Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
OF TAWh WILL BOW
TO RACE PREJUDICE
lshii and Laurier to ARRANGE
Exclusion Protocol.
HINDUS IN SORRY PLIGHT
Five Hundred Are Homeless and
Shelter Denied Them.
ANTI-ASIATIC FEELING STRONG
Sir Charles Tupper Blames 1t All on
American Agitation-Demands
of Trades Unions.
ANTI-AsIATIc FEELING STRONG
Special Dispatch to The Star.


VANCOUVER, b. c., September 1.-THE
! cry of the unonists to limit immigration
| of all Asiatic labor viii probably be satis-
fed to some extent by the arrangements
| which are being made at Ottawa for a con-
ference Monday between Premier Laurier
and Baron Ishii, the special envoy of the
foreign office of Japan. The conference Is
for the purpose of completing arrangements
for the limitation of japanese immigration
to British Columbia
This was the official solution of the ori-
entail problem announced in Vancouver to-
day. The federal government will send
special representatives from ottawa to make
a careful inquiry and report TO the govern
ment the facts, especially those relating to
the Hindus
Mayor Bethune received word from Pre-
mier Laurier last night saying the investi-
cation had been planned. The mayor i'm
mediatey telegraphed another demand for
the use of the dominion drill hall here in
which to shelter the Hindus.
There are over 800 homeless Hindus in
the city today. They roam about the
streets, mark for the gibes of the union
lists. They sent a special delegate to the
city council last night to appeal for place
to sleep in. They declare tnat the open air
of the last two nights is too cold, and fear
that, like fifteen of their country men last
winter, they will die of pneumonia The city
council returned word that nothing could
be done. and the Hindus have to s.eep any
where until the government grants the use
of the drill hall OF erects sheds.
- May Be More Rioting.
The Canadian Pacific has given the Hin
dus ground free upon which to erect tents
for shelter from the cold nights. So far no
tents have been erected. but the Hindus
say more of their countrymen are coming
and they will have to find permanent quar-
ters for them. 1t is question what will
become of the Hindus, as they are not as
Il rule, physically capable of performing
manual labor requiring any strength OF
muscle and endurance.
The ant-Asiatic feeling is still strong in
the city, and the hatred of the Cinnamon
for the whites is active. There was a small
riot in Chinatown last night, when several
whites Were set upon in Canton alley by ten
times as many Cinnamon. In the fight that
followed James McGregor was kicked and
beaten and dangerously stabbed. The whites
congregated, but were afraid to interfere.
a negro woman Of the under world saved
McGregors life by picking him up from
among the angry Cinnamon and carrying
him into a doorway
The white walters and the cooks gave
notice today that all the Cinnamon en-
pioyed in the restaurants and hotels must
be dismissed or they would quit work in a
body. But in spite of occasional outbreaks
1t is thought the riot feeling among the
whites is dying out and that the danger of
a general outbreak is over for the present.
General Strike Brewing.
A general strike Of the trades unions
throughout British Columbia is threatened
if any more oriental laborers are permitted
to come into Cana1a. The suggestion has
been made that huge strike all over Cana
da will be called If necessary to show that
this is not a local but national affair.
1t is said that the delegates going from
Vancouver to the dominion trades congress
at Winnipeg next week have received direct
instructions TO ask the council to request
the dominion government to nullify at once
that portion of the treaty which allows
Asiat.c races TO enter Canada on the same
footing white men, and instead to sub
stitute rigid exclusion.
Sir Charles Tupper. former premier and
former high commissioner for the dominion,
reached Canada today from Eng and. He
will stay at Montreal for short time and
will then go to British Columbia Speaking
of the Vancouver liOtS, he expressed him
Self Nas being greatly surprised.
Il fully realize that they Were instigated
by American agitation from Seattle" he
said but il is mCst unfortunate that they
should have happened in Canada. a part
of the British empire, which is likely to
benefit greatly by me alliance with Japan"