The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-15
CALLS IT A BOXER UPRISING.
JAPANESE EDITOR's OPINION or
SAN FRANCISCO BOYCOTT.
4 Sentiment Of Hostility Sometimes BE-
comes a Fact. says the ''CiiuwO''
Rulers Must Not Neglect the UnnIa-
thematicaI Outc0mes Of Diplomacy.

The Toxic papers which lust reached
this city give their views about the san
Francisco school question. these were
the editorials that stirred the japanese
nation to an ~insuperable indignation about
the way the Japanese are treated in San
Francisco. The first that came into my
notice are those Of the ChiupO. daily. Of
October 20 and n. The editor Of the Chiutco
is a friend OF mine by the name Of Yoshio
Tanaki. who was in New York for a year
until just after the outbreak Of the Russo
japanese War, and he nov or ia supposed
to know something about America and the
Americans.
To me-. If not to others. these editorials
are expressions Of sound common sense.
So / a pleasure in translating here.
II AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
Chiuvo Shimban. October 20. 1896.
What a bad wind il rising! Dur teacher,
our father, our great benefactor, America
that a portion. perhaps a small portion,
Of the people of America with whom we
have an, unwritten alliance that ties us
together like honey should often misunder-
stand our country and our countrynen
is indeed a heartbreaking thing for us.
IL this misunderstanding is caused by
the Americans thinking that our island em-
pire Is rising in a too great power, then We
should at once be thankful and embarrassed
The anti Japanese sentiment in the State
Of California seems to rave z own intenser,
especially after the earthquake i'm San
Francisco. And to-day. when San Fran
ciscans are confronted with the Congress
sional election that IL to come in the early
part OF next month, the heat of the anti
Japanese sentiment seems to have suddenly
risen in deg rec.
This is indeed an uprising of the Giwadan.
the Boxers. in America. A Californian
Congressman says, "A Japanese American
war ought TO come as oon a. possible.
Thousands of the Japanese are intruding
our country as their Governments spies"
Another Cong ressman says, W welcome
a Japanese-American war. We need work
ers for our fruit gardens. But rather than
employ the Japanese we would have the
fruits go to decay 1hese eXclamatiOns
are indeed comical. They are not worth
a laugh. But that lately the mass meeting
in San Francisco unanimously voted "a
resolution to be proposed in the coming
CONGRESS in Teyard TO the exclusion of the
Japanese and the Coreans is not worthless
while taking a notice Of.
The words of the fiylerf Congressman
who are anxious to win the confidence of
the bborers and of the reckless yellow
journals that are orga ms OF money making
will not be imt nted in the brains Of the
Ieorle. But sh II we not Ike into con-
siderotion the trend Of thoughts of the
col lie OF the loo lily where such words OF
the politicians and new-DaEe or men ere
possible to be mode we.por Of electioneer-
ing and of the extension of the newspaper
b~usineSs2
Nay, the anti-Japanese heat may not
stop short in mere verbal expressions.
Probably it will scorch our countrymen
there in the broad day light. 1t may>pb-
struct their freedom of residence.
When these things become established
facts we do not see why our Government
o~cials in position should lelve the matter
to its natural development. Doubtless
some faults there may be with our country
men in california. Some undesirable Ter-
SOM there may be who are not few. Some
there may be who will be satisfied when
addressed Halo, Jap" But the western
part of America owes for its development
not a little to the Japs. Even if there il
some conflict of interest there ought to be
a mutual forebearance for the sake of the
friendship between the nations. That some
of the Americans, unmindful of this, keep
on crying aloud the exclusion Is indeed a
thing that we regret for America, which
is the spring of liberty, fairness and @ ce.
This is not all to he regretted. BY the
officials Of the American Government we are
often misunderstood II is unpleasant for
us to hear their outspoken opinions of US.
Some time ago the American Ambassador
to China, Mr.. Rockhill, wrote a letter 10
the MASnlnRtOn government lHIiIlldIl ing
that there is a tendency that Japan Is trying
to ~monopolize the privileges in M%anchurIa,
adding his unfounded criticism about our
Mauchurian policy. The American Consul
General, Mr.. Miller, at Yokohama, reported
TO his Government that our tariff schedules
are framed with the view to the exclusion
of foreign goods; that therefore, the Amer
lean mmer would suffer a loss. That
this report has aroused our public opinion
at that time is still fresh in our memory;
According TO a later despatch, il is reported
that in the American Government report on
foreign m the chief reason Of the
decrease of the American A-iatic trade was
ascribed Il the fierce competition OF our
countrymen. II il also reported thai the
Washington Department of Commerce and
Labor, considering that the competition Of
the Asiatic labor may drive away the white
labor from the Hawaiian Islands. has made
a recommendation to the ConRreS TO pro-
vide some way OF protecting the white labor.
The recent Washington despatch 10 the
Asdhi tells that an American committeeman
in China reported that the anti-foreign
sentiment in china has been aroused at the
i~nstigation of the Japanese. We are very
sorry to learn that the American Govern
ment officials, both at home and abroad, are
making grave mistakes.
That the anti-Ja panese movement in
California is MOI approved by the Washing
ton Government should not be doubted,
Judging from the way President Roosevelt
gave a piece OF ms tnlnu 10 an alltl-JapaneSe
Congressman al the White House at n
time. As for the suspicious that have
been entertained about -our foreign trade
policy and our China policy, these now
seem TO be confined among the American
Government officials who are abroad.
They could not move the American Govern
ment a. a whole. But we must remember
that a diplomatic relation II often severed
by a slightest matter, sometimes beyond
the bound of reason. The a~nti-Japanese
sentiment, too, may produce something
unexpected when it IL aroused 10 a great
degree of intensity. MisundeTstandings,
II repeated too often, may beget suspicion,
jealousy and i'll feeling. That a sentiment
has been TUNED into a fact il not a rare
thing in the history OF diplomacy OF the
world. The recent report that the Ameri-
can Government in order better to protect
the interests of the Americans has sent
four aTmoured cruisers TO the Far East
does not to-day attract much Of the atten-
ton OF the Japanese people. II ~perchance
the Japanese were sentim entally in con
hict with the Americans, this piece Of re-
port might strongly appeal to the sharp
minds OF the japanese people. We know
that betwean us and the Americans there
ia a strong inseparable relation, that any
slight local Misunderstanding will not
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