Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1911 — Gigantic Smuggling Scheme Exposed [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gigantic Smuggling Scheme Exposed

LOS ANGELES, CAL.—A plot to defeat the immigration laws of the United States more far-reaching than any -'similar scheme ever before unfolded in the southwest has Just been brought to-light by the federal authorities. Innocent and guileless as the Chinese appear in contrast'with white persons when brought in contact with them, the government agents give credit to this race for having organised the most gigantic coolie-smug-gling system ever known to exist Hie federal officers for the southern district of California are confident that they Are in possession of the entire plan by which the hordes of Orientals have been poured into the United States by the way of the Mexican border. The conspiracy against the immigration regulations is understood to reach from Texas and California through

Mexico, across the Pacific and into the heart of China, and to involve Chinese ot high caste and immense wealth. At the head of the hand of smugglers are Chinese of high caste who reside in Hong Kong. They are koto to be enjoying royal revenues from the traffic and the pleasant feature of their occupation is that they are immune from arrest. Others members of the gang rely on protection from American lawp on the soil of Mexico. The coolies are procured from the interior of Chins. They are gathered easily there and shipped across the Pacific to Mazatl&n, Mexico, where they are unloaded. They are marched through Mexico to Mexicali, Just across the border from Calexico. Here Nug Fun and Wong Chin Dock have pretended to carry on a store, but it has really been a resort for contraband Chinese, the point at which they were sneaked into the United States. Fun was taken in custody several months ago while In company with several coolies. Dock did not take heed from the fato of his partner and he wag recently taken in custody in Imperial valley.