The Archive · 1925

Wholesale Libels

All these alleged conditions are reported to be at their worst in the Brit and any attempt by leaders of the operatives to organize resistance to them is said to be met by murder or violence. In addition to these iniquities, the native Chinese are uble to be arrest. ed and tortured in British. prisons suspicion of the most {rift offences, and every park in Shanghai has a notice on the gate "Chinese and Dogs Not Admitted." The Sudience is then invited to subscribe Hverally to the fund for the assicance of the Chinese strikers. Onl by helping to organize the Chinese Workers in this way, they are told, will it be possible to counter the diabolical capitalist scheme to reduce the British workers to the coolie level. Liberal extracts translated {from Chinese newspapers are read 2 substantiate the various charges Sunday, we were present at rious charge great demonstration in support the Chinese strikers, held in Steven-franchise which exists in Jamaica—there are nowadays no!

elected white men. recent' measures have affected the Chinese, alt sith the question of early alles them more preclosinse of shops, which the Chinese

other traders, This ment, however, i not a strong because the Act is of general application and not anti-Chinese at jail. On the other hand, the Edi Test has been introduced nationality, and though it affects the for all future migrants. of any amon them, it is not aimed at them. When, any Chinese do ret permit to absent there is always-a native outery. the circumstances, it will pro-bobly be best for the Chinese in Jamaica to sit tight and say noth:

So long as they have the Government on their side—which seems to he the case—they have nothing very material to. trouble about, and they are probably not unfamiliar with the of con-fit which arises all over the World where you get two races of different intellectual capacity and trading power coming together and clashing their competitive'

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