The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-30
IMMIGRATION
MUCH STUDIED
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN LOOKING
AFTER NEW ARRIVALS.

thOrity of Congress gathering infOrma-
ton in Europe, with Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor Straus making
tour of the Northern and Western
border and extending his trip into the
Hawaiian Islands, and with Commits
sioner General of immigration Sargent
making trips into Texas to Canada and
to the northeastern coast of the Unit
ed States, all for the purpose of look
ing into the matter of the immigration
of aliens, it is apparent to even the
most wilfully Indifferent that the oues-
ton of immigration is one which is
giving the Government much concern
Congress attempted to deal with the
general question of immigration, which
is growing in Importance with eacn
succeeding year, by making new regu-
lations governing it, and it also gave
the President power to restrict the in
coming of Japanese laborers, authority
of which he awaited himself. There is
little trouble now met with in the en-
forcement of the Chinese exclusion
laws, although the success with which
the Japanese are getting into the coun-
try in defiance of the regulations seems
to be stirring up the Chinese to re-
newed efforts to break into country
which seems to be the Mecca of wage
earners from all parts of the earth.
The recent trip of Commissioner
General Sargent to the northeast coast
was prompted, apparently, by the re-
port that a "long, low, rakish craft, %
of time-honored piratical appearance,
had been landing, or attempting to
land, Chinese on the coast of Maine or
Massachusetts. The craft, manned by
Portuguese sailors, who are supposed
to be given to such deeds as she was
accused of, was reported at various
points along the coast, and the Gus
toms collectors, with commendable
vigilance secured the country to tino
if possible, the iniquitous Chinese VINO
were alleged to be trying to smuggle
themselves under the folds of the
starry flag. The weather was stormy
and the doughty collectors had nc
summer outing searching along the
rocky coast. They discovered, they
said, that the piratical-looking craft
was bound for New Haven that ii
claimed to have been driven inshor'
by stress of weather, and they failed
to find any Chinese,
Rumors occasionally reach the inn
migration service in Washington thai
Chinese, as well as Japanese, are be-
ing struggled across the border of New
| Brunswick, Canada, Mexico and ship
ped across from Cuba. The officials
are watching every point at which they
think the unwelcome aliens could ge
in, although there are a few thousands
of miles of border which they can moi
watch all the time: They are picking
up Japanese all the time, but as t
Chinese, nothing tangible is discover
ed Yet, it seems reasonably certain
that some Chinese percolate through
the lines Only few days ago it was
reported that Chinese were trying t
get in from Mexico, by masqueradin(
as Mexicans, with sombreros, sashes
high-heeled boots and all the rest o
the costumes, even sacrificing theil
queues and disgusting the slant of theil
eyes with the aid of CREASED paint
Their speech was said to have betray
ed them, when they failed to give the
or" it's proper sound, and they were
chased back across the line.
Canada seems to be getting con
siderably stirred up over the question
of Oriental immigration. A recent is
sue of the Vancouver World contained
a sensational article featured on tn,
front page with head running across
the page: Evidence of Plans to FlooC
3. C. With Japanese" The articl,
stated that several agencies existed il
Vancouver and Honolulu for the i'm
portation of Japanese to Honolulu
Mexico and British Columbia. Th
Japanese Consuls were represented a
opposing the immigration schemes, ant
F. Yoshy, director of the Canadian
Nippon Contracting Company, sal,
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lazy, morbid and incompetent, and no
desirable immigrants. Consul Mort
kawa at Vancouver, is reported to hav
said that he warned the Japanese t,
stay away from there, as there wa
nothing for them to do.
On the other hand, N. Annon, repre-
senting the Japanese General Contrac
Company, declared that the japanese
would all get work in British Colum
bia. It was alleged that the japanese
clearinghouse Union of Vancouve
and the Syndicate of Japanese Hote
Keepers in Honolulu, were working
together to aid the immigration o
their fellow countrymen into British
Columbia.