The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-02

cnance tfflS time or thelr getting
through.
The immigration laws of British Co
lumbia are strict regarding aliens, and
the japanese Consul-General there is
making every effort to prevent his
countrymen being given false promises
here as indicated in the following let
ter from Consul General Morikawa of
Vancouver, to Consul-General Mkt
Saito of Honolulu:
OF THE JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS
WHO ARRIVED ON THE MAIN
LAND FROM YOUR PORT.
Having received cable advice from
the immigration authorities of this
country, on the 2Sth ultimo, regarding
thirty-six japanese immigrants who
had arrived at Victoria by the Austria
| liam packet Aorangi and were all re-
fused landing in this country for the
reason that they did not possess GER
| tain necessary qualifications required
! by the immigration law, I dispatched a
member of the Consulate to Victoria
and as the result of the latter's inves-
| tigation, have obtained the following
facts:
/ That these immigrants had embarked
on the said vessel with the intention to
reach San Francisco or Seattle;
| That they were induced by person
named Nagusa, who lives on Fort
street of your city, and j. P. Ball, No.
"a King street, also of your city, in
the belief that by taking the said yes
sci they might easily land on the main
land without even the necessity of hav-
ing ''show money"
That besides the regular fare, they
paid seven dollars to ten dollars each
as the commission to the agents who
thus guaranteed them with safe trans
portation and easy landing. ETC.;
That after they were all embarked
they We're told by Nagusa that the
steamer would not call on the United
States mainland but he assured them
that the agents at Victoria would look
after the immigrants on their arrival
at that port and cause no incon-
venience to them, ETC., ETC., thus COM
pletely cheating them.
The Immigration Law of British Co.
lumbia not only requires an immigrant
to undergo an educational test, but the
immigrant, if rejected on the failure of
such test has to get out of the country
on his own responsibility, the steam
ship company who had imported him
having no responsibility whatsoever in
/ the premises. The immigrant in de-
Sfault of this law will be punished with
| the fine not more than five hundred
dollars or by imprisonment not more
than three years.
| The immigrants who arrived from
| your port, however, are not prepared
for this emergency, having only small
| amount of money with them as the re-
suit of placing too much trust in the
words of the agents. Consequently they
were to receive the penalty. After sew
| eral conferences with the immigration
officials, I had, however, obtained a
respite in their behalf during which
time 1 shall able to send them away,
with the help OF several public spirited
residents of the place, to Seattle and
! San Francisco and thus closed this dis
| agreeable episode
According to their statement there
are over a hundred more of Immigrants
who intend to leave there CHonolulW
under similar methods by an Austria
liam steamer which leaves your port on
| the 18th inst for this port. AS you are
we'll aware, the Japanese government
is at present prohibiting the migration
of her Immigrants into this country
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