The Oregon daily journal., May 17, 1908, Page 33, Image 33

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17. 1908.
A Ti T T"JT T CV I Y' A A fT TyTTVTT" TT-i U G! Tr 1 '!7" Students Get Dpwn to Work anJ;un it Washington icniclcers
U A1V1 r U D JLii X V jtlLL UINJL V XJLVDI 1 I . GatWin Woods and Axe Men Get "Busy Witk Qltruct.ng Undertrusk
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- 'wvrvsst'iTi wist fiiih-. viti , i MHmiiiipnMaaaHMn7.vj' ... nan
ervd to th workers bT their admlrlnt a, I '? I yUWVIW fr 4 f m- X 7"
.ltntR. the nrttv M-d. For dVH H ; .1 II ( ffl I ItSfiWVTlI 1 ' if . f Z H -'V ;S?W
in flylnir- ylslUKU the neighborhood V 1 I IfTOfll mUWV i V. E , 5J " '.v, ; si .
Kroceriei and bake ahops. On the morn. 1 M'uiWir wWl I nA5 I V 2- , v V.
"ilflftT X ?7 I i$-k -. .
IN blot shirts, khakt trousera and
cruisers' " boots, armed with axes,
saws, apadea and shovels, the fac-
sity of Washington celebrated, on
' Friday. May t, What Is known as "Cam
pus day."
For five years, beginning In 1904. this
dsy has been observed each spring, and
perhaps no other holiday in the whole
- calendar of college events Is hailed wifh
more universal Joy by the student body
and certainly no other unique custom
has found observance in the traditional
fete days Of university life in America.
The old and long-established eastern
a colleges each have many days which
have been observed since the time ot
the oldest aiumnes, but long ago their
campuses have become places of care
fully -cultivated beauty. Not so with
the Washington, campus; there are yet
to be found acres of tangled underbrush,
ragged lake front, fallen trees and un
draiued marsnei.
To - such places ss these have the
workers on Campus day very effectively
turned their united efforts, with the re
'sult that now more than one rustle
,h mjinAa Anmrn tn th lalrA front, alnnff
which on sunny afternoons the pretty
co-eds and their devoted lovers wander
lazily, or where the cross-country run
ners. In abbreviated costume, may trot
unblushlngly.
wampus iioiijjco.
Each year ft particular portion of the
campus receives the combined attention
of several hundred men, and by night
fall on Campus day the locality is so
much changed that an old alumnus
would wonder whether he were really at
home In the same old woods or not
Not-the least attractive feature of
Campus dav Is the outdoor luncheon
REVIVING
and fetching little anrons, they appear
on the campus with baskets of luncheon
to be served at high noon. All morn
ing the pink uunlKjnnUs work industri
ously, and bv the .imfc the boys In the
blue shirts come trooning in at the
sound of the dinner-horn, there, on long
tables in the form of a "W," is the real
thing in the way of a college feed. The
men sit at the big "W" and the co-eds
wait on the table. Such a feast of
beans, brown bread, sandwiches and pies
as those boys consume!
Besides serving the luncheon the girls
carrv water all day to the squads of
workers about the campus. Several
prettv romances may yet grow out of
a smile and a tin cup which some co-ed
presented to a perspiring Umber-cutter
on last Friday. -
In one quarter of the camnus the
girls maintain a Red Cross hospital. In
case of accidents In the field. Conse
quently, as there are no restrictions as
to how serious an Injury must be to
admit a man to the hospital, the vol
unteer nurse have their hands full
binding up scratches and nursing re
markably cheerful pat.ents throughout
the day.
In the evening the wearers of the blue
shirts and the "Ink sunbonnets gather'
in the big gymnasium for an old-fashioned
barn dance, and to the tune of
'Turkey in the Straw" the quandom
woodsmen frolic until midnight, the
hour when a far-seeing management
provides that the lights go out In the
gym.
The idea of the Washington Campus
dav was suggested orlgl'irtilv by the
work of the Berkeley students on what
they call Labor day. But as this 09
caslon for work on the Berkeley canS-
pus occurs onlv on February 29, Wash
ington is fast outdistancing Berkeley In
a number of observances.
