The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
SUGGEST Big STRIKE
Canadian Unions Will Unite
Against Yellow Influx.
DEMAND CHANGE IN LAW
Trades Congress Delegates Instruct
ed TO Ask for NuIIiication of I'm
migration Open DOOr-Niue Hum
drcd HIndOOS Reach Vancouver to
Find No Accommodation.

ottawa. Ontario. Sept. ia vancouytr
special to-day says.
Every trades uHioH u British Columbia
has r'sdged itself 10 resist the entrance
into Canada of any mere yellow Iaborers.
The suggestion has even oecn made that
q huge strike all over Canada be called.
If necessary, 20 show that this is not a
local. but "a national affair.
Vancouver delegates going 10 the Do
mlniou Trades Congress al Winnipeg next
week have received direct Instructions TO
ask the council 90 request the Dominion
government 10 at once uulHfy that por-
tion OF the treaty which allows coIored
races 90 enter Canada ON the same foot
ing as white men, and instead TO substi-
tute rigid exclusion.
'As the Dominion government made no
provision for nine hundred Hlndoos who
landed of the steamer Monteagle here.
they had 20 return TO the steamer for
the night"
Hindoos Ready for Work.
Vancouver advices say the Hiudoos who
have arrived there are fairly well sup
piled with money, and that many Of them
viii start ou railroad work. There are
no women among the number. II is said
several exaggerated statements as to the
Vancouver trouble have been sent out
The fact that up &c s o'clock tonight
Mr.. Nosse was st,H without anything
formal from the japanese government IS
taken as an indication that there is not
likely 10 be much more serious trouble.
Mr. IshU. the special commissioner Of
the Japanese government. viii reach
here on Monday, and be the guest Of
Mr.. Nosse for some time. His mission
Is 90 specially investigate Japanese i'm
migration conditions. both In Canada and
the United States
Soon To Visit New York.
While the details Of the intended in
spection are not known TO Mr.. Nosse. II
is understood that Mr IshH will visit
New York and several Of the larger
American cities, probably going there
quite early IN his stay on this continent
Sir Charles Upper, ex-premIer an6.sor-
mer high commissioner for the Dominion
reached Canada to-day from England
He viii stay at Montreal for a short time
and then 90 to British Columbia.
u must confess" he said, "to having
been greatly surprised on arriving In
Canada 20 learn about the anti-Asiatic
riots in Vancouver. I quite realize that
they were 1nstigated by American agita-
ton from Seattle. but il is most unfortu-
nate that they should have happened in
Canada, "a part Of the British empire
which is likely 10 benefit greatly by the
alliance with the japanese"
On bis attention being drawn 10 the
reference Of Mr. Mcpherson, NJ P, TO
the Boston tea party Sir Charles said he
could give no Endorsement to such ideas
and he considered that the Use OF Ian
guage likely 10 give encoura cement to
ideas Of secession from the British En-
pire was to be deprecated.
Cannot Exclude Japanese.
Would you be IN favor Of limiting the
number of japanese that are coming to
British Colombian he was asked.
I do not see very well how that can
be done. I understand these men have
come over TO work on tie Grand Trunk
Pacific. which has had great difficulty in
finding sufficient labor 10 carry out its
contracts The company has tried to get
labor everywhere. and IL IS futile 10 say
that people shall not come into the cOun-
try who are willing 70 work 10