The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-02

=
some faHcied rule Of consistency OF
propriety 10 admit other undesirable
aliens Of the Chinese race.
UNFAIR OPPOSITION.
''Of course it is not questioned that
all Of these persons are entitled to en-
terrain such views, or any views but
the only proper means of giving them
expression in law is bv a res ri to
Congress The course pursued, how
ever, is denunciation of the officers who
enforce the law and misrepresentation
Of their acts, made either in w lful
disregard of the truth or in igror-
ance, and published abroad either
, through the public press or by any
other means which promises to secure
such frequent repetition as may serve
10 invest falsehood with a semblance
OF truth Occasionally such opposition
hnds expression in language If not
overt acts of resistance to the officers,
and instances are not lacking of Judi
cal officers justifying the release of
Chlnese found unlawfully in the Unit
ed states, on the ground that they
nave never approved the law, one such
oIIlcer gong so far as to denounce it as
a relic of medieval barbarism,' and
one judge suspending sentence of &C.
portatton Indefinitely in the case of a
/ chinese defendant who could not be
discharged upon the evidence even by
one who was opposed to exclusion.
such instances of judicial resistance
: are rare, fortunately, but thew serve
TO show the attitude of opposition i
winch conflicts with the discharge of
their duty by Chinese inspectors
That 1t has recently become SO pro-
nounced affords the Bureau, and
should the public likewise. the most
convincing evidence that the present
administration is effective, despite the
extent and persistency OF the resist
ance above described
CHINESE FRAUD.
There is. however. a far more Sc
rious obstacle than any above. recited
1t is all the more serious because it
can not be located precisely. nor can
the individuals or organizations
through whose exertions it is raised be
identified. There is no Chinese steer
age passenger SO destitute that money
practically without limit is not avail
able TO pay for his entrance He can
command legal advice of the most ex-
penslve counselors: he can secure wit
nesses to testify to anything. he can
tempt smugglers by payment of large
sums of money; he can carry his case
through all the tribunals up to the
supreme Court of the United States
his youth, his obvious ignorance his I
equally conspicuous poverty, his lack .
OF friends or relatives known to him
IN this country, his lack of knowledge
even OF the occupation TO which he will
apply himself if landed-all combined
do 81 N-;T- ~
ample funds from some source to Sc !
cure his admission in some way, if I
possible. It is not unsafe to say that
more money has been expended by the
few Chinese immigrants during the '
past year, aggregating a little less
than 1000. than by the million or more J
other aliens, in the attempt to secure
admission after arrival at our ports. {
This large expenditure, taken in I
with the cost of transpor }
lation and the expense of subsistence
while awaiting a final decision as to
the right of Chinese aliens to land,
eadS to the irresistible conclusion that I
Chinese immigration is systematically d
exploited by some organization which
must find its returns in the we'll known q
of the race in the pay
nent of it's debts. This view con- =
irmed by many circumstances, among -
which may be reckoned the reported Il
-ecent contributions of the members Of
he merchant class in this country TO
he agitation of the boycott in China "
lgainst American goods, which has for +
is purpose the repeal Of the exclusion D
avs. and the dissemination of such a
as are calculated TO '
nisIead those in this country who are q
gnorant of the methods of administer t
ng the law. Although, as stated, the y
precise source of this potent influence Il
IAN not be established with certainty,
It is felt every day by administrative
officers through its obstructive opera :
ion. 3d.. ->.-., --- d
MIsCoNCEPTIoN SHOWN. c
Those who openly denounce exciu- &
sion as now enforced assume an atti-
tude Of fairness NJ asserting that they G
favor a strict application of the law l
to Iaborers' who only are included c
they avef. in the intent OF the law ana {
treaties. In a sense this is true. al
though the laws on this subject for ten I
wears or more past are avowediy TO
exclude Chinese persons and persons
Of Chinese descent It is misleading
however. since it produces upon the
z 1