To facilitate concerted action on Cam
pus dav the students and facultv are or
ganised according to military divisions.
Before part of the campus was cleared
for the exposition grounds, there wero
continued the work
through the woods.
This year, since the southwestern part
altogether about 10 miles of trails run- of the campus has all been turned over
ning tnrougrt trie campus, an or wnicn to tne exposition, the college men gara
had been cut by the students on Cam- their attention to the northern portion,
pus day, and most of these were the re- Here there are three large canyons cut
suit of the first year's work. The sec- ting through a section hitherto un-
ond vear quaint rustic bridges werebuiK opened, and along these canyons the en
over several small streams. That same tire work of Friday was devoted. Cor
day the men from the mining depart
ment busted the stumns rrom the won
derful natural amphitheatre which is
one of the remsrkable features of th
Washington campus. On the third Cam
pus day the students possessed them
selves of a plledriver and a" scow and
cleared the lake shore for the new unl-
we cup v-nrr Z,'
father of Campus day. and a man who without him, and trulv no on else en- and now a member f the university
responding to the trails in other parts
of the grounds today there are three
new paths running north from the Ad
ministration building, where - formerly has done the most toward making thu loys the day half as much a Professor faculty, who talked 00 " The Value of
the campus had been an Impenetrable day a permanent institution at the unl- Meanj After luncheon h ftiways ad- Traditions at Oxford." His hddrcss was
mass of underbrush. verslty, is always Hi the lead in the dresses the workers and offers his followed by that of ex-Senator John I,.
The ceremonies on Campus day ara active work. All dav his tall figure, In praise nd speaks of his plans for tho Wilson on "The University and the
always participated in bv the board of launtv outing costume, may be seen future. Btate." An address was also ivaJe In
versity boathouse and built a new control, the president and prominent passing from one division to another. Other, prominent speakers on Friday the Interests of the A. Y. P. and its oon
grandstand fr-. . athletic field; Iast men outside the university. Professor directing and enoonraglng tho work. No were JoelN. Johansen, first noldar of a nection witii the university by A. 8.
year they worked on the racetrack and B. S. Meany, properly known as the Campus day would be half a success " Rhodes scholarship from Washington, Kerry, vice-president of the exposition.
JAPAN'S DIPLOMATIC , PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
Hokson Tells of tke Ways of tke Little Brown Men Wkick are as Dark as Tkose of tke Famous Heatken Ckinee--'Tkeir Skallow Pretense of Friendskip
(By Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson.)
APAii'8 diplomatic preparations for
1 .: war with America are being torn-
I pleted along with naval and milt
".; tary preparations.
: The tremendous advantages
gained by the Anglo-Japanese alliance
are obvious. If the British did not pro
reed "further than the mobilisation f
their fleet In Europe, remaining within
the bounds from which they could re
tire,, and proclaim that the mobiliza
tion was for the benefit of Europe,
, even then the result would be greatly
to the advantage of Japan as causing
anxiety on the Atlantic seabord of
America, and the retention of the fleet
or part of it In the Atlantic, thus
facilitating Japanese control of the sea
In the Pacific. Already in reply to our
assembly a fleet of 1b battleships, the
British have begun the assembling of
a fleet of 26 battleships and the press
; up and down the Atlantic and gulf
seaboard has already begun to protect
against the approaching departure of
. our. fleet, for the Pacific
We are not Justified, however, in as
suming that the British will confine
. themselves simply to the mobilization
-4f (heir squadrons. We must assume
'.on the contrary that they will fulfill
' the solemn pledges of their treaty and
Join the Japanese in the prosecution of
war against America, and we cannot
fall to note the recent activities t
Esqulmault where the British would
furnish a naval base, for operations on
the Pacific coast. This transforms tho
whole face of the Japanese crisis. With
the great naval base at Hongkong, ad
ded tfl the developing basis in Formosa
and Port Arthur and the four great
bases In Japan proper, and with the
British Pacific fleet combined with the
Japanese navy the control of the Pa
cific ocean is assured to the allies along
vuuliui 01 me Atlantic, uur
fleet only has to choose between two
fleets, both greatly superior, as to
which It will engage. Since the Inva
sion of America will come from the Pa
cific, the allied fleets in the Pacific
should be the choice and the Atlantic
nd gulf coasts must be left abso
lutely exposed until we can build a
fleet in the Atlantic to match the Brit
ish and a fleet In the Pacific to match
the Japanese means war with Great
Britain also, and that such war will
see our flag swept from the ocean and
ee America' ground down by the hordes
from India, China and Jap&n, the
swarm pouring over the Pacific -slope.
