THE CHINESE IN SIAM.
her own peoplo-foroigners who lavo all the rights and privileges of her own subjects with the addition that they have more wonith, and consequent influenco, and practically control the tabour
under
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY MAY 4 1911
Time and again wo have boon henring that the Chinese Govern- mout have been urged to open negotiations for the con- clusion of a treaty with Siam, in the country,
1 If, as has been froquoally re oarrying with it the right to establish consular officials there. ported, the Siamese Government Of course, it savours of a ridi-, is not willing to enter into culous situation, for tho Chinoso retreaty relations with Siam-wo:
the Bidont in foreign countries oxcopt, conuot a low busybodios and others whose ances, consider it similar to tho interest it is to foment trouble action of Japan before she was rarely trouble abotul applying to forced to enter into relations with their government for protoction, the outside world by Commander As a matter of fact, it is to oscape Porry or that of China-So-for thooppression of their own officials as modern progress in concorned that they leave the country, or Siam is far ahead of China, and reside in those countries whore has developed to such an extent they have made their fortune, that the British Government has except in the case of the coolion boon willing to waive its extra- and others whoso fortunes are not territorial rights in favour of tlio, worth the attention of the man-Simono Government. Siam's daries. We do not for a moment suggest that this state of affairs will continue in China very long, and therein lies the gravity of the Chipeso question in Siam.
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relations with other Powers, not oxcluding. France-with whom unfortunato differences existed some years ago--are all very cordial. If she does not want It will be interesting to study such rolations with China-we the facts relating to the advent do not suggest want of friend- and position of the Chinese in liness on her part-it is due to Siam. The Chinescemigration, to the fact that such recognition ! Siam started seriously nearly threo will impair soriously her sove
Of decades ago, and since then it has reignty in her own land. shown no signs of abatemont, I course, extra-territorial rights to Although now and then a good, China, under any circumstances, crowd of Chinese immigrants is out of the question. But the como back to their native countries cognisance of the fact by the of Amoy and Swatow and Canton, majority of the population of the -for it is from these places that country that they do not owe inost of the emigrants, especially allegiance to the reigning sover- to the South, hail from the sign there, lmt to the emperor at number that remain in the countryPeking will work untold harm to and Inve made it, or make the country. Again, at sono it, thoir homo is steadily in-future dato unless the Chinese are erousing. As a matter of fact made to similate with the *tho total of the
Chinose Siamese and become one nation, population in Sinm is much larger it may lead to efforts on the part than that of the indigenons of China to got Sinn under her Siamose. Furthermore, the protectivo-wing, in order to pro- THE Chinaman, as we have stated in tect her own subjects resident the course of a provious article, there.
has been the pioneer of all in- It is, ovidont that there can dustry, and to him the countryba no question of a second owos a great deal of its prosperity. Thibot in Siam, although China A fact that has not received the had at least n semblance of significance it ought to have find suzerainty in Thibot-we do not is that the Chinese immigrant moan an immediate question of population is not only superior to the kind-but that no room should 081] the indigenous Siamese in wenitli be allowed for such eventualitics. and industry, but also that it And the establishment of Chinese. supplies the whole of the labour, | Consular officials in Sinn, at the monial and otherwise, in the prosout timo, muy lead to such country.
rasults in some future time soonor The Government of Sim wol- l'or Inter. A great deal deponds comed the Chinese for several upon the Siamese themselves. rousons. First of all, the country There is little use in giving up all was supplied with the needed the labour and wealth to the gamble and population. Secondly, the Chinese nowcomer, and emigrant, who in 0:19 cases out of smoko opiun. If the Siamese a hundred is humble and willing could be inado more energetic to work, is also capable of hard and ambitious thero will be no work--which the Siamese unfor- chance for any further Chinese tunately are not. It is unfortunate immigration into Siam. It is in- to have to admit that the Siamese cumbent upon the Siamese govern- of the lower strata, have noither ment, if it wants to save complica-: the grit, capacity or ambition for tionsin futuro, especiallyasChina improvement or work. Tho is growing more powerful, that Chinese emigrant goes into allo should make Chinese eoolio fields of work. Even in the immigration into Siam as impos interior ho has taken to agricul-sible as possible. If she wants ture and is successfully bringing people Siam will be wiser to invite plenty of fallow land into cultiva-some other race of people into her tion. He has spread himself all shores, as a counterpoise for the over the country. Another sutis- Chinese. The religious tolerance factory feature is that he has in-and equal rights now given to the tormarried with the Siameso Chinese should be mado more people much 50
that conditional, for the bonefit of the Chinose and Siamese alike. The tho
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first essential to make Siamese observors hope that the two peoples will so intermingle as to citizons of the Chinese is produce a now and better nation. education. In the Straits the The Chinese lavo shown signs of
Chinese have almost for- giving up roturning to China, gotten their mother tongue, and and adopting Siomeso habits and have adopted the Malay language customs,, which ure daily more the language of the land. In and more approximating better methods than that of the Chinese, at any rate.
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And now thero has arisen aamong the Chiness than it does THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF SILVER WARE IN THE cloud the effects of which on the at present. The queue and other futuro of the two countries it is adjuncts of Chinese nationality not easy to foresee. It is the rise are going away even in China; of "Young, China, and the con--we do. not see why they should stitutional movement in Ülina. not go much soonar in Siam. It has awakened in the Chinese In short, overy effort to assimilate ambitions undroumt, of for con- the present Chinese population turies, and one of them is in Siam, and to stop further Chin- to have jurisdiction over the oso immigration, should be taken citizens of China resident in by the Siamese authorities, foreign countries. The govern "Capital and Cominerce." ment from whom its children ran away to escape starvation, now wants to throw its protecting arms over the child that has fattened The returns are considered to be at the expense of others. The aRsatisfactory as one could expect, problem has not the same signi- bearing in mind the difficult ques fionnco for any other country as tions which came up for treatment for Biam. Even in the Malay during the year. It is true that on States where the Chiness form the total figures thero is a deficit on more than half thepopulation, the the your's working but taking all control of the trade and wealth of things into consideration we may the country by them is not as count ourselves fortunate.that the great as in Siam. In Java and difference is not more pronounced Tu other countries whore the Chin- than it is, the journal concludes. oso have emigrated to, the latter, al-Wo wonder if the returns for the though influential, are not in such yoor 1911 will make more cheer- numbers as to constitute a danger, ful reading? Judging from recent age local indigenona population utterances wo doubt it, notwith- le very large. Sium is in pre-standing the increases made in dicament where the foreigners in the duties on liquor in Hongkong the country number more than Hankow Daily Nora
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