The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-13
THE NEGRO. THE CKINAMAN AND
THE JAPANESE.
They Must BE Kent In Class hy Them.
selves, Declares q COrreSp0nllent.


To THE EpiroR OF The Sun Sir: Booker
T. Washington on Independence Day adj
dressed an audience at Montclalr. n. j.. and
during bis speech said that he was glad that
a sentiment prevailed that favored giving
to the Chinese a chance Ia come to the United
States. lie said that he believed that Il
would from every point Of view pay to give
the people of China "A fair chance
IL IL probably going back to somewhat
ancient history to renew discussion Of tia
negro question Of America. even though 1t
be brought UP In connection with that Of the
Filipino, Japanese and Chinese But Nj
WashinGtons words seem t. bear strong
support OF the theory of the Southern States
that q colored man--brown. black or yellow
has ideas of government ard things that
are not essentially white
The self-constituted laws OF man have
many times been used as a battering ram
TO punch holes In the impervious laws Of
nature, with the inevitable result that nature
has always demonstrated the impo
Of defeat. No ono begrudRes Mr. Washing
ton or any other negro. bis brains--and
many covet them. The fact remains THAI
It was eorae strange ruling OF the Creator
and not the great educational system ot
tho country. that gave to the Eentemsa
the power OF gray matter that has managed
By force of individuality TO predominant
over the black OF skin. But how many Of
MIR. WashinQton's people have shown amb-
ton sufficient to take them out OF the rut
and place the gray above the black; How
many OF them are capable Of receiving lnowl-
edge. even were IL offered them?
inadvertently in his Montclair speech Mr..
Warrington develops the dangerous frater-
naiism that exists to q greater or less extent
among all races that are OF other shades
than white. His words were undoubtedly
born Of an instinct Of seH-preservation &
4 kind that nature has instilled In every
human being. They were the instinctvely
answered call Of the wild They come
from q man who knows nothing of Chinese
immi gr alton or ite evils and who simply
speaks from a 'colored' point OF view. 1t l.,
the echo OF the warning that makes the
yellow peril the brown peril and the
BLACK peril
The plain truth OF the matter is. the great
white race does not care to halt in its prog
ress for the black hordes. the yellow
hordes or the brown hordes to evolute
standard OF mental and mechanical pro-
6ciency.
Nature put the Chinese In one class. the
Japanese in another and the negro in an
other The white man had his distinctive
place In the great plane OF development
allotted long ago. Because Mr.. Booker
Washing ton happens to be most estmable,
well educated gentleman and there are a few
others with a black skin like him Is no reason
why We should take our hats of to his race.
tho Chinese any other gentlemen OF color.
study OF the skulls Of most of the kind OF
people that white persons object to reveals
that it would not be possible TO penetrate their
brain cavities with dose OF class courses.
even were these loaded and fred from .
chokebore shotgun. The average Japanese
is impractical as an American citizen, the
negro improbable and the Chlnaman i'm
possible. AS might have been expected.
the education Of Mr. Washington has de-
veloped several color lines. all but one OF
which he certainly ought to fight very
shy Of. J. s. TYLER
WASHINGTON. July II.