T.lL,0?? cfna(Jai with the British
V..uJ.i?lUlmi,.,iU P the Pacific and
'ii,,iabl.Jl1 Atlantlc from which to
SoW, north"PeUtl0n" of v..loo
lh Sluinf Amrtc would mean
rXV-fh?tuS n1et of Europe
i 52 ,th?WAtlallt,!' The question vitally
affects thecourse of th? world.
M H! iiCLri0 ay dent that,
with the yellow man capable f de
veloping Into 1 the- best -soldier In the
world, capable of enduring hardship?
Vid fatfgues Impossible with the white
Jnan; u w,ta race cannot hope to
beet the yellow race numbering three
ta one in m. straggle bri land. On the
other hand the great endurance of ihe
yellow man with a low standard
f KJR. conditions of poverty aid
'a,:l- .Uh le" wealth nl Maourees,
so that, for ft time at least, the yellow
rate can not compete with the white
'te, n the sea 'where power demands
wwilth and not number of men.
Thus the safety of the white race is
wrapped up in the control of the ocean.
V hen . it' 1 realised' that Americi
controls about one half of the entl-e
banking power of the world, an index
t.f naval possibilities, and is steadily
Kstnlng an even larger proportion ft
win be seen that jihe tmist be. looked
10 s the ultimate bulwark of the white
race In its struggle wltH the yellow
-moe for control of the ocean. Further
the yellow race Is now gravitating
eastward,, across the Pacific, and afte?
iMjng America , would choose ahe
r '!( across the Atlantic to Europe
rather than the land - mute by Asia
Anuria I thus the Immediate buffer
t-r tle whole white race .The world
n Rot but itw with alarm the spec-
tacle of the greatest naval power of
the white race, lending itself to the
yellow race to give that race the one
advantage upon which the white race
must depend for Its existence, the ad
vantage in ships, with which to break
down the nation that constitutes the
white man's breastworks.
We have read of "Holy Alliances ' In
history. We now behold an unholy
alliance. The British Joining the Japa
nese against America Is nothing short
of treason to the white race.
National peril has bepn uppermost
!n the minds of European nations so
long that the annihilation of space and
the bringing of the yellow race to tnelr
doors does not yet produce the feeling
of race peril. The nations of the white
race have antagonized each other mo
long that they tee In the rise of Japan
an opportunity to gain an advantage
ever a rival white nation, rather than
a common peril for all white nations.
It if now common knowledge that the
thousands of Chinese students returning
from instruction in Japan, already
reaching nearly half a million of Chi
nese pup'It -in China nre teaching s.
common in tred of tho foreigner. This
came out In the propaganda during the
boycott of American goods. The yel
low man's house is fast becoming
united, while the white man's house is
divided jwlthin itself. Of course, in the
end ths common peril will be appre
ciated, and then the nations of the
white race will come together, but In
finite harm may be done In the mean
while, and union might oome , too late.
Such a common danger apparently will
be necessary to bring their brother
nations together. It required common
family peril to produce ths united clan.
It required common clan peril to pro
duce the united tribe; it required com
mon tribe peril to produce the united
nation, It may require a common na
tional peril to produce the united race.
