The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-12
Pure, HeaithfM Refreshing
APozlmarls
"7he Queen Of Table WIaters"
JApS REAL YELLOW PERIL.
MORE DANGER FROM THEN THAN
from CHINESE, SAYS KAHN.
California Congressman Mt Credit Mems
Dinner Says the Pacific Coast Doesn't
Want the Japanese NaturaliZed
Aren't Even Honest, He Adds.

DAu0tT says INC rhctUC NOdsI DOcsn'L
a the Japanese NaturaliZed
Aren't Even Honest, He Adds.
The annual dinner of the New York
Credit Mems Association at the St. Denis
last night was enlivened by a speech made
by Congressman Julius Kahn Of California
on the japanese question. Mr.. Kahn had
some bitter things to say about the laps
and declared that the people Of California
would remain steadfast in their purpose to
keep them from associating with their
children in the schools, despite even the
threat Of military interference.
the Occidental and the Oriental never
will mix " said Mr.. Kahn, and we feel that
we on the Pacific know just a little more
about this than many of our well meaning
citizens who ave beautiful theories that
oon't work in practice"
Mr.. Kahn said that at the present time
the Japanese were pouring through the
Golden Gate at the rate of more than 900
a month
Il am not stating it too strongly he
went on. when l say that the people of
California regard these japanese with
greater horror. aye. even with greater
fear, than they did the Chinese invasi IN.
We don't want to exclude the japanese
scholar or business man, but il is the japan
ese coolie that we fear. He has all of the
vices and none OF, the virtues of the China
man. He is absolutely devoid Of the nom
esty Of the Chinese in business. He has no
h~esitancy in breaking business obligations.
and even in Japan all banks n financial
institutions employ Chinese in the depart
ments affecting credit. Many American
firms absolutely refuse to do bu siness di-
rectly with members Of these Japanese
houses, but place reliance on these Chinese
supervisors"
Congressman Kahn said that the people
of the Pacific believed that the present
treaty with Japan was decidedly one sided
1t was under this treaty that the Japanese
we're pouring in here, attracted 10y the
higher wages.
I'm his own country" he said. the Japan
ese works for 80 cents a day and brings up
his family on that meagre wage. Small
wonder that the American w~orkingman
does not emigrate TO Japan, where he'd be
thrown into competition with men willing
to work for such a pittance. The number
Of Americans expatrated in Japan L. ex-
ceedingly small and will always remain so.
That is why this treaty is one sided
II allo wed TO come, Congressman Kahn
said, the Japanese would drive out all eau
causian competition in every trade he
entered. The Japanese cobbler reaching
San Francisco, he said, Immediately sets
up shop next to an American cobbler and
puts up a price Hst half OF that charged by
the latter.
The American trying to bring up a
family, =" he went on, finds himself at once
face 10 face with a competitor who can
subsist on what he would starve to death on.
The iron enters his soul. He must come
down to the japanese standard or quit the
n~eighborhood for one in which the little
brown man has not entered. I have not
~overpainted the picture. Its counterpart
exists On every street in San Francisco. u
is conditions such as these that result in
bloodshed ahd race riots, We want to avoid
anything Of that kind.
AWe are law abiding, but we want the
Japanese coolies kept out OF our State.
The sentiment of the entire State Is behind
the San Francisco school board. We Will
never permit our children 10 be thrown in
contact with adult Japanese students.
The japanese, male and female. mature
far earlier than we do. The relation be-
tween the sexes is very different They
have legalized a relationship between the
sexes in japan which under our standards
is absolutely IMMORAL. The people OF San
Francisco will not tolerate these conditions.
Mawkish GENT mentality and even threats of
military interference make them still more
steadfast in their purpose.
Even the fruit rover who were IN need
OF labor, the congressman Sdlu, were OPP
posed 10 the Japanese. War would not
result, he thought, beca Use the good sense
of the two countries would avoid it, and
Japan was also cripp<a.b by her war with
Russia.
Concerning the proposition of the Pnesi-
dent TO admit the J japanese TO our naturaliZa-
ton laws, MIR. Kahn said
II am in a position and ! voice the mani
nous sentiment of the Pacific Coast when |
say we do not want this. We who have
learned to know the little brown man have
no faith in his professions of loyalty. We
know that he might forswear his allegiance
TO the Mikado. but If war came his sym
pathy and his support would go TO his native
land. He does not know the meaning Of
our oaths. The mere Formally of il would
not be considered in an emergency Of that
kind. His oath to us would be q hollow
mockery. We do not want that kind of
citizens and we won't have them If We can
prevent it,"
Mr.. Kahn said that both nations were
destined to struggle for supremacy on the
Pacific with great possibility of friction.
r. II. Chandler of New Jersey made a
plea for uniformity in the business laws
of the State, which he said were at present
a ~travesty on intelligence and a menace
10 industrial security" The Rev. Cleveland
r. McAfee of RroOklyn also smoke.