The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-05
Fear and Chinese Invasion.

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There is much anxiety here and
at Washington over the fact that
Congress has passed no law re-
stricting the emigration of Chinese
to the United States. The present
law expires on May 9th by limita-
ton, and as the House and Senate
cannot agree on a proper measure,
it is highly probable tina: no legis~
lative action will be taken. Some
of the Eastern Senators claim that
the law runs another year, but
the Treasury Department will rule
that there is no restriction after
the foregoing date 1t is expected
that the coolies will swarm over
the British Columbia and Canadian
lines by thousands as soon as that
time comes. The blame for this
condition Of affairs seems to rest
with Senator Dolph, of Oregon, and
Congressman Geary of this State,
who for personal reasons refused to
compromise on one measure. They
will be rewarded later.
The Two Canals.
A meeting of committee from
the recent Nicaragua Canal Con-
vention was held in San Francisco
on the 22d ult. The committee
did little except to prepare a series
of names from which delegates to
the forthcoming National Canal
Convention will be selected.
A despatch from New York,
dated the 25th, says: The Panama
Canal enterprise is threatened with
total collapse, the Colombian Gov
eminent having removed the chain
across the channel entering the
canal which the canal company
had placed there to prevent traffic.
The company has now chained the
canal itself This will stop produce
and timber RATS descending to the
port. High Government officials
state that the canal people: having
sold a portion of their machinery
in violation Of the concessions, the
Government will probably annul
the contract in protection of the in
dustrial interests.
South Sea Politics.
A cablegram from Auckland
dated the 22d says: According to
advices from Samoa, the Mataa-
fites are growing in strength and
threaten to rebel. Government
funds are exhausted and natives
are two years in arrears in pay
ment of taxes, and the situation is
critical.
Herbert l.. Rand, United States
Consul to the Marshall Islands,
left this city on the 25th for Wash
ington. Mr.. Rand is in the posi-
ton of a king without kingdom,
In 1891 he was appointed Consul
to the Marshall Islands. After
waiting six months in Honolulu
for means of transportation to his
remote consulate, he at last OBJ
tanned passage on the trading YES
sci w. II. Amy, bound for Micro
nesia. Arriving at Ponape, the
Consul found the islands in pos
session of the Spanish military
colonial authorities. The Spanish
local authorities permitted Mr.
Rand to land, but refused to recog.
nize any consular representative Of
any nation whatever. Under the
circumstances, Mr.. Rand awaited
himself of the visit of a Spanish
steamer from Manila to proceed to
that port, whence he travelled back
to the United States via China and
Japan, arriving here on the last
trip of the steamer China.
Ocean Mail Subsidies.
The House Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads has appar.
emily cut down the appropriation
for ocean mail subsidies from the
estimated figure of $794,O00 to
1921, 831.49. 1t explains, however
that there is large unexpended
balance from last years appropria
ton, which is made again avail
able.
Sporting.
The fight between Clarence Tur
ner (colored), of Stockton, and
Mccain, of Philadelphia, was wor
easily by the former.
Robert Bonner has finally put
the great Sunol in training to &C
against her record. Senator Stan
ford says the mare will get down tC
2:05 if she has the opportunity
but Bonner does not look for such
speed.
Sullivan and Corbett have put
up $4,000 apiece with the Olympic
Club of New Orleans to bind them
to the coming fight in September
The tug-of-war tournament in
this city is in full blast, and is at
tended by thousands of people.
Shipping News.