Truth THE MONGOLIAM MENAGE.

NZ Truth, Issue 112, 10 August 1907, Page 4

Truth

THE MONGOLIAM MENAGE.

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♦ The fact that m different parts of New Zealand are to be found a large number of black-coated clerics who have suddenly come to the conclusion that the much-maligned Mongolian is a dear lost brother ; that he is gentle and docile, that he is clean and law-abiding, : that, m fact, he is as good, if not better, than the mean white-skinned, is just the reason why the Chow should be feared, hated and detested more than ever by the self-same mean white. Whenever the olergy, no matter of what denomination, start out to oppose any principle, it is invariably found to be the case that that principle underlies some great national movement that makes for progress and prosperity and enlightenment m the communiity. Therefore, when we find that the cursed Chinaman is ' being championed by the clergy, it is only proper to say Ihat the Church is opposed to a White New Zealand. It is, however, only of late, ' since "Truth" 'has stirred the people of New Zealand to the realisation of the danger that besets them m the advance of the alien race, that clerics m New Zealand have given utterance to that peculiar cry that under any proposed Anti-Asiatic Law, Jesus of Nazareth would be held an alien. Such rank blasphemy as this would hardly be tolerated were it not that it came from the croaking, crooped throat of some cleric, whose broadcloth seems to give him license to blaspheme m the "Lourd's" name. Moreover, because this paper, of thecountless number of prints m New Zealand, 'has dared to tell the truth concerning the manners, the methods, and the lives of the Chinamen m Wellington and 1 elsewhere, it hasfacen described as a "hooligan a paper <leeent-min'dcd folk would not tolerate m their homes. Fortunately, this is an aged and hoary cry. It is used by the parson to serve liis own ends. Incidentally, it makes people curious to understand the nature oC that "unspeakable" paper. They purchase it, ,and become constan-' readers, weekly imbibing- the truih, the whole and bitter truth, that to some is not wholesome- • • * The formation of Anti-Asiatic Leagnes may m some 1 respects Le useful, if only for the^ purpose of keeping alive an agitation that must not "toe allowed to die. If Vigilance Committees of citizens were formed for the purpose of laying bare .m all its hideousness the sad truth of the wretched debauchery that is daily known to take place m the Chinese dens of Wellington, untold good could be* done. Unfortunately, citizens do not care to undertake that work. The shock is often a great one ; and'consequently only part of t'he truth is learned. This paper, again wishes to make an earnest appeal io the mothers and fathers of children, principally female children, to keep their off-spring out of the Yellow Devil's shop ; to teach their children to shun this social leper as they would His Satanic Majesty. If i>his appeal is effective, then wii- some good have been accomplished. To print the names of' some gdrls who are m the habit of frequentine: Chinese dens would mean disaster for them- They would he damned forever afterwards. But this much can he told. A few weeks ago two - rather flighty girls came before the local court. Whether it was their nature;, or not, to he wayward and head-strong, those girls have, within less . than a monthi, become notorious as Chinese molls.It is their habit to frequent Chinese dens m Haining, Tory, and other streets- It is a matter perhaps of a day*, or a week — it cannot be much more— than that those two girls will be imprisoned as vagrants. If the cler>gy, or the Y.W.C.A. wowsers had interested themselves m the moral welfare of the girls at the factory, where these little vixens were employed, there might have been little occasion for the remarks "Truth" is making to-day. It is a notorious fact' that m the City of Wellington there are an uncommonly large number of girl Chinese prostitutes who swarm rounfl Chinese dens like bees round a hive, and the wonder is that the police of Wellington, instead of bestowing so much attention on the beer-stained helpless harridan of the pave, do not give more of their time to catching and caging those Mongol minotaurs who primarily are responsible for the awful debacle of many young girls m Wellington. Do the "police ever pay surprise visits to the Chinese dens of the crty ? If white people, iromenticna-Me parasites m tne social scale cs they mar be, arc suspected of keepin 0 ; brothels or of harboring young jrirls on their premises, the police, rightly enough, too, are very alertful and keep 'at their prey till they secure conclusive r-vieVnee for a conviction. It is only, however, when the fact becomes too glaring Ihi.t tl.-i' concupiscent Chow is ruiniiiu: and debauching white girls, that when they a.re practically caught m t/hK act. J .-h"t \,b". police mov«. Cf.m ■there 'he any explanation for this ex-rr£,oj.-uinary fact ? Does not tr-e f?ct that near-by re^rlonts to many Chinese t'^ns m VK-'Hhi'rton ?,ie n-p'fly to s-woar to mid-ii.TH, ;unl onvlv 'morn and hroa-i (liril^H. visits ci ;--.hortf cVt.l ro girl? 1 , tn I-.W-no K-^beiT ;i?:. <- —m]. clean, la^-al-'i'iiiip; citizens nifTJce to justify tb-u police to submit t-ije