During this process of evolving the
larger aggregation, vast suffering and
sacrifice were entailed, kindred families,
clans, tribes, perished by the sword at
mcIi other's hands. It Is the part of
higher intelligence to avert similar suf
ferings on a vast scale. With a united
front and in control of the ocean, tha
white race could check the militariza
tion of China by Japan, striking at tha
root of the danger and could limit the
coming war zone, and upon the lines of
American institutions,- recognizing the
equal rights of others, could ultimately
bring about the reconciliation of the
race& in a united brotherhood of man.
But the day of this brotherhood is far
away. The day of the united white race
is likewise far away. Ours is still the
day of the divided nations., Japan has
been able to enlist other European na
tions besides the BrttWhy.ln her dlplo
mn tic preparations for war" trltb. Amer
ica. Prestige of Victory.
The prestige of victory and the pos-
cession of power have given the) Japa-.
nese a great leverage upon the nations
of Europe that have ambition In the far
east, and she has been able to handle
these nations as she pleased: ': '
From the British she wished a hard
and fast alliance to insure control of
the sea. A hard and. fast alliance she,
got. From the French, the bankers,
she -wishes money and money she Is
getting. - A new convention has been
arranged with France, the net effect or
which is to cause millions of French,
capital to pour- into Japan; these mil
lions are going Into various avenues,
but they , will all lead directly or In
directly to swell and buttress the Jap
anese war chest.. From the Russians
he wishes relief from embarrassment
In Manchuria: a new convention with
Russia provides against .this embar
rassment. .' , ,- ' c. 1 -' - -;
The Inducements that Japan gives to
secure these treaties are not difficult to
understand ...... . .,,.."
. The building of the Panama canal
yJ..AJ?",rlc her demand for the
PJf -?'" ' Policy - in China, measures
intended fo be. which would surely be,
yfw'JT" Bntage to. all nations., are
in,.Mi...lh irround for alarm.', Japan
Euro.S !!""'. ln WCt. tO the
Europeaa powers that when the canal.
Is completed, with an open-door policy,
the other nations couM not compete
with. America, end she calls upon them
to join her to throw America out of the
Pacific and to divide China into
"spheres of Influence" promising to the
British a preponderance in the Yangtse
valley, which they have coveted for 60
years, promising to France preponder
ance in the southwestern provinces,
bordering on the French colony of
Cochin-Cmna. and to Russia preponder
ance in parts of Manchuria. Of course,
these features are carefully guarded
and only conventional clauses of the
conventions are made public, clauses
really intenced to throw America and
the public of the world off guard. Take
the convention of France, for instance,
In which the two powers agree to uphold
the ether's "rights" In "adjacent region."
This sounds natural and harmless, but
It becomes known, particularly in the
far east, that the agreement was that
France could occupy Yuiman, Kuang
turg and Knangsl, important prov
inces of China In the southwest, and
thRt Japan could occupy Korea, Chill,
Manchuria, Shantung and Fukien.
It will be noted that the Fukien
province la far down across from For
mosa and that these other provinces
are coast provinces and taken ln con
nection with the Llaotung penlnsu!:-,
which Japan already controls from Port
Arthur, they practically give Japan con
trol of the coast line of China and
consequently of Chinese relations with
the outside world. It will be noticed
also that this list Includes Chill, the
province that gives access to and con
trol .over Pekin. and consequently over
,the. Chinese government, and it is in
this province of Chill that under Jap
anese direction, the viceroy has or
ganised .a great standing army, up to
date in every way, estimated as al
ready numbering over 70,000 men. It
will also be noted that the list Includes
the peninsular province of Shantung on
which the German colony of Kio Gr.no
Is situated, and over which Germany
has long cherished designs of control
It Is understood that the conditions
with France were made with the knowl
edge and full consent of Great Britain
and Russia. It Is clear, therefore, that
the four powers, Japan, Great Britain.
