Truth THE YELLOW PERIL.

NZ Truth, Issue 105, 22 June 1907, Page 4

Truth

THE YELLOW PERIL.

Published evert Saturday Morning at Ltjke'b Lane (off mannerb- . stbebt), Wellington, n.z. ' subscription (m advance), 13s. ! per annum. .■■-■' SATUEDAY, JUNE 22, 1907.

The meeting convened last Wednesday evening for the purpose of discussing the Obiwarnan and the evils following m his wake, and form an Anti-Asiatic League m Wellington, was mot half the success it should have been. No doubt the wretched weather that prevailed militated against an overflowing meeting, though the fact is not to be lost sight , of that indifference to ithe growth of the Chow curse was as much responsible as anything else for the poor showing made by a Wellington public. Indifference means toleration, and as long as the public maintain. a spirit of ''don't care" so long will the evil-: eyed Mongolian continue to prosper m our midst ; so long will he continue to be a menace to racial purity ; arad so long will his dens be veritable hot->beds of undescribable' filth and vice. Nevertheless, though the meeting held on Wednesday last was not suob an enthusiastic success as it ought to have been, those present displayed sufficient spirit to indicate .that if puWic opioidon can but be properly aroused, a solution of the Ohow problem may be arrived at, and until Well'imgtoawans are awakened to the danger that is besetting (them, this paper is very much afraid that nothing- will ever ba done Ito settle this Chinese Quest-ion. This meeting on Wednesday night would have proved a miserable frost had it not been for several members of the audience, who, ill-satisfied and i disappointed at the efforts of the lecturer. Mr J. Cameron, promptly mounted the platform- and endeavored to throw some light on the evil. Of Mr Cameron's efforts, "Truth" is riot going to say much. He, it seems, is responsible for the foundation m the Wairarapa of several Anti-Asiatic Leagues, and his endeavor to form a similar League ' m Wellington should receive the hearty co-operation, of pv= cry cordial hater of ■®e~eb'ow"in Wellington. The only Asiatic New ,a£?aland just now should fear jn the Ohini^man. Therefore the League . to be an Anti-Chinese combinatijm. To deal effectively with the Chinese fs what is desired, attention could next be directed to other Asiatics. Mr Cameron, '■'Truth" regrets to say, is no orator. He is not a convincing speaker, his ignorance of the subject with which he attempts' to deal is amazing, though, if his efforts are earnest, and if -he is not after a paid job as secretary of the League, and proposes to live «. on the game, then he is deserving of the support of everybody. Who and what 'Mr Cameron is, "Truth" nor anybody else seems to know, nor much less care, but 'he should, ere -he sets out to catechise Wellingtonians on an evil, the nature of whioh they know ton well, aacfuaint himself wito facts. The only remedy that Mr Cameron is able to propose is a £1000 poll-tax: He wants vigdlance oominijttees -formed to scour the slums ; m fact he wants more than he is ever likely io get. The idea of .a £1000 rjoll-tax is not given birth to by the Cameronaan. It would be interesting to note what would happen if Parliament, sanctioned the imposition of a £1000 poll-tax. The possibility is that,., considering, the faot that Great Britain herself is a greajt Asiatic natiiion, involved m defensive and Conimeroial treaties with the Chinese and Japanese, such an enactment would no* receive Royal assent. The solution . of the difficulty lies with the ' people of New Zealand, as Mr. W'.'.A. Lloyd pointed out at the meeting. The best, the only remedy' that Welling[tonians have, is to boycott the Chinaman. Starve him out n and he will remove his obnoxious presence elsewhere. That is the remedy, and to educate the people to the proper use of the instrument of boycott should be the aim of the' Asiatic League. To imagine that the people of Wellington will spontaneously rise and form themselves into vigilance committees to scour the: slums, and to take the names' of people who patronise Chinamen is absurd; The efforts of an Asiatic League should be directed against the Chow, m that he is a danger to our nationality, and to point out the risk the white man runs through a fusion with the Yellow Alien. If the Chow is to be suppressed he must be starved out, and this can, only be done by shunning him. Trade with white people, and boycott the Chow should be the motto of the League.