Show I ARRIVINg NO AT HI AN ALARMING RATE Secretary Straus Trying to Stop the Immigration of Japs to the United States PATROL ALONG THE BORDER HORDES OF IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Washington Oct 6 Immigration of Japanese Into America Is s increasing at so alarming a rate that It tt t has been deter determined determined determined mined to adopt extraordinary measures to prevent the Introduction Into the United States not only of Japanese but of other Asiatic coolie labor One result resu t of or the trip of Secretary Straus has lias been an In Increase Increase increase crease In the force of immigration inspectors Inspectors Inspectors tors along the Canadian border with a aview aview aview view to controlling the flood of or Asiatic immigration It Is known that more moro than double doubled the number of Japanese have come Into the United States thus far In the year ear 1907 than came here during the same period last year ear Naturally the figures of the government do not Include the hundreds of Japanese who have come Into the country surreptitiously They have nave come conie across from the Canadian and Mexican borders principally without hind hindrance hindrance rance despite the means adopted by the government to prevent the Introduction of Japanese laborers Bound for This Country For many months the government has had immigration commissioners In Mexico and Canada In practically every instance the inspectors have reported that the Japanese who reach Mexico or Canada are bound for the United States Inquiries in the Hawaiian islands have revealed or organizations organizations whose business it is to pro procure procure procure cure Japanese laborers to work in the United States They not only provide the means but pave the way by which Japanese may easily obtain entrance to this country through Mexico and Canada Lanada It Is this sort of position that the gov government government proposes to combat In the ap appointment appointment pc of what principally constitutes a patrol guard of the northern and south southern southern ern era borders of the country Secretary Straus hopes to reduce the number of Asiatic who dally daily are coming across the borders In great and increasing numbers Hindus and Japs Returns from the Canadian immigration tion offices show that land landed landed landed ed at the British Columbia ports of Vic Victoria Victoria toria torla and Vancouver between January 1 and September 18 1907 Of this number 2872 were Hindus and were Japanese most of the latter reaching Canada from Honolulu The remainder were Chinese who paid admission fees of for the privilege of landing in Canada The field of labor in that section of Canada Is lim urn limited limIted and the Investigations of the United States immigration inspectors have shown that most of the Japanese and Chinese ex expect expect ultimately to get Into the N United States tates |