France and Russia have a full under
standing, that provides for the elimina
tion of America and Germany from the
far east and for the division of China
among themselves. It has all been
brought about by Japanese diplomacy
and will work Into Japan's hands With
the anti-white propaganda belncr .devel
oped throughout China by Japanese ef
forts, it ought to be clear to anyone
that It would not be long after the
division of China when the white na
tions participating would be eliminated
ln turn, probably France first and Greit
Grltaiij last. But with the selfish bait
Of spoils ln China, Japan has led these
three grat European nations' to coop
erat.. wttn ner' Mralnst Americans In
the first great move by Japan toward
EVIL"8? torL hre" the control of the
Pacific1 and for the yellow man the
supremacy of the world. In Order to
clinch this cooperation, and precipitate
the issue, the empress dowager of China
has been forced to announce that she
will abdicate at the approaching Chi
nese New Year, and Toltlo dispatches
announce that the emperor of China la
imbecile. Shortly after the emperor of
Korea had been forced to abdicate. Ja
panstandtng upon the prostrate form,
of that helpless country, served notice
upon the world that with the approach
ing abdication of the empress dowagor
there re likely to be disturbances In
China that nay require Japanese oc
cupation of that empire similar to the
occupation of Korea. In line with this
announcement the base at Port Arthur
has been rapidly put in readiness for
naval and military operations, and
Japan is evidently planning early moves,
which ars expected to arouse the opp
ltlon' nflres. end precipitate the'
conflict, unless It can bepreoipltated
for some plausible pretext In the mean
while, a pretext that would not alien
ate the public sentiment of Europe-and
check the cooperation of the European '
governments.. ,, z
: The fact has been brought out that
Japanese preparations- for war with
America, naval, "military and fllplornr-.tle
have reached an advanced-stage. Rome
tblns; further, remains,, ho wavier,, before
Japan, can actually Inaugurate hostili
ties. She must create an anti-American
feeling among the. masses of Japan,
to Insure popular support in the prose
cution of war, and she must find some
plausible pretext to excuse fier in tho
eyes of the world.
The great agent for such purposes .'s
the press, and for these purposes the
Japanese government has utilized the
preer, of Japan and, with the aid of
her allies, the press of the world, with
wonderful' success.
This task is a difficult one. It Is
fhi ZVX ,17 tnr(!u a Jap" "1 it Is estimated that the injury to Jap- AJatle. mTXt not nrove as harmonl- h advanced stages of these prepara-t.-.--1'
Amrlcil flrst opnfd,H5 Bnee Property amounted to li; ln that liB,j,lS Li coi The crisis through which we
Japan and never- fired a gun but left famous green bouse incident In Oakland. Anglo-Japanese plans con ed ,nd are now paslf,n8. , hown
t. . 1 uiiin.iii n...., n II VI .HQ. wo iiavo
been her stxunchest friend ever since.
Not long after the opening up, during
the disturbances that accompanied the
last days of the shogunate. the Straits
of Shimonoslkl were closed to foreign
commerce, which led to the first naval
demonstration snd bombardment by
Great Britain; France, the Netherlands
and America ending In the exaction of
33,000.000 for the Japanese government,
the money being divided equally among
the four powers. The other . powers
took their quotas and used them un.
America's quota was sent, on, 1760,000.
By the usages of the world and the
example of the other powers. It was
ours, but we never touched It. In" due
time by a unanimous voter of the -American
congress, we voluntarily returned
the last dollar to the Japanese govern
ment. It Is generally known that America
was among the foremost western na
tions to abolish the principle of extra
territorial Jurisdiction ln Japan and
thus to plaoe Japan on an equality
with the other great civilised nations.
It Is generally known that during the
war with Russia. American sympathy
was with Japan and was a substantial
assistance in floating- Japanese , war
loans.
The task of, persuading the Japanese
people that America hade - suddenly
turned against her old friend, was there
fore a difficult and delicate one. The
Japanese government applied itself -to
the task with great adroitness. When
popular protest ran high in Japan
against the terms of the treaty of Ports
mouth, the cue was given to the press
and America was held respgnsible for
the failure to receive the expected war
indemnity. A propaganda was carried
on similar to that which followed the
war with China, when, ln preparing the
masses for the coming war with Russia,
the press cried out against that country
as having despoiled them -of the fruits
of their victory. The Japanese - press,
after the return of the envoys from
Portsmouth, -cried out that --America,
once their friend, had turned upon them
and had deprive them of the fruits of
their victory. Such is the universal be,
lief for ' our gracious efforts that
brought the bloody war to a close. Insur
ing as it did Incalculable advantages to
Japan along' with' the restoration-of the
peace of the world. - ! .
