The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-06-05
.A|NDUS TURNED BACK
BY CANADIAN OFFICIALS

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VANCOUVER, b. c., June 3.-(As-
sociated Press by Federal Wireless]
Three hundred and seventy-six Hihdus
win be returned TO India BY the steam
or KomaRata Maru which brought
them here from Shanghai,
The steamer was chartered especially
by a wealthy Hindu with view to test
ing the Canadian laws which have been
invoked to keep out Hindus,
, The government believes II IS on
legal and constitutional grounds and
the immigration authorities before tax.
ing action consulted with the justice
department. The immigration oiiiclalf
insist they can stop the entry Of
the Hindus on two grounds. They can
invoke the order in council which
was passed on April ], which prohibits
the entrance Of all artisans and laborers
into British Columbia for period Of
six months. The authorities also San
use the law which prohibits the en-.
trance into Canada Of Orientals EXCEPT
by direct passage from the country OF
their nativity. The present steamer, it
is claimed, lid not sail direct from In
dia, but frofl Shanghai.
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a political move. He admitted that
when he went into Office that he thought
the job should have been giyon TO a
Democrat, but that no man in the
party was capable Of performing the
duties Of the Office. He stated that he
did not know whom the other members
of the board had In mind for the Job
hut stated that he did not think IL was
right to discharge Whitehouse at this
time ihasmuch as the board had only six
months more TO serve.
Mcclellan spoke along the same lines
and demanded of Pacheco that IL
Whitehouse was ousted that a man as
good as Whitehonse be substituted aud
he doubted Paeheeo s ability TO do so,
declaring that Whitehouse was as eff
cient an engineer as there was in the
Territory,
Good Man in Mind.
Paeheco me back with the state
ment that he had a capable man in
mind to suggest to the mayor and
pounded his desk with his fist TO EN-
phasize that he was not playing pol
tiles In his attompt to get Water
house Is scalp and put a man Of his own
choice in his place. With almost a
shrek he proclaimed that the man he
will name is a Republican and that
there is no man in the Democratic
party who could Gil the BILL
After the session and when Water,
house had been nicely laid ON the shelf,
Pacheeo and Markham were asked for
the names of the men whom they were
grooming for the engineers sob,
Markham smiled and said his man was
closely connected with the tax frontage
movement. Further than that he
would say nothing.
Pacheco said: elf | should mention
1.-THE name Of my man the chancts are tina.
he would DO knocked 80 that no would
not accept. / will not make his name
public until can discuss the matter
with Mayor Fern
The mayor was standing nearby at
the time and Pacheco was asked to
make his choice known then aud there
However, the mayor baked vigor.
ously and with shrewd lookout for
his political fences announced loudly
10 the gathering about hlmi
"The new engineer must he appoint
cd by the board Of supervisors. You
created the oiiiee and 80 YOU must
name your man. When the board
agrees on man will appoint him
and not until then.p
Incidentally the mayor had not one
word TO say during the discussion In
the meeting and his connection with
the episode was TO simply put the two
MOTORS that came before him and de.
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