The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24
HAWAII AND THE CHINESE.

\t|HAT will it profit California in her struggle against
Wv Asiate immigration to annex Hawaii with more than
10000 coole laborersf We have found it impossible
70 Wholly exclude Chinese when the door of admission
at our city, subject guardianship vgi
lance and eaneness How shall exclude them when the
door placed miles away guarded only by planters who
wish eooe labor? the willy Mongoian sneak in at San
FRANCISCO will he not walk in at his Honolulu
We have had ample experience of the difficulty of protect
Ing our frontier against the cooe invasion. The records of
courts are full of instances of between American law
and American wathuness side and Chinese ingenuity
ana corruption the other The victory has been always
on the side of the law In spite of that Federal officials
could do in spite of public opinion raised the point of in
dgnaon in spite of the cusadng zeal of labor unions, in
spite OF the noessant warnings aroused press in spite
all the forces of the community thousands of Chinese
have made their unlawful way into the United States through
the doors of San Francisco ITSELF What will prevent their
coming through the doors at Honolulu
We publish in another column this morning full review
the lessons taught by this experience Attention recalled
10 the days when by of habeas corpus wrtS Chinese
were brought through the into the country by thou
sands The frauds involved in this immigration nOtor
ous Ona single ship GOO Chinese brought to the United
states, and all OF them landed 1t is estimated that
$4,000 paid corruption fees to procure
sion OF this alone The evil grew extent and twice
the Federal Grand Jury took action suppress it. This is
the record in San Francisco where the great of the peo
and other law officers representative of that sentiment and
sympathizers with it, What will be the record Honolulu,
Where the planters will demand coolies for their planta
ons and where the law officers will be very likely sympa
thize with them and inclined bend the law help them
1t not from the past only that warning comes The
current of the time abounds with illustrations of the
menacng danger. 1t but few days ago that Colonel
Schar inspector for the southern district New York.
signed the office for the expressly stated that
Chinese admitted with the connance of the Government
ofca all along the northern border that the preense of
excluding them farce in which he unwilling take
part Men in the employment of the Government are maxi
Ing $4,000 year each from the illegal Importation of
Chinese says Colonel Scharf and he adds have never
been able to bring about the dismissal of any the
gagged in smuggling Chinese in aided by their official posi-
TONS these things done along the northern border
States where white labor has voice. voe influence and
power to oppose the wrongdoers, what will be done in
Hawaii where labor weak and wealth demands coolest
Another warning of the time to from Seattle
where Federal Judge has technical point law declared
null and void of the checks used by the Treasury Depart
ment to bar the Chinese from country Judge
found to defy public opinion and ignore public expedency
far as to set aside the established pecedents of
make way for incoming Chinese what could expect
Judges chosen from the Eastern States where public sentiment
indifferent the subject and hold Honolulu
where there exists dominating desire for Chinese labor2
these are serious questions The fear of an Asiac in
Vason is neither bugaboon superstition 1t ever
present and menacng danger The era in China means
an era of emigration the part of her crowded millions
ne Mongolan hive is swaming We must shut them from
America or they will ruin civilization ocusts destroy
harvest We with difficulty bar the door at San Francisco
Could we close it at all at Honolulu