| Show LANDING OF CHINESE Important Decision in Federal Court Regarding Rights of Heathens I Honolulu Sept 21Via San Francisco Francis-co Oct lUnlted States Judge ISstee has rendered an Important decision regarding re-garding tho rights of Chinese to land In Hawaii II was In the case of Ah Sing who came here from New York u one of the crew of the ship Challenger and was refused permission to land in Honolulu He was brought before Judge Estee on habeas corpus proceed ings The Judge decided that having shipped from New York the Chinese had u right to land in any other American Ameri-can port and Honolulu Is noW an Amer ican port The decision Is regarded ns highly Important Im-portant as bearing on the question whet r the many Chinese in the Hawaiian Ha-waiian Islands have a right to land on the mainland A clause In the Hawaiian Uawaln Territorial act declares that the Chinese Chi-nese In Hawaii shall not be admitted to the rest o tho United States This clause Is believed by some to be unconstitutional un-constitutional and the decision of Judge ISslee Is In line with that opinion There are about 20000 Chinese in Hawaii I Ha-waii |
