The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
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before the visit of viscount Aoki to
Secretary Root 1t reads as follows:
October 23.-To Wright. Toxic;
Troubles your dispatch of 21st are so
entirely local and confined to San
Francisco that this Government was
not aware of their existence until the
publication in our newspapers of what
happened in Toxic.
The best information we have been
able to obtain indicated that there is
nothing even in San Francisco but an
ordinary local labor controversy, ex-
cited by the abnormal conditions re-
sulting from the, earthquake and fire.
We cannot prevent men desirous of a
labor vote from making speeches in
favor of excluding any kind of competi-
ton This does not seem to have gone
beyond irresponsible agitation. to which
no attention can be paid by each Gov
ernment or should be by the people of
Japan. The trouble about schools ap-
pears to have arisen frsm the fact
that the schools which the Japanese
had attended were destroyed by the
earthquake and have not yet been re-
placed.
You may assure the Government of
Japan in most positive terms that the
United States will not for a moment
entertain the idea of any treatment
toward the Japanese people other than
that accorded to the people of the most
friendly European nations, and that
there is no reason to suppose that the
people of the United States desire our
Government to take any different
course.
DIRECTS AN INVESTIGATION.
The President has directed the De-
partment of Justice to make immediate
and full investigation and take such
steps as the facts call for to maintain
all treaty rights Of Japanese subjects
in the spirit of the friendship and re-
spect which our people have so long
entertained The purely local and oc-
casional nature of the San Francisco
school question should be appreciated
when the Japanese remember that the
japanese students are welcome in the
hundreds of schools and colleges all
over the country. ROOT"
APPEALS TO PARDEE.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 27.-The Japan
ese Consul in San Francisco has sent
a letter to Governor Pardee protesting
against the ruling of the San Francisco
Board of Education that Japanese chill
dren cannot attend public schools
where white children are taught. He
also enters a protest regarding the
large number of robberies and murders
of Japanese in San Francisco. The first
of the matter, but on the ground that
il is unjust discrimination against the
japanese race.
President Altman of the Board of
Education announced yesterday that he
would not take any further action in
the matter of excluding Japanese chill
dren from the schools where white
children attend until the arrival of
Secretary Metcalf from Washington.
Altman said the action of the board
was fully within it's legal powers and
was taken for the benefit of the Ameri-
can children who in some cases were
being crowded out by the Orientals.
I'VE court the fullest investigation
into our acts and will cooperate In
every way with Secretary Metcalf when
he arrives. The action of the board
was taken after due consideration and
with view of lettering the condition
of the white children, while at the
same time providing the Japanese
place wherein they could receive in
struction.