CHINESE QUESTION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXX, Issue 8578, 4 September 1888, Page 5

CHINESE QUESTION.

RUMOURED INVASION OF AUSTRALIA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT,] [Special to Pbrsb Association I .] [Received Sept 3, at 12.30 p.m.] LONDON, Saw. 2. The rumour that China intends to invade Australia in 1891, "when her armaments are completed, is being circulated in England. The Press generally consider that it is reasonable on the part of Australians to restrict the inevitable flood of Chinese by aiiy means in their power. [Received Fept. 4, at Ll 5 a.m.J The Pall Mall Gazette, in an article on the Chinese question, expresses the opinion that the difficulty bars the way to Imperial Federation, and that it may probably lead to the political severance of the Australian Colonies and Great Britain. A correspondent writing to the Times says the arrogance of Sir Henry Partes in dealing with the Chinese difficulty in Australia, has led to the rejection by China of the American Treaty. The writer further expresses the opinion that Chinese emigration from Hong Kong could he checked if proper laws were enforced in Australia. NEW YORK. Sspt. 2. The opinion obtains here that the rejection of the American-Chinese Treaty by China is due to the amendments made by the Senate in the original draft. [Received Sept. 3, at 10.55 p.nuj MELBOURNE, Sept, 3. r Th© case. Ah Foy v. the Collector of Customs, in which the plaintiff, a Chinaman, claimed damages for not being allowed to land recently, was heard to-day before the Court of Appeal, and a verdict was returned for the' plaintiff, damages to be hereafter assessed. The contention for the defence, that the ratification by the Government of the powers of the Collector of Customs was equal to ratification by the Queen, or that it was within tho power of the Victorian Government to advise the Queen in matters of State, was held to he untenable. The Chief Justice disagreed with the verdict. An appeal to the Privy Council is regarded as certain to follow.