The Japanese government made a tlclpatlon of the best citizens of Van- and Is? driving American commerce out
flausible request that the city restore couver in the destruction of Japanese of China proper. In the light of the
he houses. The mayor refuseo, snd houses, was In a measure, an outburst true conditions it is almost ridiculous
the Japan government said nothing, of the old spirit of Puritanism against for the Japanese government to lay the
What a contrast in San Francisco where the presence of the looser morals of anti-American propaganda upon a "yel-
conditions were abnormal, when the the Japanese quarter. -The British, in low press" ln the hands of "the oppo-
property of Americans and other na- their unholy alliance with the Japanese. BUIon."
tionalities was injured by the struggles mayas well take account of forces that The propaganda In Japan was for the
of union and nonunion laborers, and are deeper and stronger than the ties of purpose of firing the masses of the
many lives were sacrificed. Tho injury a treaty of expedlesx-y to promote "im-. Japanese for war, and the propaganda
to Japanese property was only trivial, mediate Interest,"- Japanese in large In Kurope was for the purpose of Jus
Altogether It amounted to only a few numbers wn be no more welcome In ttfln Japan ln the eyes of the world,
hundred dollars, unattended .by injury fangda. than in Australia, and the They were part of the Anglo-Jap-toany
Japanese subject. ; . . . United States The use of Canada as a snese war preparations and the energy
in tne famous bath bouse incident. agB 0f Invasion of the United States witn which they were pushed showed
the injury amounted to II, the breaking "TJilfi.' tha -rhnni inf.iint In San y the way ln which the California in
of a window pane. And vet these trl- While the 1 school Incident n bm cl(jentB wer- -.i.ed ,mon to .mhnrro.i
vlal Incidents were seized upon by the JanS,awaB VnTerest and was prac- humiliate our government. The
Japanese press to Inflame the Japanese ot ! no Interest prac KOVernnlent of n0 free le , th,
people to bring forth mass meetings, if?." it we. seised upon bv the history of the world hasbeen so hu-
and thundering demands upon our gov- VnUeA Statj f- "nwna el UP by the mmatea by R foreign power. It was
ernment. The press of England sn3 to Brltls i, . and J.a.eaJ, only by wisely accepting the most ab-
a lesser degree the press of France plolted to thlmi-nfP'ilBhnTfl ject humiliation that our government
echoed the press of Japan, trying to resounded with condemnation of the ha8 been ab,e tnerefore t t
have it appear that a fierce race hatred gross violation by America of he disastrous war for which we are ut-
had sprung up In-America against the "treaty rights" of ' .waPtn terly unprepared, and for which the
Japanese. - manner in which America, was subject- Japanese and their allies have com-
The San Francisco school Incident, lng the allies of the British to Indignl- pleted all the preparations
however, was the one moat exploited, ties, treating as an inferior race the r '
for it served' the double purpose of nation that had given proof of the . T niTT1 . n t tttw
arousing anger among the Japanese highest civilisation and along with the IrAlrr-AiN LllJliAJ: JilVInG.
masses- and of creating an impression -condemnation of America - came the
in Europe that would Justify Japan In praises of the Japanese and the self
taking stern measures for redress. - control they were displaying under Railroad Laborers Able ta (3ct Along
In the press of Europe there was a great provocation. ' nn tM, irji.n tin . ti.n,
rloarlv visible effort of Analo-Jaoanese tu T.tn nress with one voice on Xnan 1U a Month.
