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every family of five may, if King EDWARD | ments of those two territories are disposed rops as their be willing, riot luxuriously, beyond any to give Japan as much “ (Daily Press, January 9th.)
mathematical doubt whatever, on its own constituents will permit. It appears that Lord MEATH has asked us to point out to estate of twenty fert l acres ! The balance in the result all the Governments are com- our readers that the " Empire Movement,' of fifteen times four hundred million acres paratively helpless, and that before thera with which his name is particularly asso. can stand over for sportsmen to play in. can be complete satisfaction all ronad, some cinted, is by no means solely a matter of How fascinating is Lord MEATH's kind of arrangement on a fir wider basis will have celebrating the 24th of May. Tuat day for lesson, and how it makes the heart of the to be ma le. For instance, the Government rest and remembrance is a secondary matter young citizeu swell with joy at 80 glorious a of Mexico will have to co-operate. With compared with the main object of the heritage. At the tenth answer, however, the respect to Chinese immigrants, it looks as if they were already doing so. The coolie movement, which is the systematic training youngster fails to see why mere numbers
thrilling. Loudon has trade from here to Mexico is at present of children in all the qualities and virtues should he which tend towards good citizenship. His 4,618.950 inhabitants, and he has heard practically at a standstill, the medical re- thousand, of those are presentative of the Mexican-Government in Lordship does not want a single British that child to have "a soul so dead as not to being sweated in slums, slaving many Hongkong having been refu-ing about fel a thrill at the refletion that he or she hours a day for just enough, or hardly eighty per cent of the Chinese coolies who has a native land, entailing recognition of enough, to eat and build up sufficient present themselves as emigrants for the the need of individual" responsibility, duty, stamina to continue the grisly round, the ships leaving here for Saliua Cruz. 03- Calcutta bas 910,117 iu- tensibly, these rijections are: being made sympathy, and self-sacrifice." LORD MEATH demuition grind.
the ground of an infectious eye- has perhaps a higher conception cf patriot- habitants, most of them worshipping KEIR on ism than have some of those supporting his HARDIE and dying of plague. Sydney has affection, but it has been suggested to movement. In his letter to us he asks us 511,030, and the young White Australian that it is not improbable that the to appeal for support to every British says (turning to the gta led Hougkong Mexican Government has been approached subject, whatever be bis race or colour," | boy) There are slums there, and thou by the United States with regard to the and particularly that we should recommend sands of white people starving, and your stendy exodus of its imported labourers across the border into American territory, the adoption in our local schools of what he countrymen wanting to come in and tike
We cannot the bread out of their mouths," Johannes- It is certain that Mexico would not refusa calls the "Empire Catechism."
miny emigrant without sufficient conscientiously urge this course, but we will burg (still the tenth answer continues its so give our readers an idea of its contents, and patriotic pean) has 155,642, an-l the by¦ reason, as the o is a big and steady demand If it should prove that frn India gives leave them to decids as they feel inclined.
a start, Laving been; for labour there.
the Mexican authorities are amenable to The first answer our scholars are invite to inattentive, dream g perhaps of the Jewel give is this: "I am a subject of King in the Lotus, and edging away from hisr quests from Washington, it is safe to EDWARD, and a citizen of the British fellow citizens, he mutters something about prophesy that they will soon be taking a Empire." We can imagine a row of embryo the rights of his countrymen settled in haid in the Am·rico-Jip nese negotiations According citizens of the British Empire, including South Africa. But the lesson grows long regarding Asiatic immigrati ....
