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! Journal Special Service.
( San francisco, Dec. president
Roosevelt's denunciation of Califor-
MA 8 anti-Japanese attitude has aroused
bitter resentment here.
| The president is excoriated for his
threat to use troops, and he openly is
charged with deliberately misstafing
the position taken by the authorities
of this city and the state.
| The Chronicle today has vigorous
editorial declaring that the president
mas overstepped his authority in threat
ening to coerce San Francisco. It saws;
The president says to shut out jap
anese from public schools is a wicked
absurdity.' They are not shut out from
the public schools. The president de-
mands more. power ito enforce the
rights of aliens under treaties The
context shows that his assumption is
that the Japanese have a treaty right
to enter our schools. There is no basis
of fact for that assumption.
49, Ridicules Naturalization.
"He recommends that the Japanese
be by special law admitted to NATURAL
1zat1on. That is proposition to be
rld1culed. Its natural effect must be
to, cause a Japanese exclusion act to be
pressed. 49,. :. = - ), -. : s
"He says that in the matter Of the
exclusion of Japanese pupils: All Of
tn the forces, military and civil, of the
United STAGES, which I may lawfully
employ, will be SO employed This is
an implied threat to use military force
to. put Japanese children into our
schools when he well knows he has no
authority to do anything of the kind,
and that any such attempt could only
lead to his own impeachment.
| The nai1u 30
"The president appears to beg the
question when he says in his message
concerning the treatment of the Jan
anese IN San Francisco, mot only must
we treat all nations fairly, but we must
| treat with Justice and good will all
immigrants who come here under the
law =.%
Threat to Bolt Party.
Japanese immigrants are not treat.
e @l with injustice in San Francisco.
| charge in our public schools, but be-.
cause they are mostly adult students
they are segregated in a special school.
a aneae e nothing Unfair or lacking in
| Should force be used, the Califor.
mans MAJ s,6 declare re- they will not weaken,
the time being to federal dictation,
they will withdraw all the white chill
dren from the public schools and leave
them IN sole possession of the Japan.
| ese. -, -
| Open threats are made hat califor.
| column in the next election, the cam
paign slogan to be: 'The democratic
party is q white mans partv.''
Ihere also has arisen another feature
-.bltter. open resentment against Ben.
lamln !de Wheeler, president of the
University of California. In Presidents
EooseYelt's message Californians de-
t1ments Of the head Of the state uni..
verslty and against him, rather than
| against either Roosevelt or the feder-
| al government, was directed the qreatep
part OF the wrath Of San Francisco.
Angry men declared Wheeler had taxi.
en- 1po9n himself to. dictate the policy
to tell the rest of the nation how Cali
fornla stands. Threats are openIy
made to cut the appropriation Of the
| university one-half in the next legisla.
| ture. 800 - ,'N,
Flame Is Famed.
The message, instead Of settling tbs
question, apparently has aroused mora
race prejudice than ever existed be-
| fore. ..,, .7.,0.-.< -
At the Japanese consulate there ID
silent and expansively smiling JOY,
those stormy patrols Of trouble, George
on the scenes assfed with K. uy Mnas
the Japanese sud who started ali
pan. Uyena sseN esehsa' benon 10 fhs
caucasian view. He knows more of
the situation ethan the labor agitators.
citizens, prejudiced ! tradesmen, OK
ranch oWners..
.lk-s - ! Il
sPanese children from schools was a al.
rect and intended insult to- Japan, not
the, earthquake. Superintendent ~
Schools Roncevield had declared the
whole school question was the result Of
tne situation arising from the earth.
quake: Uyeno declares two wears aro
San francisco planned to GUST Japan-
csc children from the schools and his
statement wassproved true.
union labor leader has confessed
tnat Two years ago the school board
now IN power was elected on a promise
to the Japanese and Corean Erclns;on
league, that if elected it would provide
separate schools for the Japs.
Laughs at War.
Uyeno, smiling, laughed at the idea
OF war between Japan and the United
States ~ : 'i''ou
docs Japan accord the rights of fa-
vored nations to America9o
Surely so-all rights. -
Could go to Japan and enter the
schools there to learn the 1anguagee,'
Surely so. -
nCan own property theres,'
-, Oh, Japan is small countrv.
There are restrictions, he smiled
Would I be received as an eauaIs,,
Surely 500 e411
IF | made a contract with a Tan.
anese would that bind me?,
he smiled. Then I added: sIs It
true would not be accorded contract
rights IN japan, equal to JapanesefSs
: You would have all the rights the
citizens Of other nations have. 80
Do the Japanese regard It 1.-THE
tion 81 ~ 'i'oii i,t1-
Surely so. -
Pledged to Dust Japs.
James Graham, member Of the ex-
eeutlve board of the Japanese and
Korean Exclusion league, was frank s
ness itself. "9
The school board we elected over
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