The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE.

discussing Japan of the exclusion policy which
have adopted in the OF China II IS wen TO AVOID nia
mistakes undue expectations 4he question OF
general immigration promises become burning ISSUE and the
well prove to be that which applied to all immigration
The question aside, receiving at the rate OF 5000
the human dictates migration
poor and with low conditions to those
of richer opportunity and higher This law applies regardless OF
being the highest wage country in the
the objective of all immigration it be maintained at
the present the influx will work out the other effect OF the law
brings here No organization and artificial contrvance
the fall of scale toward that OF the European
from which receiving these millions of immigrants
When Chinese population its highest figure its effect
upon perceptbe compared with what is sure to follow
The coming OF the millions OF immigrants that are
Europe the effect o the few thousand Japanese that are mere
noonsderabe compared to that produced oy the a
southeastern Europeans II we put japanese exclusion upon e
wage question: and them while leaving to
open One needs only visit the immigrant quarters IN the large
cities discover that the Japanese and even the chinese
rope any of the respects which immigrants to be studied in
the light of their economic effect upon the country.
difference The Europeans bring
large reinforcement of voting population They can
citizens The Aa The Europeans eagerly seize
advantage citizenship enable the point with
@ & u t Of the F,rponan Immigration is slower as its
OF many naonaies there millions here
already natural only that they seek contact with their h
lows and the effect is TO rerd assimilation 1t quite doubtful
too whether the country has ANYTHING gain
quite possible that national character the future would be
building stock that has been for generations the
country belongs the Northern Europe nations whence for
the part original American stock was derived.
Returning to the single question OF Japanese exclusion 1t must
be had by the that used exclude the Chinese The
United pointed the We
with Japan, which this clause
1T however understood that the stpuations contained this and
the preceding article do affect the laws ordinances
regulations with trade the of aborers
police public security which which here
after be enacted in either of the countries"
That language puts Japanese in this country upon
equality with immigrants from other country and bestows
in Japan like equality Instead of meaning that either
exclude the people OF the other while admitting the
people of all other that Japanese the United
upon perfect equality with other foreigners under
and that Americans Japan shall enjoy the equality
there.
The Interpretation of that clause has already discussed by
The and well understood that what
pass applying all and all foreign
shall apply Japan 1t grant of authority Japan
intended give immigration Japan
the rights that given all foreign trade and all foreign
migration.
This proper Interpretation of the treaty puts the all
of China We had the Bungame of
immigration
Chinese immigration harmful made several ineffective
which voided by Finally
Supreme the United States opinion Mr.
Justice Field pointed that exclusion legislation be based
amendment the We special embassy
China the desired amendment and exclusion legislation
The Japanese has already let be
given people of other nations In other words
equality of secured the the
above quoted
To advise that proceed against Japan with treaty
mischief To exclude the Japanese
country WELL will be found with equally rigid
people Japan,
haps is well also.