The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-22
HINDUS ON WAY
TO COAST WILL
Be UNWELCOME
NIPPON YESTERDAY HAD OVER A
HUNDRED-NOT WANTED ON
PACIFIC COAST.

The Nippon Maru mad about hun
dred and twenty-five Hindus as through
passengers yesterday. They will not
be welcome at the other end, juding
by publications in the San Francisco
papers, of which the following is a
sample:
Hindu laborers continue to arrive
at this port in every trans-pacific liner.
The Pacific Nail steamer Mongolia
brought 10, and nearly 100 more came
from the Asiatic coast in the japanese
liner Tenyo Maru. More of the Hin
dus are on the way in the liner Korea
due to arrive next Saturday, and hun
dreds more have left the Orient in the
Siberia and Nippon Maru. The unde-
sirables are coming here at the rate
of at least 300 a month, and immigra-
ton officials express the opinion that
the stream will grow and spread until
the coast is swamped unless restric-
tive measures are taken by the United
States government through its i'm
migration representatives at this port
Up to year ago there were scarce
ly any Hindus arriving at the port of
San Francisco, but since that time at
least 5000 have been admitted here by
Commissioner of immigration Hart H.
| North, who appears to be favorably
disposed toward the East Indiamen.
He has been reported as saying, in
fact, that there are twelve jobs for
every one of the Hindus arriving here,
and that on this account this class of
immigration should be unrestricted.
His views have, however, been dis
owned by the Washington government
but still under his instructions the
Hindus are admitted to this country.
This is the only port of the Western
coast through which the East India
man is admitted. At Seattle, where
formerly the turbaned and filthy Hin
du immigrant had been permitted to
land, the local Commissioner of Immi-
grafton stemmed the tide on the
ground that as the Hindus were poly
gamists they could not, under the law
of this country, he allowed to land.
Questions submitted to the Hindus
invariably brought the admission that
they were of the Mohammedan faith
and that the Koran permitted polyga
my That was enough for the Com
missioner at Seattle, and he had nc
difficulty in turning the undesirables
away from that port. They formerly
landed in British Columbia, but al
though citizens of Great Britain, the
Canadian Government required that
every Hindu immigrant should be
possessed of at least $500. That was
another effective barrier to the unde-
sirable, who seldom has more than
$25 or $50 upon arriving here.
Five Thousand on Way.
1t was then that San Francisco be.
came the objective point of the Hin
dus, about a year ago. Five thousand
have already arrived, and perhaps o.
600 more are already on the way to
join their countrymen. Because the
arrivals thus far have been men, who
have not brought plurality of wives
with them, they have been freely ad-
mitted, under the orders of Commits
sioner North, though the Hindus ad.
NIT their belief in polygamy. At least
every sixth one is an avowei polyga-
mist. All OF them, whether polyga-
mist or not are in the opinion of the
authorities, other than Commissioner
North, liable to become public
charge if allowed to land in this coun-
try. In a few instances the objec-
tionable East Indiamen have beer
sent back for that reason.
Last April batch of 1hirtv-five
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the shock being severe enough to de-
stroy several houses. No loss of life