Inspiration to produce the impression t-niunrnd tho Americans as having That Italian laborers
that the United Staples was .violating turne,i against them, having engen- money at the same wages t
the obligations; of the treaty of 1894. deMd a Vlent race hatred, which was t
whereas, there is nothing In that treaty 7.1 v, fnrn, nf im retrained t- Other European Immigrants Is
whatsoever that could be construed to ta(.K9 upon Japanese citizens finally by ment .made in a report of the depart-
'J'l3.l;mic-T! act,on' persecuting the little went of commerce and labor. The rea-
free education of Japanese Lh'fcn. , v' Japanese children, turning them outof Bn fn,,nA
lng In the various states. There is In- ;cno0 jenylng them an opportunity for son ,s "11Jr "una-
finitely less ground for complaint than "ducatton; the Japanese would not in- A great majority of the unskilled la
made no Effort U Anntn' b?'n "treated as borers in this country are employed ln
Trot Enforcing her -law that absolutely " Inferior race;" a ''Japanese treaty railroad construction and similar under
fo?WdS Japanese from attending the was not the fit object for the waste takings, which are usually carried on
public schooh f The " eason why the paper basket;" "America would learn where there are no accommodations for
freaty ivas invoked it evident The vlo! That the P" n 'n- rdlng and lodging the men. The
latlon of treaty obligations Is one of the Gained as an ornament, the American boarding camp thus becomes essential
causes assigned In International law as government was ' corrupt ; t0P to the contracting company.
Justifying war. bottom, in the cities. In the states, and in the case of men of all natlonall
J ' " In Washington, and the whole country ties except the Italians a fixed charge
America Paid No Attention. . vPfde.? ! ..-5?3uli .."1 fll a 18 ",ade ,ori.he hoarding and lodging of
save more
than any
a state-
America : paid no attention
king;" America is Jrerjrrlch, the. Am- each man.- The Italians, however, insist
mmerciai at an times. 0n buying and cooking their own food.
rir-ans were comm
California many years ago adopted' a lnelr . wic T investigation or the records of a
laurornia many years ago aaopiea a b t devoid of patriotism, and contracting company erriblovina- many
law that the school boards could pro- lacking In efficiency and would give up labor showed that th?sxtual cot to
vide separate schools for pupils of Immediately before Japanese patriots. the company of groceries, provisions
Mongolian rac; the country paid no eJrot btm,!i ft 5. w?.
attention when the law was applied to the angerf hatred and cupidity of . 1? cents 'a mea or 3 9? week r"
-rkinax rhi hv mmiul In nonnle to fire them for war,
was applied to ' them also. From, the , before the e:
first, the matter, has been properly rer 111; actually
"correct"
each man. ( The men were charged $1S
camps - of the
same company lived mostly on macs-
-rr - --- nuns cumpany uvea mostly on mscs-
18ny:.i .V!; ?ri ronl, sausage, -cheese, sardines and
'.'"ffrf-l-nii.: bread, macaroni and bread being the
f?rSprrniV n2 the w maples nnd the others used very spar-
Iity by laying it on the yel- , , Tn average monthly ixner.se
ense
wen-
loves of
Since then every possible incident, no
matter how trivial, has been seised upon
and grossly exaggerated to stir up the
hatred of the Japanese people against
America. .' No attention- has been paid
by the Japanese press to the stringent
measures Inaugurated against Japanese
Immigrants to other countries. As a
matter of fact. the British colonies in
South Africa, Australia and New Zea
land have been ten times as stringent
as ws have been in America. It would
have been more consistent for the press
of Japan to proclaim that the British
were their enemies. Japanese have been
excluded from Australia, . a Japanese,
cannot enter that country without giv
ing bond that he will leave within a
limited time, and while In the country
he ' cannot send his children to Aus
tralian schools, "from which 'Japanese
are entirely excluded. Tet such serious
impositions have passed without com
ment in Japan. In the recent disturb-'
ances in British Columbia, where a
shipload .Of Japanese was deported,
where in Vancouver without any ab
normal conditions . the - best citizens of
the place Joined by 100 British soldiers
sttacked the Japanese Quarters and over
(0 Japanese houses were either partly
or wholly desroyed and a Japaaeae sub
ject' was killed. Almost no comment
was made in Japan except In excusing
the British and palliating the offenses.
