Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-05-14

desirable and white. No black, yer
low or brown man need apply. He Is
not rejected on account of his color
That might lead to International com
plications. He is rejected on other
grounds, illiteracy, knowledge OF no
language, or for other reason. The
law is administered 80 that no col
ored man can get into Australia.
captain, on whose steamer five CHINA
men came as stowaways, was nned
$4,000 At the Queensland ports Gus
toms officers are specially vigilant IN
looking out for undesirable immi
grants. Two grave, military-appear-
ing individuals, wearing caps that bore
the label H. M. Customs" might have
been seen in my cabin, as the steamer
tarred at Brisbane. They turned over
every article of furniture and every
bit Of bed clothing in the berth to dis
cover whether or not Chinaman nae
been therein concealed, with or with
out my knowledge. | was not TO De
permitted to disturb the "Austraih-
for-the-white.man" policy.
Regarding only one part OF Aus
tralia there is serious consideration
of reversal of the white-Australia
policy This part is in the northern
territory, an immense, undeveloped
region, lying within the tropics, where
1t has, up to the present time, been
found impossible to colonize white
men. There are six states constitu-
ting the commonwealth of Australia:
New South Wales, Victoria, Queens
land, South Australia, Western Aus
trala and Tasmania. The northern
territory is directly administered by
the federal government, while the
states have even larger self-govern-
ment than the states Of the American
union. The white men cannot or, at
least. will not live in the northern
territory, though It has much rich and
fertile land In an area larger than
that part of the United States lying
east of the Mississippi river, are less
than two thousand whites. The cen
sus statistics show that this popula
ton has increased just q in q years
The northern territory remains large
" inaccessible until the construction
of the transcontinental railway, which
ia projected This railway and more
insistent immigration schemes may
!, change the conditions. section 0
|, the Australian press and public favo
,, departing from the white Australia
policy far enough to permit colored Ia
!, Dor to enter the northern territory, +
do what one Australian called the dor
key work" in development. This sec
/ ton is in the minority, however, an
, will doubtless remain so until 1t
!. demonstrated that other plans OF sci
! Element and development have bee
a tried, and 1t has been conclusivel
a shown that the occupancy OF tn
q northern territory by the white ma
q is impossible. If there be evil r.
!. sulting from the experiment In d
mocracy the white man, the Brito
!. away from Great Britain, Is respons
a BILE and the white man alone.
y Democracy TO the Limit.
IS The Australian federal constitution
9 modelled upon the Constitution of tn
10 United States, carries to the farthe'
70 limit the principle of trusting II
d. people. Every adult, man or woma
r has an equal voice In the election
70 both houses of parliament. There
u no property qualification and no CT
o. cumstance entities any citizen to mo-
"a than one vote. In actual practlc
at however, as Frank Fox, keen observ'
IN and long resident OF Australia, point'
rs out at has been found that the pri
TT ciple OF federalism imposes chez
m on the actions of the Australian par
IL ament, which is deeply resented
re the advanced labor leaders, and Il
10 inconvenience OF which is acknoV
g. edged by others. The constitution Il
lowed somewhat closely the Unit
as States model, and reserved very lar
ie- powers to the states-far larger, I
or example, than the states or provinc
py have in Canada. To provide TN
there should not be any arbitrary
croachment on state rights, stat
by house was set up, in which house,
,ly senate-the tiny state of Tasmai
DO has equal representation with the We
tx. large state of New South Wales All
o." the respective power of the states
u.s. the federation we're defined by I
MS written constitution and the nj
nd court of the commonwealth was ma
re. the guardian and Interpreter OF u
be- constitution"
he This high court, it may be obserV
but has kept jealous watch for a
gil trespasses by the federal power
ion state rights, and has declared sr'
icy deal OF the federal legislation "unc
hin stitutional," and therefore invalid,
re. cause 1t went bayond the powers
my en- to the federation or commonwea
be BY the constitution. This has crea
-~.~~-~-~O~~~-~-~~~~~~~-
~