| Show THE CHINESE MAY COME THE chinese question is coming to the front in a new form notwithstanding the stringent exclusion laws relating to the celestial yet he is in found plenty in every city in the united states the treasury depart ment at washington some months ago undertook to investigate the mat ter it was an open secret that canada furnished the vast majority of the chinese immigrants to this country acting secretary spaulding made a trip along the northwestern frontier in order to familiarize himself with the situation and if possible to ascertain to what extent the immigration business prevailed A large force of do detectives tec tives was also employed on cabadi canadian soil so as to give information of the ap approach p roach of groups of to the united states it was finally established beyond all doubt that canada was being used as a doorway to the united statin states for the entrance of countless celestials Celesti als 12 the exclusion act provides that A chinaman found in the united states unless under certain conditions must be returned to the country I 1 from which he became came ss returning to canada proved fruitless for they managed to come back again in order to prevent successfully the admission of these people attorney general miller mi her a few weeks ago gave an opinion to the effect that when a chinaman caloo to this country by wy way of canada he could not claim ahm tb it was the country from which he came s in accordance cor dance danue with this opinion steps were ta taken ken to as send nd C h ins men back bac k to t their hid r own country but they protested hired lawyers and took the matter to an american americal court about a week ago age a test case w ws brought before judge swan of the federal district court at detroit mich and he decided that tbt canada was the country from fraul which the came this decision of course nullifies the opinion of the attorney general pu and unless it can be reversed by a higher all the chinese exclusion legislation legle lation is little more then than good for pv nothing A washington dispatch says that this end of the controversy means much to canada in the way of revenue as the dominion will now become v a thoroughfare ifor en route to this country each of whom pays 50 head tax to canada K pour four shiploads ship loads of arrive at vancouver every month prom from jan 1 to july 16 15 1891 landed and of these were en route to the united states canada made by this little traffic now that there is practically no restriction to the trade it la is expected that canada will realize annually without any expense except the salaries of a few customs officers who will receive the cash and turn it over to the dominion treasury |
