Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-04
CHINESE IN MEXICO

CHINESE IN MEXICO.
The story goes that an English and Ger
man syndicate is formed to put 100000
Chinese laborers into Mexico within few
years, beginning from this date 1t is said
that the Mexican Government is to give
each Of these Cinnamon a few acres of
land. The rumor was current some time
ago, was denied by prominent Mexicans,
but is now being renewed aud finds many
believers. 1t is not improbable. An
American who has served in the military
department of Mexico recently informed
the New York Herald that the story is
yerity.j He states that last year he saw
q representative of the Chinese Six Com
panies from San Francisco in the City of
Mexico, whose avowed object was ito OBJ
tain from the Mexican Government favor
able conditions by which large numbers of
his cotmtrymen would be introduced as
settlers in Mexico-that is, as tillers of
the sol He was a man of much inhu-
ence and reformer. After going through
course of studies in the colleges OF his
own country, he became attached to enc of
the Chinese missions in Hongkong, and
anne9dhced that he had become converted
to christianity. lie had learned to speak
lLnglish with much facility" This agent
fold tile Heraifs informant that he had
Succeeded exeellently well with the Next
can Government.
! know that he had had numerous meetings
! III MS looms. at which many influential Mexi
can politicians aud lawyers were present. for
the prrDOse of hearing his views formulated
These gentlemen presented his views to the Ex
ecutlFe 1t was intended to employ the imni-
grants IN two ways. One OF these was 10 hire
them ont % the haciendad0s under the extinct
laws Of Mexico which were in principle to be
privately acknowledged by the contracting
parties in defiance of existing laws The other
was 10 procure from Mexico tracts of land on
the Pacific coast, situated between the ports OF
Acapulco and Mazatlan. Such land the Chinese
were 70 settle on, and after cultivating it for a
simple.
The project involves the bringing to
Mexico from China not DULY the clothing.
but the food of the Chinese. The belief is
that Mexico viii gladly welcome these
workers. The cry from the haciendados
now IS as it long has been, GIVE us
brazos (laborers) to till the soil" 1t is
held that the chief strength of the scheme
IS in the dislike of the leading men of
Mexico to any extension of American in
huence in the sister Republic They have
no love for us. They do not desire us as
Immigrants, nor do they wish our people
TO invest in the manufactures or lands of
the country. The expressions of dislike
to Americans are open and constant-it
peryades the very atmosphere. We are
looked upon there as having greatly
wronged Mexico; of having despoiled her
OF some OF her finest territory. OF course,
there are liberal men and some statesmen
who do not entertain these views, but they
are reported to be decidedly in the minor
lty But included in this small body are
the President, two of his Ministers and
several Of his Generals. But it is true
shat English and German influence and
commerce in Mexico are vastly su-
perior to ours, and that these
two nationalties will foster Chinese
immigration in order to iniure
American interests is not at all improbable.
1t viii enable them to compete with our
m manufactures, to limit still more American
trade with Mexico turn large part of
tle trade of China from lis to Mexico. The
German and English viii, in these SOC, 900
laborers, after the first year, find a con-
suming force for unbleached domestics. and
will without difficulty control and pluck
profit from food supplies from China.
su III as rice. There are many other rea-
sons why this importation of Chinese TO
Mexico will become threat. That Chi
nese In such numbers upon our southern
border will not be easily kept ont will be
conceded, while the likelihood that what
We believe viii happen here unless we re-
st.ict Chinese immigration will come to
PISS there, may be granted as certain. ri
there is danger of Chinese mongolizinr
California, how much more easily will thew
De able to mongolize Mexico, with her
population Indifferent to labor and care
! IS as to the future2 In that case the
c iinese will have a foothold Upon this
ntinent that, within half century
y Il occasion the United States the gray
est kind of trouble We declare against
the Intervention of foreign powers in the |
ainrs Of the nations of the continent. and !
p ace our trust in the justice and force of |
the Monroe doctrine. But here may be
an intervention in effect, against which we |
cannot apply the principles of that doc
tr-ne That is to say, if Chinese serviIe
labor will do for us what we claim what |
will be It's effect upon the Mexicans and
what the political result, ii the Chinese
come over to the neighboring republic by
the hundreds OF thousands?
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