New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
HINDOOS in CANADA.
Un7ceIcomc Immigrants for British
Columbia.

immigration is as vexing problem to British
Columbia as it is to the United States. Having
excluded the Chinese and Japanese by an Increased
Dominion head tax, that province is nov confront
ed with q human influx from India Since him
docs British subjects the problem is one OF IN
creasing difficulty. These newcomers are sIkhs or
lower class Hlndoos. with no definite aim ana sc
stricted in their employment or labors by caste
which IS OF four shadcs-Behmlns. or sacerds sal
order: Kshatriyas soldieIs asI rulers: Sudras
laborors. and Parahs outcasty
The Canadian arrivals bes"IA 70 the ksh'~ was
and Sudras The prohibitions - eeir sects. unles.
surrendered. will unfit ther for service in Canaea-
They must do their Own coOkhs o. partass only
OF food cooked by members {. tne.F own caste
different castles cannot work toEether. nor can enc
be the agent OF the other Lon W ere smp.oyed
In any number, present their w1k is nosshe
equal o. the Orentals'. - trade and somes &c
knowledge they are sadly dehcSat. and are unit
physically for laborious pursuits Trey are tan
siclder and gHuEt, poorly clad. aoory'Ie ana
poorly noused. IN shack in Vanco's at .ne
time occu pled by a family OF two PHsents IT
>wcl,e children notSrously insufficient for 10
wants seventy tiindoos md lodging: SO times
heretofore the health antiquities ~iave etsted
families from this howell heca.se twas overcroWd-
Cd Six rclsous IS It. III complement Here. Ike
saralnes IN , box. the.s dc5,i,utes - .opeS and
occaeo naliy relieve their uoEotony ~ snGunsry
e9tests IN which bid coTa lie Vs. pr,.,sS
Nor" than twenty-five hu2a'"d fri.sea IN Bri'ish
e!d.Jiy aeainst Them Writing in rne Canadian
Canadian OUTLINES this situation n 4 pessirnlst-'
fashion and resehcs the conclusion nat the siEa
yaliy burten 20 th' oom,n GoyeFp ~ a, an9
~ ne nforftiuetc ot OF is sh'ects now on Csr
dian sou IL ce.Gs qs, That !he ,me Is a9S
the popular belief 80 Il Ga,y nes.s me HeSsssais
saint \ Stag a native ~ IGda. presents ne
diverse view. Quoting th0 late }ueeL Victoria 10
he fisGr Sha ds Re S enonces The t-easS
OF tho Hineoo immisTarts-tu British columbia as
tfg- taAfl md
OF Hostility" The causes OF thls immigration. the
Sa:9n' % the Neil as0q tP qoa in
British Columbia. MT Sing claims have been
The discussion OF the subject by the press anu
nC t oI u frant,ta furious saws he but IL has
been characterized also by the densest ignorance
49,, cmndiiions in modern India in general
10 obtain higher and better opportunities for
a livelihood man Hndoostan affords. he claims the
Vancouver due TO an insuihcicncy IN houses for
auder s Munro. the Dominion immigration in
are treated as they have been. They all have
money In their pockets 70 pay for whatever they
enphaticaly adds: Yes the trouble is. they can't
overcoming That East Indian mend Of herds
caste-and says those who are now In British Co
supply the acute wants of the newly arrived and
unemployed immigrant This goes To prove that
now materiaIizing. As 10 llindoo cleanliness. he
adds. that IS uroNtrbidi
His spirited defence is the very autthcsts Of M.
Willlaus's views. He claims that the Sikhs
tail, broad shouIdered ana deep winded; muscular
and rohust-men who can patiently put up with
hard. struggling, tough life This certainly joins
issue with Mr. WillAmss summary. Their quick
perception and bright Intelligence make them the
peer of "any immigrants that have entered
British Columbia from the Pacific coastal towns
or drlfted from the eastern parts of Canada" In
morals and abstcmousneSs they hold their own.
ana he triumphantly points that the police
court records in British Columbia have Vet To CON
tain the first conviction Of Hudoo The climatic
change. he contends. will not affect them, AMI.
coming from the Afghan border where caste is
construed literally. he believes they will not be-
hampered by It's regulation
The indiscriminate viEnclticn OF the Hindoos he
charges 10 ''hs mhoyant and iuhammatory yellow
cmnnatious from the moUbtdlv rabid press organs
OF Vancouver ana Victoria This hostility Is how
ever only sectional and that Il should exist n all
is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS him in view OF the fact
that Hndoos and Canadians alike are supporters OF
tho same empire. Despite the har, Ships ami diff
culties which they are now facing he believes they
win succeed in conquerins them. He thus con-
Cludes..
Meanwhile these immigrants supply additional
cords cement the union of the respective coun-
tries of the empire. and supply the link which viii
make these mcTuhCrs of the empire take
moro than passing interest in the successes and
problems OF one another. Let every one wish that
Canada be for the Canadians and India for the
East Indians Slut not AZ the sacrifice Of imperial
ties Review OF Reviews.