JOHN CHINAMAN.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7905, 14 January 1904, Page 2

JOHN CHINAMAN.

(To the Editor.) Sik,-I read with much satisfaction your article in this morning's is* ?£ manly, but unpopular, defence of. John Chinaman, and I have also read with partially all public establishments includmgthechi Q eße places of buSnew, and I cannot think that had there bwn more than a mere substratam of truth in the report given, the inspector womd t L*so^™^?* 11* ne^ssary action to have the alleged evils remedied. The fact of the matter is the Chinaman is disliked not for his vices, which hehiS in common with the rest of humanity bu because of the many virtues wS enables him to compete Bucce»sfullv It us the old story of "Give a doe a bad name, and hang him," and I ™rUPw nif- he f hi«hly-°olo«ed picture of your Wellington contemporary as i fomenting of a popular, andmori, or leg. unfounded prepdice-a pandering to the ignorant majority included in the term 11 the people," by which this country™ now ruled-a cowardly attack Son those incapable of offering a defence, and you justly remark « not well versed in the law of libel." By all means X continue to restrict immigration from the Flowery Land, in spite of the fact that Britain forced her way into Chin* vi et armis, since we are bound to admit that our white population cannot successfully compete with such a patient industrious, and nerveless race- but once they have paid the (to them) enormous impost for the privilege of entering the country, and are hefe, by all that is right, and in keeping with oS boasted traditions of fair play Jet ™ treat them with justice; and whiX admitting that wjere theyT re cT gregated m large numbers vices are abundant, under numerical control, as we have them here, let us be honest enough to admit that so far as our experience goes, of onn * and evil, their virtues 8 p^domuff We occasionally see a, the press "Raid on a Chinese gambling den," and we ! have all read how a number of China! me\Ti handc«<fed together and marched through the streets of WelC. [ ton, because caught in the wicked act of playing a game called "Fan-tan," Bnt how many of the leading business men o Welhngton-not to mention Justices of the peace-must hay e shaken hand, with themselves at the thought that the Xrk^ 8h °f °ne and fowl 3-K other, and the cosy resorts where they daily indulged in their little flutteren. joyed a considerate immunity from tha Jt f *i 6 m*n *» hl ™>™* even £5 it been otherwise, and had they be.n caught red-handed, they being 7 whjft men, and opulent, would never hay« been treated, whilst still untried, wtth all the contumely and insult deierred on}y fey convicted criminals of thTdw^ gdye Nowwh&t does the Omnk?£ one is made the poorer, or in aS! respect much the worse. Wo muS bSJ m mmd that the Chinkie has abwUitdv no amusements in this country *!£ that our theatres tmd offjEJS divemon or reoreatien have neithS charm or attraction for him, and yeH ! ST* I sP. oon-f«ding GovernSnfc won t allow him to amuse faimselfafter that that fashion is extensively indulged in and overlooked where 'VeU-Vo-S British subjects are concerned, theW i says "You non-voting, unpopular, yellow heathen, how dare you indulej your taste for that wicked game called fan-tan? Abandon your horrid eastern love of gambling, and play the gamble games of bridge or pokerf like a me* chant or J.i»., or a gentleman, and then naving been privileged to give freely of your substance to his charitable institoj •10DS.l th u ? ountry ' we wvite Y o U to invest the balance of your hard-earned saymgs in a beneficent, elevating? £3 Christian institution known a« thl totalisator: but mind, now, doa*» yoa gamble-not even for the price of a ol ample of some one, and' yon K«;^. unfortunately unpopular^ and a Z? voter, are the subject of aU others with whom we lie to deal< J™* ™ imagine greater injustice or amoS flagrant hypocrisy.-l am)et ° c . * maK> C. J. Mosro..