to our latest information, Japanese are pour- (say) a pigtailed Hongkong boy, a tur- and irksome; let us sympathise with our banned child of Ind, a son of a Biti h schoolboys, and incidentally save space, bying across the Mexican border into. America 44 thousands." These are for the most merchant, and a long legged scion of White jumping to the 29th answer of the Cate-in Australia. It would be quite feasible to get cism, part of which is o viously meant to part men imported to work on the Mexican whatever be railways. It is a imitted that the Japanese all four to repent that thrilling speech with make every little citizen, more unction than a parrot; perhaps even his race or colour," jump with joy and Government is scrupulously adhering to the each would feel its thrill on occasion. grovel with gratitude. May 24th," it agreement it made with the United States, Coming out of school, however, if they were SILY'S, "was the birthday of the late good and refusing passports to any of its subjects very intelligent boys, with well-informed Queen Victoria, during whose reign of 63 of the labouring class that will allow them to go to the mainland of the United States, parents, we could also imagine them dis- years the Empire grew t is present gr at- cussing such matters as the expulsion of ness, as year by year her people increased but so far it has halno occasion to refuse Indians from South Africa, the exclusin of in health, strength, numbers, wealth, and passports to labourers ostensibly going to Chinese from Australia, and the alleged new happiness." N, uo, Lord MEATH. Rally work in Mexico. These do go to Mexico, but
ref rential tariff of the last named Colony, you must exc90
us yet awhile. Your once there the mysterious attraction oft e American States, probably the notoriously Their joint citizenship, surely, would un- Catechism may be all right for the lower dergo a strain. When a British subject, Forms at Eton or Rugby, or even scho is high wages of the Western States, pulls "whatever be his race or colour," can settle ranging between Cheltenham and Giggles them toward the Rio Grande, and they are unmolested and free in any part of the British wick; but for the majority of your litle not long in finding their way over.
American Bureau of Immigration has Empire; when the oneness of that Empire citizens, truding to day-school with the r is mauifested by free trad (not alleged insu hic:ently
tummies and badly inspectors stationed along the border, but preference") between all its parts, then it nourished brains, we do not believe that it is obviously impossible without a lare may be time to encourage Lord MEATH'S those references to their general health, army to guard adequately hundrels of
riv.r-bauk miles of
and d.sert. pretty dream, and his e lucational methods. strength, wealth, and happiness will carry At present the Empire s ems too big to be conviction. We do not know, any be ter Japauese are believel to get and study managed on Utopian lines but its very thin your Lordship dos, how to remolyroid maps of the country, and to be in- biguess is the subject of rejoicing in the the various evils sketchily referred to; but, formed of places where, after crossing, their Once fourth answer in the Catechism. It (the we do feel that true patriotism, abiding own countrymen will help them. British Empire) has twelve million square patriotism, cannot be inculcated by shutting insile, unler present arrangements, they miles, equal to oue-fifth or 21 per cent of our eyes aud -houting that sort of li dolajch. 'a e safe, so far as the Immigration Burešu the Earth's surface (one can see the little Teach them "responsibil ty," yes, but let is concerned, as Japanese residents are not id. ntification 88 are the citizens growing pidgeon-chested with pa. them see all that they are respons ble for registered for triotism, if not chauvinism, as they answer)
-tach them their duty, ertainly; Chinese. Something of the same sort is and that is a geiter ana tha any other but do not our blemishes constitute said to be happening on the northern bundaries also, The New York Tribune State can claim, even Russia and the the firt call to duty ?-inculcate " United States coming short of such glory. | pathy, are vi h you there; but is declars that the immigration laws are If the young citizens are as good at mental not the other side of the shield conducive powerless to check the flow from Canada "Hundreds of the Japanese self-sacrifice," the last of southwards. arithmetic us they ought to be, they will do thereto ?--and a little sum in division when they have your watchwords-Heaven help the por who arrived during the present year at recited the answer to the seventh question creatures! Has there not benough of! Caundian ports had no inteution to settle in C nada, but found it easy to slip cross King EDWARD has four hundred million that?
the Canadian frontier into the States, and subjects, so that means that on a fa`r
acco dingly preferred to travel via the division each individual subject could have
ASIATIC IMMIGRANTS,
Dominion. Real izing this fact, the authori- over nineteen acres to live on and wrest a
ties have recently been in rommunication living from. Mu-h of the twelv - million į (Daily Press, January 10th.) miles would not be suitable, however, for The mi chie of the immigration trouble with the Canadian Government, the result anything but an ascetic crow, so the intelli-between Japan and the Coitel States is being tha increased vigilince has been exercised." It is obvious that some wider gent young citizeu will divide it by half, and this, that even if the two Governwerte
international arrangements are called for say there is over nine acres per heid. To'amicably arrange a restrictive policy, they make sure, aud feeling reckless and generous, cannot carry it in o full effect by their own!
Wo learn by mail, from an unconfrmed in the midst of such plenty, he will divide efforts. Japan appears hone tly intent on
| Kurve, that the new tramway manager at once more, nud reduce the individual arranging a "modus vivendi witli both: Canada | Shanguni will be a Mr. Carrull, at pr szak acreage to four, and will say to himself that and the United States, and the Govern. managing a system in south east London.
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