The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-31
CHINESE IN AMERICA.
National Guard Cannot Protect Them. Ex.
cepE Perhaps iu " R-hiRxtoB.


National Guard Cannot Protect Them. Ex-
ceps Perhaps iu " a-hiREteB.
Ambrass Bisrcs. In Se~ Tsrk Journal
Here ia Washington the old primitive
savage Ia our blood has already begun to
assert himself and clsm0r for vengeance
upon the chimes IN our midst Several
have beer severely injared by the young
ot our species. in whom the ancestral
brute is ever strong and alert We shall
be fortunate il every city OF the Union be
rot the scene II riot ami massacre before
this trying period passes. There Is mate
rial enough Tor -'retaiiatiOn"-the country
ls full Of Chinese-and provOcatinn
enough; every man Of them is in secret
sympathy with ihe assassins Of Pekin.
This will be strenuOus!y denied-what as
seTuon is not-but no one who has profit
ably studied the Monaghan character in
the hight supplied by its friction with the
Caucasian viii b- found on the negative
side. No. a Chinaman lives who. con-
seiously or subcOnsciOIsly. does not desire
determination OF the whites if he happens
To know Of their existence. This Is about
the only thing that We can certainly know
or the MongOlian character-excepting its
Hniathomed CULTS OF guile" which forbid
further knowledge. From the lowest Can
Ton coolie up 10 mis- eXcellency Ii Hung
Chang, laughing sardonicsliy In his long
sleeve, the Chinese hate us with an antip-
athy that is innate. instructive, incura-
Die, and not altogether without justifica-
ton The smiling house servant taking
your orders for the days duties; the res
tdurateur obsequiousiy serving you with
chop suey; the thrifty convert" patter-
ing MS new creed with mental reserva-
tohs' the diplomat gravely assuring you
OF ais high consideratiOn-eyery John OF
them would knife you if he dared
10y taking thought an American gentle
man could probably conceive one OF two
sets OF circumstances In which he would
take the life Of a Chinaman personally in
offensive. Any Chinaman could enumer-
ale hundred in which he would Kill a
gulltless American. And You might Try
until you were gray without guessing a
nan dozen OF them. The mental conStitU-
,oH OF These people, their habit of
thoushL their motives. the neXus between
what tneN think and what they do are 10
Us absolutely inCOmpTehensib!e II a Chi
Hdinah should Kill a white man for cross
ing a rectangular held diagoualIv. or be-
cause he passed behind a SleeDinc cat. 1
should De neither surprised nor disposed
10 question the sincerity of his plea that
ne dld 1t 10 preserve his own life
II my estimate Of the Chinese character
Is just 'ahI II least 1t is based on many
years Of observation and study1 II may
assist the public here in the Eastern
States 20 dpprdise the value of the decIa-
ration OF Mr. Ho Vow. the Chinese cons III
GENERA al San Francisco, that his cOun-
w men IN California are willing TO serve
under the American flag in China. Per
maps ne ldld not say so; there are other
humOriStS in California Anvhow- IN.
best service To themselves and US that
the Chinese in America can render inst
now Is u attract as little attention As
possible by confirming TO fight among
themselves. \ stay in the proceedings
might remind the Ame rican Sand-Iotter IF
their existence, as the sudden silence Of
me cannon wakes the sleeping soldier on
the tented field or break i'm the nr sic
luperliS the snake Charmer. A China
ran most natural, harmless and toler-
able pursuit Is pursuit of another China
man.
Particularly injudicious are appeaIs to
the government .or protection. These can
only remind the turbulent anti-Chinese
element of the governments inability to
protect. In a few weeks We shall moi have
an available soldier in the country. From
Mnonl men, protection to come?
From the mtlitia2 In New York City.
perhaps, where they have the renowned
Seventh Regiment which would not night
COnlederateS and would not fight Span
ldfGS, put VIII light rioters Perhaps here
IN Washington. where Gen. George Har-
rieS has the secret Of making civilian
into a soldier who can stand without be-
ing supported by three sticks and move
without going on all Tours. But in the
entire country west IF the Mississippi
River, where the Chinese are most nu-
merous and least beloved. there is lot
q company of the National Guard which
can be made to figlt anything more for
middbie than its own officers On the eve
o. an engagement the Western militiaman
discovers that he has one elsewhere Even
at rife practice he has To be watched by
two policemen to keep him from frater-
ni2ing with the target.
The peril 10 the Chinese in this country
is no fiction; il Is real and imminent If
il turn out 10 be true that the Europeans
in China have been put to death | shall
not be surprised if before these lines get
into print there are matching masSacreS
in San Francisco and many towns Of the
Pacific coast, where already it is known
that Chinese blood is not black | hope
that nothing of the kind will occur. |
hope that the men starting so unquencha-
Bile a flame viii be promptly shot. As a
measure of precautiOn they should have
been shot when born. They could have
been known by the slope of their fore
heads and the inadequate distance be-
tween their ewes.