Chapter 641 In and Out
"The Chinese have many bad habits and prejudices. It is impossible for them to Americanize their lives, let alone accept America's ethical and moral standards based on Christianity. Moreover, the large influx of Chinese workers has created a tense situation of competing with American workers for jobs. The use of Chinese workers will lead to lower wages for workers." - Knights of Labor.
"Today, the United States formally passed the "Law for Executing the Provisions of Treaties Relating to the Chinese." This is a major step forward in American social progress. It represents the maintenance of traditional order and culture, while also safeguarding the interests of the vast majority of San Francisco citizens." - San Francisco Workers Association.
Anti-China forces in the United States have a long history, especially centered in California in the western region, but starting in May 1882, their political advocacy was formally supported by law, which was the first time in American history.
Soon a Chinese Immigration Processing Station was established in San Francisco to deport Chinese immigrants, and the East African Immigration Office soon reached an agreement with San Francisco city government officials to help the United States save deportation costs.
Angel Island Immigration Processing Station.
It's a very ironic name. Now all illegal Chinese in San Francisco will be sent here. It's a cramped environment with crowded people, and it's even dirtier and messier than the slums in San Francisco.
Most of the Chinese here have braids, which is no different from the Far Eastern Empire. Their faces are yellow and hungry, their clothes are ragged, and they don't look very healthy. After all, the work they do is dirty and tiring, which is not much better than that of the Far Eastern Empire.
Even Wilson, an immigration officer who is used to all kinds of scenes, dislikes this kind of environment. However, when he thinks about the difficulties he encountered at work last year, he has to lower his status and work here now that the opportunity has come.
As usual, Wilson took the key and opened the small house of the immigration processing station, and then the assistant brought out the table and chairs.
The front of the house was already crowded with people, and new people were brought here every day, and then they would learn about Wilson's existence through word of mouth from the elderly.
Because not everyone is willing to go to Africa. After staying in the United States for a long time, they know some news about Africa. The United States and East Africa do not have much dealings, so the impression of Africa still remains in more than ten years ago. Of course, there are also people who just want to return to the Far East, or think about escaping from here and continue to live illegally in the United States.
Those who are unwilling to go to Africa to work or do not trust Wilson will naturally stay at the immigration processing station for a few more days.
However, there are also many people who are forced into desperation. Most of them are illegal immigrants. Of course, many Chinese in the United States are illegal immigrants because the Far Eastern Empire government does not encourage going abroad, and most of them are immigrants from South China. This time is similar to the Taiping Rebellion period.
Wilson started his day's work. He looked at the first person standing in front of the table, and after making sure that he had both hands and feet, he asked directly: "What do you do in the United States?"
"Docker."
"Where did you work before?"
"New York."
"Then why come to San Francisco? New York is far away from San Francisco."
"Sir, recently the whole United States has been catching people like me and sending them here."
“Are you willing to work in Africa?”
"Does it include food?"
"Of course, but Africa is very far away, and the journey will probably be very difficult."
"Then I'll go. I'm not afraid of hardship."
"You passed!" Wilson picked up a ticket and handed it to him.
Without even registration information, as long as you have this small ticket, you can board the ship to Africa. This rough way of selecting people is very inconsistent with the previous habits of the East African Immigration Agency.
Wilson was too lazy to explain the situation in Africa to them, because there were no strict requirements for recruiting immigrants from East Africa this time, and all these people were sent to the royal territory of Sigmaringen.
If East Africa chooses immigrants itself, it will definitely select them carefully. As for other regions and countries, there are no strict requirements.
Of course, if East Africa could come across rare talents, it would definitely find them, but this is unlikely to happen. The Chinese who come to the United States are basically at the bottom.
Every day, hundreds of people went to Africa through Wilson's hands, and the slave ships that brought these people back to Africa happened to be from East Africa to the United States.
After all, the United States has the Chinese Exclusion Act but not the Black Exclusion Act, so with the help of East Africa, the population size will not be affected by the flow of people in and out of the United States.
Many of these Chinese have received "education" of industrial society in American society, and when they arrive in the royal territory of Sigmaringen, they will be able to better contribute to the construction of the royal territory of Sigmaringen.
"These Chinese are adventurers from the Far Eastern Empire. Many of them are gold diggers or workers who were deceived into participating in the construction of American railways. Now we just pack them up and send them to the royal territory of Sigmaringen to solve the population problem there." Weiss, captain of the slave ship Delless, said to Wilson who was getting off work.
"Mr. Weiss, the treatment in the Sigmaringen Royal Territory should be good. These people will have no future in the United States, so they might as well try their luck in Africa. That's how I went to East Africa in the first place."
If there had been no intervention from East Africa, even if most of these immigrants could have stayed in the United States, they might only have lived there for one generation. After all, their status is lower than that of black people, and they have no value at all in the American marriage market.
On the contrary, those who had already gone to East Africa might have already given birth to several children, but this group of Chinese immigrants obviously did not have such luck.
It is still the Great Depression in the United States, but as early as 1873 when the economic crisis broke out, East Africa had already been recruiting people in the United States. That was the last window.
In fact, the Chinese Exclusion Act was of course the result of the downward trend of the U.S. economy. American society also needed a vent, and the Chinese community, with their low social status, different values, and weak power, were the best targets for bullying.
If you go to Africa now, if you don’t have skills, East Africa will not want you, including railway workers, who can only be sent to the Belgian Congo and the royal territory of Sigmaringen.
After all, East Africa had given them opportunities before, even before the economic crisis. And the fact that Chinese people were able to flee to the United States showed that they had some courage, and East Africa does not need courageous people.
If the potential of German immigrants had not been exhausted, East Africa would not have wanted to absorb German immigrants in the United States.
As for the recruitment of immigrants this time, it is mainly to fill the gaps in the Sigmaringen royal territory and Belgian Congo, and the specific treatment will depend on the conscience of the Belgians and the ruling methods of the Sigmaringen royal family.
But overall it is still a good choice to go to Africa, especially to the Sigmaringen Royal Domain. After all, the Sigmaringen Royal Domain is based on East Africa, so Chinese immigrants are less likely to be discriminated against in terms of status.
In fact, the Chinese Exclusion Act was not an isolated case. East African governments also had similar measures against East African blacks. However, Ernst wanted to save face and did not write it directly into the legal code like the United States did.
In California, the United States, where anti-Chinese sentiment was most severe, the California government actually did not support anti-Chinese sentiment before, because the taxes collected by the Chinese filled the government's deficit. Later, when the government's finances became prosperous, it no longer opposed anti-Chinese sentiment.
This is very similar to what happened in East Africa before. After the eastern part of East Africa was developed, it also started an "anti-black" campaign. The first area to implement it was the two provinces in the Somali region.
Everyone is good at destroying bridges after crossing them, so it is impossible for East Africa to criticize the US's actions from a moral high ground, unless the US targets East Africa and everyone smears and exposes each other's secrets.
(End of this chapter)
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