alien to the same process of surveillance and prosecution that is be-, stowed on low and lawless whitepeople ? And this is the sort of thing the Church, by its approbation of the wretched and despised- race, connives at. It fails to Christianise the i white. It allows the Chow to drag down to the same degree of degradation, hundreds of girls who should be reared as tender plants, the future mothers of the race, and because a paper, owned by the "Notorious Norton," dares ;to raise a protest, it is called "that Hooligan rag of Wellington." • '* * ♦ If patents persist m sending tlieir children to these wretched dens of vice,, disguised as fruit, vegetable, and grocery stores, the blood of the victims will be on their heads. If parents learn, to their horror, that their little darlings have been outraged, that they have 'been held m the loathsome and lecherous embrace of 'dear, dirty John Chinaman, who is to be blamed ? The Church first and the parents second. If the Church champ icji" the Chow, then surely the Chow cannot be as black as he is painted. The Church is not always m , the right. One Chinese spoiler of virgin white flesh, when arrested ' not long ago, for outraging a. girl, confessed that plenty came to his shop —to be outraged. If the . Church assures, parents that the Chow is not to be feared, who can blame the"parents ? Who, however, can soothe the grief of a parent when the melancholy truth is learned. * * * Not yet thoroughly convinced that there is nothing m it, "Truth" wishes the police to make further and more full enquiries into the allegations made last Saturday afternoon concerning an evil-looking Chinaman, who is said to be, only an employes of another Chinaman, m an Aro-street shop- It is talk m the neighborhood th-a-t this Mongolian attempted to outrage an almost infant female, and that the father of the child kicked up a devil's own row on the afternoon m. question, and that one or two policemen came on the scene, and because the father was alleged to have been under the influence of liquor, the police decided that there was nothing iri it. Maybe,, there is not. This sainn Chinaman is a beautiful specimen of his Ugly and leering race. Younc girls are forever m the vicinity of his shop, and some choice language these girls are capable of using, too.. As "Truth has already said, there may be no foundation for the accusation levelled against this Mongol. The fact, though, that there was a row, and that the row was over children, and female children, too. is just the rea son why the police should- not allow ths matter to drop ; it must be ferretted to the very bottom, and if there is notlra^ m it. well and good. It will serve, perhaps, as a warning to Ohinamrn not to encour-jag-o female children around their pre- ; miser;. The fact of a younc white fejmalc beine: found ,on a Chinaman's • pla r o oujrht to be responsible for a jrow, though, sad to say, such rows j would be very frequent m Wellington. .If parents send or allow their children m Chinese* .shops, if suspicious people promptly scent nn outrage, it is only becaus-? of Hie Chow's unsavory reputation. Thi* Chow will not discourage females, old or young, from visiting I 'heir , places. The discouragement mist come from other sources. Suspicions of outrages have always a fou-ndp.tion, and it is only by keeping children away, by bov-c-ottin<v the Ohow. by starving him out, can it ever he hoped to remove tho suspicion that whit-f chiklrpn are tampered wit-h m these dens. If the, Church, which champions the Chows. Wants to do some good, let it first mako Christians of those whom the alien is daily ruining.