The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-12-19
SIDES WITH The JAPS
President Hopes San Francisco
Win Let Their Children Attend
the City Schools.
SENDS IN SPECIAL MESSAGE

taurants and Acts of Violence Com
mitted Against Aliens Secretary
MstcaIf's Report Accompanies Ex-
ecutive Communication.
Washington, Dec. 49,. President
Roosevelt sent to congress the final re.
port made to him by Secretary Met
calf on the situation affecting the Jap
anese in San Francisco, accompanied
by short message, in which he said:
1.-THE report deals with three matters
of controversy-frst, the exclusion OF
the Japanese children from the San
Francisco schools; second, the boycott
ing Of japanese restaurants, and third,
acts of violence committed against the
Japanese.
AS to the first matter, / call your
especial attention to the very small
number of Japanese children who at
tend school, to the testimony as to the
brightness, cleanliness and good beha
yior of these Japanese children In the
schools and to the fact that, owing tc
their being scattered throughout the
city, the requirement for them all to &c
to one special school is impossible of
fulfillment and means that they cannot
have school facilities.
Exclusion of Adults Upheld.
''Let me point out further that there
would be no objection whatever to ex
eluding from the schools any Japanese
On the score of age. 1t is obviously moi
desirable that young men should go to
school with children
'sThe only point is the exclusion OF
the children themselves The number
of Japanese children attending the
public schools in San Francisco was
very small The government has al
ready directed that suit be brought to
test the constitutionality of the act il
question, but my very earnest hope is
that such suit will not be necessary
and that as matter of comfy the citi.
Eens of San Francisco will refuse to
deprive these young japanese children
of education and will permit them tc
go tosthe schools
Wants Japanese Protected.
'The question as to the violence
against the Japanese is most admira.
bly, put by Secretary Metcalf. and
have nothing to add to his statement
am entirely confident that, as Secre
tary Metcalf says, the Overwhelming
sentiment Of the state of California is
for law and order and for the protec.
tion of the Japanese in their persons
nd atr, path N, Of ,f III,
and the acting mayor of San Francisco
assured Secretary Metcalf that every
thing possible would be done to pro
tect the Japanese in the city.
81 authorized and directed Secretar,
Metcalf to state that if there was fail
ure to protect persons and property
then the entire power of the fedora
government within the limits of tn.
constitution would be used promptl,
and vigorously to enforce the observ
ance of our treaty, the supreme Law
Of the land, which treaty guaranteed
to japanese residents everywhere in
the Union full and perfect protection
for their persons and property, and to
this end everything in my power woul5
be done, and all the forces of the Unit
ed States, both civil and military,
which could lawfully employ woulc
! be employed
The conclusion Of Secretary Metcalf
to which the president calls special at
tention, is:
Will Invoke Federal Power.
IF, therefore, the police power Of
San Francisco is not sufficient to meet
the situation and guard and protect
Japanese residents in San Francisco
to whom under our treaty with Japan
ye guarantee full and perfect protec
ton for their persons and property
then, it seems to me, it is clearly the
duty Of the federal government to af
ford such protection.
ssAll considerations which may move
a nation, every consideration of duty
In the preservation Of our treaty OBJ
legations, every consideration prompt
ed by fifty years or more Of Close
friendship with the empire of Japan
would unite in demanding, it seems tt
to me, Of the United States govern
ment and all its people the fullest pro
lection and the highest consideration
for the subjects of JAPAN
Secretary Metcalf's report deals ex
haustively with the action OF the board
Of education in providing separats
school for Chinese, japanese and Ko
rean children, which, he says, is gen
orally upheld by the city press.