The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-27

THE JAPS In
OUR SCOOLS
President Sends Metcalf to
San Francisco.
COMPLAIN OF VIOLENCE
Ambassador Has Notified His Gov.
eminent That Outbreak Is
Purely Local.
COMPLAIN OF VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON. Oct ia cabinet
meeting lasting two and half hours
WIS attended 10y all the members cx'
ccpt Secretary Shaw and Postmaster
General Cortclyou.
Among important matters discussed
was the situation growing out OF the
antl.Amerlcan sentiment In Japan and
the exclusion OF japanese children
from the public schools Of san Francis
co.
After the meeting II was announced
TINT Secretary Metcalf OF the depart
ment OF commerce aud labor would
20 10 San Francisco today 20 invcsti
gate and make a full report on the sit
uation ms affecting the japanese there.
President Roosevelt has directed See
rotary Mctcalf TO proceed TO San Fran
cisco aud make thorough aud com
plcte Inquiry Into the situation affect
Ing the exclusion OF Japanese children
from the schools provided for white
children and the determination 10 place
Japanese pupils In separate schools.
The president Is anxious TO obtain
M first hand from cabinet officer who
Is acquainted with local conditions In
San Francisco full Information affect
ing every phase Of the subject 10 the
end that whatever action Is taken by
this government may be- after AN accu-
rate understanding Of the situation.
The president feels that every effort
within power Of the administration
should be exerted 10 see that all the
treaty rights claimed 10y the japanese
for It's people residing In the United
States should be respected and pro-
tected.
II was stated by n member Of the
cabinet that the general opinion was
that the situation was exceedingly
grave and would require the most
delicate treatment 20 avoid an open
rupture.
II developed that the proceedings in
stituted in san Francisco to compel
the authorities TO receive japanese
pupils In the public schools were d.
rected by the department OF justice.
Some cases OF violence and rlotlng
against japanese ut San Francisco.
where stones have been thrown and
windows broken, have been brought 10
the attention OF Secretary Root by
VIscount Aokl, who said that II was
with great reluctance he called the at
tention OF the central government TO
"A, AGAINST lana
nese. which he thought were purely
local in their nature.
When asked II complaints had reach
ed him from japanese In any part OF
California outside OF San Francisco or
! from other Pacific coast states, Wis
count Aoki replied that all the trouble
has been confined TO the one city. The
ambassador has assured his govern
ment agnin that the outbreak against
the japanese Is purely local and was
which showed that the japanese press
Is for the most part attempting to
check the feeling against Americans.
San Francisco dispatches say that
Judge wolberton Of the United States
circuit court has issued an order citing
! the board Of education of San Francis
co to show cause why an injunction
compelling the reinstatement Of /.
Yasuhara, japanese pupil recently
, excluded from the Pacific Heights
grammar school, should not be issued.
The order was issued following an
application for an Injunction presented
to Judge Wolberton to make this
| test case.
A mass meeting Of japanese has been
called to discuss the situation created
by the exclusion of their children.
A special from Tokyo says that the
allegation that the retirement of Mid
shipman Asahi Kitigaki from the Ma
val academy at Annapolis was due to
the request of the Japanese embassy at
Washington Is deemed there to be i'm
possible, as the Japanese government
has carefully avoided anything likely
to provoke the United States. NJ. Xiii
gaki's parents are without word from
him, but 1t is believed his retirement
was entirely voluntary.
1t Is announced the sole reason for
the resignation of Midshipman Xiii
gaki, who is a son of Baron Kitigaki
of the imperial privy council, was n
deficiency in his studies. He entered
the academy in 1904