The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-09-13
RUN OUT
HINDUs
BELLINGHAM, WN., THE
SCENE OF MOB RULE.
HUNDREDS WERE TAKING THE
PLACES OF WHITE MEM AT
THE SAWMlLlS.

While no information Of an official
character has reached the state de-
partment as yet concerning the sum-
mary and violent expulsion Of Hindus
from Bellingham, Wash, recently
it is confidently expected that if the
facts are as reported in the press, Am
bassador Brice will soon be heard
from. The British government takes
pride above all things in protecting
the lives and property Of its subjects,
so 1t is expected that as soon as the
British consular officer, who is report
ed to be looking into the matter, has
completed his investigation and COM
municated with the summer home OF
the British ambassador at Intervale,
N. H., formal complaint will be lodged
with the state department.
The state department is always en-
barrassed in dealing with incidents OF
this character, owing to the fact to
which the attention of congress has
often been called, that the national
government, and even the United
States courts, are not clothed with the
authority to enter the confines Of a
state, even to protect foreigners In
their treaty rights.
| All that the state department can do
in such a case as that at Bellingham
is to follow the well-worn precedents
established in Wyoming, Louisiana
California and elsewhere in cases
where foreigners have been mobbed OF
killed. That is, the department, in the
name of the president. may address
the governor of Washington, transmit
ting, perhaps, the complaint Of the
British embassy, if there should be
one, and requesting him to take steps
to prevent a recurrence of the trouble
Such appeals have generally been ct
fective and doubtless would be in this
case. Probably the claims for dam
ages sustained by the individual Hin
dus who were beaten, or driven ava.
from lucrative employment, will b
preferred.
If the aggrieved individuals care tt
do so they may bring civil actor
against the municipal authorities
Bellingham in the local courts, jus
as the Japanese restaurant and bait
house keepers have done in San Fran
cisco.
Report at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash-Practically all o
the Hindus who were driven from Be
bingham have sought new locations
J ABOUT 40 reached Seattle next day.
large party lett for Los Angeles an
other southern cities and other
: sought protection in British Columbia
: Advices from Bellingham state tha
the town does not contain solitar
t Hindu at this time.
Bernard Pelly, British vice consul i
Seattle, with jurisdiction over the Ell
} tire state. has not yet been off1ciall
, notified of the hostilities toward thes
3 British subjects, demonstrated at Be
bingham.
Considering the method adopted b
] the people of Bellingham to these SUI
+ jects of their community, surprise
. expressed here that the matter hs
: not been referred even indirectly
: the British vice consul.
= Cali that l have heard of the Be
= bingham incident is what l read in til
q newspapers" said Mr.. Pelly.
: The party that arrived in Seatt
did not make charges of violent
Q against the Bellingham people, b'
g claim that they were given to unde
q stand that they should not renal
n there in competition with white labt
:. in the mills.