The San Francisco call., 1897-10-27
CHINESE MUST
NOT COME IN
Hanford Decision Incites the
Missions to Renewed
Efforts.
Fear the Influx of Monaghan
Women Will Increase the
Slave Traffic.
Strong Efforts Being Made to Secure
Investigation of the Evil by
Congress.

The decision recently handed down by
United States District Judge c. H. Han
lord, that the wives and children of CHI
nese merchants doing business IN this
country are entitled TO admission without
certificates from their home government,
and the agltatlon of the question Of the
annexation of Hawaii, which would bring
about The addition of 20 600 more
coolies to the Chinese Por rulauon of the
country, have awakened new energy in
those who have been interested in the at
tempt to regulate The many evils result
ing from the Mongolians' utter disregard
of the laws of the country.
1t is predicted that the wholesale impor-
tation of women will increase in an alarm
ing degree the Wholesale traffic in human
lives, which is already carried on here to
such a great extent.
1t is a well-knOwn fact that slavery in
its viest form is already firmly estab-
lished in Chinatown, and the history OF
its practice as told in The CALL at the
time the Christian Endeavor conYe ntlon
was III session here opened the eyes of
lhose who were not already aware OF IL 10
the TACT thai the fourteenth amend ment
CT the constitution OF the United States
was being openly violated in San Fran
cisco.
The missionaries who are engaged in
work among the Chinese, and owing 70
whose efforts some of the thousand or
more girls held IN bondage here have
been rescued IRON their cruel masters, e.
gard the decision of Judge Haniord with
considerable alarm, and IL has spurred
them to take active measures to secure an
official inveslga ation of the existing evils,
with view to their correction.
The movement started by the Chinese
| mission OF the Methodist Episcopal
church the first part of last Augu,t to send
memorial to President Mckinney call
| ing 8 attention TO the conditions III eX-
lslence here and asking HIM 10 make 4
! recon- mendatlon TO Congress in regard to
1 the after, has received very little attan-
| tion lately, but will now De taken up
| again ana pushed for ali there is IN it.
The WORK of getting signatures was in
! the hands Of Miss l. Ike, and before her
| departure Tor Honolulu on a trip Tor rest
| from the severe WORK she has been doing
| considerable was done toward hlling up
! the petition.
Miss Lake has already hundreds of sig
! natures iii her possession, and there are a
mum Der of papers being Clrculat TED which
| have not as yet been handed in 10 her.
| She desires those who are circulating the
| petitions to renew their efforts and return
! the signed petitions to her as soon a. pos
| sible, In order that an estimate can be
maoe as to how much more WORK is neces-
| sarv in the matter.
! The ministers of the citv have taken
| considerable interest IN the matter and
nearly all OF the pastors have signed the
| petition and are securing the signatures
| of their congregations. The Presby terian
synod passed a resolution favorIng the
movement and the secretary of tne con-
| vention was aur horned to sign the peti-
ton for the synod.
No work has been done among the busi-
ness men yet, but they will be seen imme-
diately. and 1t is hoped that a petition
can De sent TO Washington large enough
TO insure some action on the part OF the
| President.