MISCELLANEOUS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1106, 13 February 1879, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Chinese question (writes the San Franfisc > correspondent of the New Zealand lltrald) is .still a vexed one. The famine in China is looked upon as the eventful cause of our shores being flooded with the plague of Mongolian immigration to an alarming extent, in which case California will rise to a man to suppress it, and it is feared that nothhigbut bloodshed will quell thedillietilty. Strenuous efforts are being made to nip the expected trouble in the bud ; yet for every ship-load of departures among the moon eyed pig-tads, another shipin- nt comas ir>. Denis Kearney has effected nothing by his rout and sivaggc-r, and the trouble remains in s-aiut qw>. This coarssmouthed Irishman has been through the United States, making a great stir in his peculiar way, attracting great crowds of fellowworkmen in his trail. He has held meetings everywhere, and under most trying circumstances ; but, after all, his declamations have erded in th; thinnest of smcke, and the impre sion he has left behind him has been one mo;e of ridicule than anything else. The working men have settled down, convinced that Denis is not the right man in the right place ; nevertheless, he was received here on his return two weeks ago, with acclamations and enthusiasm, and a torchlight procession to boot. The agitation he created has died a natural death, and the verdict is that Denis had better go back to his dray.