntagion or infectious
disease. OF not amongst the passengers. The num-
Der Of Chinese brought by any vessel Is to be linz
tied to one for every hundred tons Of tonnage of
made liable 10 q penalty of El00 for each Chinese
in excess of the limitation. poll-tax of elO per
head viii be imposed on every Chinese arriving IN
the colony by vessel or otherwise. Certificates of
exemption, in certain cases, may be granted BY the
Treasurer. Chinese who are British subjects are
exempt from the operations Of the Act
The matter has been in agitation for
considerable length of time, and early in
the wear. a memorial was forwarded to
the Imperial Government in London, by
the combined Australian Governments re-
probating in strong terms the action of
the Western Australian Government which
had been offering a bounty to Chinese.
In their memorial they point out that
stringent measures have been proposed,
and In some cases carried, in SIX of the
Colonies, representing 2,500.OO0, souls to
keep out Chinese In Queensland there Is
law Of restrictive character in existence
at the present day In New South Wales
a similar bill has passed through the Leg
islative Assembly, but has not yet received
the assent Of the Legislative Council in
South Australia ike measure was twice
passed by the House. The memorialists go
on to state that they have agreed upon a
resolution recommending uniform legis-
lation on the part of all the Colonies to
restrict the influx of Chinese into these
Colonies They next take up the action
- NI.a-+.--, Ar-e4r-u1r- urd rbnt tho
conduct of that Colony, when thoroughly
known to the public, will create through
out the rest of Australasia strong feeling
of public disapprobationH The memori-
alists deprecate the idea that they object
to the introduction of Chinese out OF pref
udice of color or race they say their views
are " founded in rational view of tie dan
gers to those British communities which
might In course Of time flow from people
numbering more than 400.000.000, whose
language, laws, religion and habits Of life
are alien to those OF Her Maiestyis sub
jects in Australasia, and whose geograph-
ical position renders them a source Of dan
gera Finally threat Is held out that if
Western Australia persists IN her course
she will be Boyeotted " by the other Col
onies.
disposed to take the matter uD Sir
Charles Dixie, In answer to a question
asked on the 9Th Of July, said that Her
MajestyTs Government had no intention
of putting pressure upon the Chinese
Government to stop emigration to the
Australian Colonies However, we must
remember that the home country has
virtually no Chinese within Its borders,
and that it is very difficult to make states
men in England understand the political
and social dangers Of the Colonies. For
ourselves, we~feel that every argument
brought forward by the Australians is
doubly strengthened when applied to our
own country They have immense phys
ical force behind them. whereas we, phys
ically, are powerless. If 2,5O0,0O0 people
fear the unrestricted importation Of Chi
nese, certainly a country only possessing
10000, or less, ought to be careful how
she admits them We have here subject
which cannot be discussed IN one article,
nor IN half dozen We have, after all.
only outlined the matter; to discuss it
thoroughly would require both consider
able time and space. We do hope, how
ever, that our few remarks VIII set men
thinking upon the subject As We had
occasion to say some time ago, We have no
feeling personally against any Chinese
We have the very highest respect for
several Chinese gentlemen Of our ac-
quaintance but however great our re-
spect and liking may be, It does not blind
as TO the dangers which this country runs
from unrestricted Chinese immigration.