Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-09-13
ASIATICS ARE TURNED AWAY
Steamer Mont Eagle Brings Many
0rientals to Vancouver.
COMPANY FEARS TO LAND THEM

Japanese Debark Mt victoria, while
There is Great Delay over
IIindus - Gamers Are
UO in Arms.
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 12-Advices from
Vancouver state that the mayor of Van
couver has warned the captain of the
steamer Mont Eagle which has on board
ia Japanese, 1i9 Chinese and 94l Hndus
destined for this port, that he would be un-
able to guarantee a safe landing there be-
cause the unonists have expressed their
determination to resist the immigration Of
any more Asiatic laborers. 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 compare
lively quiet, but an outrage by two China
men yesterday has again infamed the
people. The Mongolians. while passing
along the main streets. saw a white baby
sitting on a door step. 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 much the worse.
An angry crowd started in pursuit. The
Chinese had a good start and escaped. The
fact that no arrests have been made has
not tended to allay the temper of the peo-
| pie.
( The city council prohibited a wrestling
match which was to have taken place to-
night between white man and Japanese
| The entire Japanese colony had bought
I tickets for the encounter and trouble was
/ threatened.
Would Send Them to ottawa.
| SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. ia special
! to the Post Inteligencer from Vancouver.
b. c., says:
With a subscription list headed by Mayor
| Bethune with $l0O, and which up to last
night had grown to $l,50O, Vancouver citi-
zens will charter train and placing at
least 500 Hindus, who arrived in this city
| yesterday by the steamer Mont Eagle on
board, will ship the East Indians, bag and
! baggage, to Ottawa, the seat of the fed
! eral government This is the plan evolved
and which is to be carried into effect to-
! day, providing the necessary amount of
money can be raised.
on board the Mont Eagle were hundreds
| Of Chinese japanese and Hindus. The
! Hindus formed the greatest part of the
! human cargo and the plan to ship them
! to Ottawa with the compliments of Van
| couver. is an outcome of the recent ori.
! entail disturbances.
| The steamship company, fearing trouble
! landed nearly all of the Japanese at Vic
! toria. At Vancouver the dock was roped
| off for two blocks and heavily guarded
:
night an attempt was made to land the
Hindus An immense crowd had gathered
| and the officials were afraid to let the
/ Hmdus face the crowd alone
/ They were returned to the ship with the
announcement that they would stay there
The white labor unions yesterday served
thirty days notice on employers of ori-
| labor A refusal will be met with strikes
! and boycotts.
| Canning Industry Threatened.
BELLINGHAM. Wash. Sept, l2-An
anonymous letter received here warns all
Japanese and Chinese in this city to leave
at once. Japanese working at the can
neries are armed and say they will resist
any attempt to force them out of town.
The Chinese, however, will not make a
strong stand.
b. b. Deming, general manager of the
! Pacific American fisheries, says II the
/ orientals leave the salmon canning in
dustry is doomed and the Japanese are
being persuaded to affiliate with the labor
unions.
Chicago Has Oriental Problem.
! CHICAGO, Sept ia recommendation
! by the superintendent of the Chicago pub
lie schools to the effect that certain adult
! foreigners be admitted as pupils in one of
! the schools brought out the fact that pro-
! posals to admit any adults, especially any
orientals, will meet very strong opposition
! from members OF the school board. Super
| ntendent Cooley, in formal communca-
! tion last night recommended that three
! Japanese, one Persian, one Hollander two
| Irishmen and ain Englishma be admitted
| TO all ungraded room which had been pro-
! vded at the Jones school building. DR..
/ Guerin, one of the school trustees, imme-
! dately objected to admitting any adults
and especially any oriental adults to the
! schools where they would be thrown into
association with children. other trustees
| objected also on grounds of impropriety
of devoting school funds for educating any
adults, and particularly Objectionable
adults. The attorney OF the board being
appealed to said he had doubts of the
/ legality of admitting any pupil above the
age of q, but declined to express an opin-
! ion ofIhand. The whole matter was then
referred to the COMMITTEES on school man
agement.
TOXIC Sept. 12-The Jiji, in a leading
editorial to be published tomorrow, greatly
deplores the fact that an incident similar
to that at San Francisco has occurred at
Vancouver which is part of the territory
of an ally of Japan The Jill believes that
the trouble at Vancouver was occasioned
B
borers from Hawaii after the enforcement
of the exclusion measure by the govern
ment at Washington, coupled with the con-
tagion of anti-Japanism rampant on the
Pacific coast OF the United States. This
had famed the anti-oriental sentiment
which had existed for several years in
British Columbia and had only been pre-
vented from assuming legal form by the
attitude of the Dominion government. The
paper, however, emphasizes the fact that
the outbreak at Vancouver, like the trouble
at San Francisco, is only local. II says:
The regret already expressed by the
Canadian government, coupled with assur-
ances OF the prevention Of the recurrence
of a similar incident even a royal message
having been sent to the Dominion authoTi-
clearest evidence 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 Cana
dian police are more efficient than those at
San Francisco. and there is every reason
to believe that the fullest protection will
be given to our cOmpatTiots at Vancouver.
While the present incident is limited
locally and is against the general sentiment
of the British public, and as such, IL
possible Of speedy solution, yet II must be
remembered that Il is pregnant with the
most difficult complications now facing the