THE CHOW CURSE.

NZ Truth, Issue 107, 6 July 1907, Page 8

THE CHOW CURSE.

AN BNT/kIJSIASTIC MEETIN^

Unanimous Resoltttioo to Keegjf few Zealand White. H

* i; Tbie New: Zealand' public knows o; ' two] methods of Chinese extirpatigj C tha^b have foeen proposed* The first- ; legislative means, the second 'bir. b- j coJtting the unnatural aliea. WS repgard to the latter,- while thore a 1 f rents and poor wages amass;" ftbe indigent will buy m the oheapea. c market, and as the heathen cuts thi a prices under respectable trades-peopl Z he prospers exceedingly and wears tb bland smile of the Oriental who ha . won a prize m a pak-a-poo loiter* Z In Ohristchurch years back an' assoo X. ation was iormed which' fooycottel every person seen entering a Ctenai '_ man's shop, arid forcibly, ran :the yel low evil out of the retail trade j a] though,: at might be mentioned, iii * still grows the Christchurch caibbai + and carrot, and ihas probably, croi back into the retail trade voider V " name of McP&erson or O.'Brien.- Tj | curse at that time had not reach* the dimensions it is known to hail!? assumed an ■Wellington to-day, audi V a mixed population like the Empi] + City's the effectiveness of the boyco ' s as a weapon of extermination fin 4 doubt m the minds of ma©v. -i^ftsii « rate, with a PajMamfnti' H&dfeT >f Molesworthrstreet and ja crowl a Parlda'm'entiariiins, not <>ne\of rfrtiq L acknowledges that he l/ives the ChC \ i (or none within the vitd reoollectir t of lt Truth."), t-hc sdmplist and ma effective way seems t<j be to bri> f m an .Act at once anflj ' EXTERMINATE TltE BRUTE^ L If the Act stops at njeTely preven i«" ing future invasion, t>lje boycott cif v be brought to bear oil the remnaJ |^ of the yellow: agony 4 at remains' j the colony. i ! i. On. Friday, of last wlek Mr f AY ■:': t Herdman ' presided over a full mcc Z inn; ; of anti-Cihbw sym^.lyMsers at tl Q . Druids' Hall, when a ptter was i " ceived ; from Premier /Ward recalli] »_ the ' fact that 'he hai always stre ~t uously advocated the ; maintenance [ the purity of the whi'e race. v "I a ,l ways have used, and am still pi ' s pared .to. use," he sain v every mea: " c m my, power to effect) the end I ha 3 mentioned and prohib/b m New ZO&, lan'B the immigratim of Asiatic^l He mentioned "the i disastrous .&« fluence on the cahinj't-makiri'g ti'( fon _ by ithc Chinese m Vitoria, and 4m ocludefl, "I shall be and wil^'"' to bring m legislation to ren^i-i, such a state of t-hinTs:" This Sg?*f decided enough, but 1 it would Lj-i e A been more satisfactoly Kid the t?» _ f d«moorat specified the character yi the legislation. l"jt>w, , Opposit!?}.. Leader Massey did /o specify his fj tention by rushing jn eagerly wiMj copy of Hansard tq'prove that he ifC'i, advised, the, colony h double then" tax. This remedy fc so ineffective 7<3<J to recede into obstirdty when vie\ e L, as a remedy at a/1- If the Chin ;' are prepared to p^y £100 to. get to this country God they wo j s haggle over m estra hundred. It! „„ doubtful if they tould .find '£1000 N insupera-ble,- liar.i \ ' I. 'At the meeiin-g utder review Mi"' £ r A,JLd£V& moved, '"Jhat an anti-^i* "VMth tlJe 7 oh^2ct of regaining control of the fruit industry and the' laiinil^ ries of t<he city-." His method, was the boycott- He held that the only, feasible way, to ri'df the country, of the Chow rested with- the white people themselves and not with the House of Representatives. The Europeans,, by patronising their own tracers,, would soon starve the ; Asiatics out of the country-, Mr ! <l* Cameron 1 , who was amongst the promoters of the first Anti-Chow League m t&e Wairarapa, held that it was impossible to use the 'boycott' m Wellington, while the poorer class of people had 1 -to patronise the Morn gol. Mr W^tbrooke;,, of tKe ; Tra3es an 3 Labor Council,, moved as an ameDidT ment,. ''''That, tbis meeting declares itself emphatically m favor of a white • New Zealand, and urges upon the Government the desirability of passing legislation prohibiting the" immigration of Chinese and other ''Asiatics." This replaced the motion, by consent,, and. was carried after considerable discussion. It seems a pity, that' ithe meeting : did not specify. THE EORM OF: IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION,. Mr'Camescon holds that £10005 poll tax should be imposed,, while others favor the law of an education test, which obtains m the Commonwealth..; Of course, Parliament can , exclude them altogetheri without any, teat, but there are some sensitive! members who, fear international complications. In !Australia'-s case a straigjhit-out ftot of exclusion was passed and. submitted for the Sotfer-i eiom's Consent, but it was represented that Britain* which has a navyi equal to thbse of any two nations^ would rather climb roomd, ibhe-prablem m a diplomatic way. The. taste of the elderly, mother country' for diplomacy; is becoming a craze./Wfierefore an *Act (effecting the same.-,-G}ir jecti), was passed enabling the /Customs officials to force dark visitors to iwrite a sentence m Greek or iLatdn or Poliahy or some language that is as strange to them as the Conditior.s of life m the .planet Mars.- This excludes all Asiatics and colored per-r sons- New- Zealand might do this. If might go further and include a 'deportation' clause, hut the session 1 is now on, and we shall see what iwe shall see. •