ce the Japanese have been permitted to seek their fortunes in other
lands, they have emigrated in vast numbers.

They are now to be found all over the world.

We have spoken about them in Hawaii, but the Sandwich Islanders are not
the only people to protest against them as colonists.

In British Columbia they have arrived in such hordes that the Government
has been considering laws to keep them out in future.

In California there is a strong opposition to them. They are not desired
in Australia, nor in the English colonies in the Pacific Ocean.

With all these countries making laws against them, and Hawaii sending them
back from her shores, it would seem that the thrifty Japanese would have
to stay in their own country. However, a haven has just been offered to
them in Mexico.

A Japanese syndicate has secured 300,000 acres in the Mexican State of
Chiapas, on which a Japanese colony is to be established. The land is to
be divided into lots of 20 acres, one lot to be assigned to each family.

The immigrants are to raise coffee, cotton, tobacco, and sugar, and to
introduce certain Japanese industries.

The first party of colonists are now on their way to Mexico, and it is
thought that thousands will follow them.

The Mexicans are said to be quite pleased with the prospect of the
Japanese settling among them. They need a great many laborers; these they
find it very difficult to obtain, and they expect the new immigrants to be
a great help to them.

It will be interesting to watch how the amiable, active Japanese get along
with the fiery, indolent Mexicans.

* * * * *

Hawaii is disturbed over the news that the Japanese cruiser _Naniwa_ is on
its way to Honolulu.

She brings with her a special Japanese Commissioner, who will investigate
the immigration matters, and claim from the Government of the Sandwich
Islands the sum of $100,000 damages for preventing her citizens from
landing.

It is reported that the _Naniwa_ has on board three of the emigrants who
were refused admission, and that she will try and land them, for the
purpose of making the Hawaiian Government prove in the courts its right to
forbid their entry.

The Japanese insist that Hawaii has violated the treaty existing between
Japan and the Sandwich Islands. The Honolulu lawyers have been studying
the treaty, and insist that the immigrants had no legal right to land, and
that the treaty has not been violated.

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