nrefln-ar s cenrs. xz: so nnttnrt nr miiL.
r standards. " and : W 7 cents,' I2.f0; sausage, sar-
- Intimate . asso-'rU'nTir those iaAustiaili: - cheese. $1.60; latd, 90 cents,
et her seal of on at .Yn,c5uX.eJL Jnaa tlVi" Most of the Italians in Vdditlon to
5ne. Furthermore, the ' California law "P0""',," "inspired by the '2g,y- J verage monthly exp,
is clearly a wise one. When people are ?wrtvrf cooitO "tt slifwta? ?f laborer was as folio wsr f,
so far apart that they differ In color, ..ff th V t ty-five one and one half pound love
.4 I. 4h.w will ttrlHAlv In " " J .. r . . . - -
their habitaT and thel
cannot be congenial ln
elation. Nature has B
abhorrence upon the mlnrllno- of Mood l "r1",?" .i i .1. Vli" "'" - that amount spent an average of S3 a
Of . types so divergent. No good pur- iVL "S,1 "a-t?!- Z Japan are Wltfi the hionth for beer, cheap cigars and to
pise'ean be served by forcing peSple lvefm Indeed Japan has s bacco- rhlch wlth the expense of $1 a
of different color Into each other's so-" Slmpi ?fl 7-the world of the "oopera- montn for hnty rent brought the total
clety.,The effect is not marked when fiof the nress with the fownXnt of ,,v,nf UD to tbout 19 month,
there are comparatively few of one J all the course of An examination of the records of
color, but the universal experience of "t thing published, as fir as could three railroasW systems in New Torfc
mankind demonstrates the wisdom of K detected. wlthouthe consent and Pennsylvania and New Jersey for 190?
separating the - colbrs when both are "SH'S gverament Te govern- 1 accurate 'figures on the
numerous. Just when the point is Sent control of the press in Jipan is earnings and cost of living of large
reached where separation becomes ad- absolute In fact the control of every numbers of Italians under the usual
ylsable, is clearly a . matter for, each other activity of ' the nation is abso- commissary syslem.' Jhe average earn
loeality to settle for Itself. Great Hum- jute .. 'japan is an oriental autocracy, Ings for a representative month ln 190
bers of Japanese were - pouring into an absolutism, such as the white man r 89 gangs. 'numbering 1.6S0 men.
San Francisco and the numbers in the has never known. - The emperor has were $3 . 07. The cOat of all food was
public schools were showing signs of COmS from the sun. A good Japanese I&.80, and shanty rent and sundries,,
similar increase.' . Furthermore the cannot look upon him. The virtues of 11-49, or a total of .79, leaving a sur
Japanese pupils were older . than the the emperor won all the victories. The plus of. J0.2. - - .
American pupils and anyone who has central government has Its hand upon . These figures furnish oh of the most
been to Japan knows how loose the every form of . business. The mer potent explanations of the great amount
standard of morals Is. There"- Is no chants of America end .Europe need of .money sent by postofTlce orders to
question -that action looking to sepera- never. think they are toriave simply Italy. - In 1908 th amount sent to all
tion in the schools bf mixed sexes was the competition of Japanese merchants, countries was t2. 436, 343. and of this
to be expected before the actual num- They must meet the competition of I36.798.5S2. or 68.9 er cent, went to
bers of Japanese pupils would appear the Japanese government. , It Is the Italy and the Sl vlo countries,
to require the action. This is no im- Japanese government, and not the legl- The total amount sent to Ttsly was
putation of self -righteousness, wjien timate competition of .Japanese- mer-: tt,239Ja. against 20liB9.4 18 to Rhs
H Is pointed- out- that the Teuton chants that Is driving foreign com- sla and Austria-Hungary, which court
standard of morals Is on a different merce and particularly American com- tries have-twice as many representa
plan from the. Japanese and the par- merco, out of Korea and Manchuria, lives ln h United States aa Italy,
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