The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-24
CHINESE, H|NDUS
AND JAPANESE
All Look Alike to the Lab0rlng
Whites of the Pacific
Coast.

B. c., says:
With subscription list started to
day and headed by Mayor Bethun
with donation of 500, and which
grew to $500, Vancouver citizens ha'
planned to charter a train and place OF
it 500 of the Hindus who arrived here
| on the steamer Monteagle and shil
the Indians to Ottawa, the seat of the
federal government. The plan was
abandoned, however, when the Mont
eagle suddenly sailed from this port
returning to Victoria with its objec-
tionable Oriental passengers.
On board the Monteagle were hun
dreds of Chinese, japanese and Hindus
The Hindus formed the greatest part
of the human cargo, and the plan tc
ship them to Ottawa with the compli-
ments of Vancouver was an outcome OF
the recent Oriental disturbances.
The steamship company, fearing
trouble, landed nearly all of the Japa-
nese at Victoria. At Vancouver the
dock was roped off for two blocks and
heavily guarded by company employees
and police. Last night an attempt was
made to land the Hindus. An immense
crowd had gathered and the officials
were afraid to let the Hindus face the
crowd alone, They were returned to
the ship, with the announcement that
they would stay there until today.
The white labor unions yesterday
served 80 days notice on employers of
Orientals to replace foreigners with
white labor. A refusal is to be met
with strikes and boycotts.
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 12.-Adviees
from Vancouver state that the mayor
of Vancouver has warned the captain
of the steamer Monteagle, which has
on board la Japanese, 149 Chinese and
941 Hindus, that he would be unable
to guarantee safe landing there be-
cause the unionists had expressed
their determination to resist the i'm
migration of any more Asiatic labor
ers.
The steamship authorities feared to
assume the risk and the vessel has
been turned back to Victoria, where
the Asiatics will be landed.
Vancouver is reported as being COM
paratiyely quiet, but an outrage by
two Chinese yesterday has again in
fiamed the people. The Mongolians
while passing along one of the main
streets saw a white baby sitting on a
doorstep. They snatched it UP and
threw it into the middle of the street,
which was busy with traffic. 1t fell
among the horses feet and narrowly
escaped death. Beyond being bruised
it was not hurt otherwise.
An angry crowd started in pursuit,
but the Chinese escaped.
TOXIC, Sept. 1.-THE Jiji in a lead
ing editorial, to be published tomor-
row, deeply deplores the fact that an
incident similar to that at San Fran
cisco has occurred in the territory Of
an ally of Japan. It says:
stThe regret already expressed by the
Canadian government, coupled with
assurances of the prevention of the
recurrence of similar incident, even a
royal message having been sent to the
dominion authorities in reference
thereto, furnishes the clearest evil
denee that the Japanese have official
sympathy on their side. Moreover, the
power of the dominion government over
individual states is greater than that
of the government at Washington, and
the Canadian police are more efficient
than those of San Francisco, and there
is every reason to believe that the
fullest protection will be given to our
compatriots at Vancouver.
''The time will soon come when a
fundamental solution, completely re-
moving Oriental and Occidental fric-
ton, will be on the tapis as practi-
cal question.
The Hochi publishes the experience
of high japanese official who visited
a place near Vancouver where Japa-
nese are engaged in salmon fishing. He
went in company with the Japanese
consul and men who had interests
there, and states that the Japanese
laborers fairly insulted the party, say
ing: ''You have no business here. Run
away or receive our fsts.''
The paper quotes this japanese off,
cial as saying that the japanese there
were the toughest and rudest he had
ever seen. They Were totally ignorant
of common politeness, and he did not
wonder they had become objects of
hatred. They are ready to insult their
consul, when in good health, but when
taken sick they appear at the con-
sulate for assistance, as if claiming it
by right. The presence of such char
aeters only arouses the enmity of their
neighbors.
The Nichi Niehi in its adi+oriaI loo 1a-