Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-30
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS SEC.
RETARY AT LUNCHEON PRE-
vlous TO DEPARTURE
is RUSHED TO FRISCO
Carries Note Of Warning as to the Sit
uation With the Japanese-Metcalf
is Sent to His Native state to Inves-
tisate Conditions.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Secretary
n Mrs. Metcalf were guests at lunch
con today with President and Mrs.
Roosevelt. The opportunity was en-
brace by the President and secretary
to discuss fully the special mission of
ne latter to San Francisco respecting
ne anti,Japanese sentiment in that
city and exclusion from the schools of
the Japanese children. The secretary
will go to San Francisco as a personal
representative of the President and he
a been given wide latitude as to his
actions. Il
This action by the President indi-
Gates how thoroughly aroused the ad-
ministration is over Japan's resent
ment of the discrimination against it's
subjects in California, and how seri-
ously 1t views the situation which
hreatens a continuance of the cordial
good feeling between the two ma
tions.
MI. Metcalf is a Californian. His
home is at Oakland, just across the
bay from San Francisco. His selec-
ton IS the Presidents envoy was due
in part TO the geographical proximity
of his residence to the seat of the anti
Japanese agitation, But the President
wishes mainly to emphasize that his
interest in the situation is great
nough to justify sending one of his
Wn cabinet officers to the Gene Of
The agitation.
Law Department Fakes Action.
President Roosevelt also has sent di-
rections to the United States district
attorney at San Francisco, through the
department. of Justice. to make. a full
inquiry into the determinations
against Japanese school children. The
district attorneys report will be pre-
sented to Secretary Metcalf on his ar
wal in San Francisco.
Mr.. Metcalf had a long conference
With the President late yesterday aft
moon His instructions generally
we're to confer with the governor, the
acting mayor of San Francisco. the
Japanese consul, the school authori-
les, and all others who might be able
o throw light on the situation and re-
port to the President the exact condi-
ions and the basis OF the sentiment
which has served to bring about dis
elimination against Japanese subjects.
While there is no official authority
1Oi ooJtHS ~, IL 10 Ludt INF.
Metcalf Will endeavor to make the
1ti-Japanese element realize the dan
er to the commercial interests of the
United States in China and elsewhere
in the lar east which lies in giving Of
Tense to Japan, and also the moral OBJ
legation which rests upon the federal
government and its citizens to respect
the treaty rights of the Japanese, who
are assured of freedom from discrim-
nation while residing within borders
of this country.
Japan Told of Measures.
In the meantime tie Washington
government will notify the govern
ment Of Japan of the object of Score
tary Metcalf's mission, and give assur.
ance of its desire to observe the OBJ
legations imposed upon 1t by the treaty
OF amity between the two countries.
Nobody in a position to know Presi-
dent Roosevelt's views on the situa-
ton would give any intimation of the
policy he would be inclined to pursue
should the San Francisco authorities
decline to remove their discrimination
gafnst Japanese subjects. It Is doubt
Jul that the President has defined n
policy even in his own mind. A straw
that may be taken as an indication of
which way the administration wind
blows is found, however, in the
knowledge that the President and his