The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-11-14
JAPANESE WELL TREATED.

Scbools Provided, However, Owing
to Tendency of Adult japanese TO
Attend Them.
New York, Nov. Jacob voor-
sanger. Professor of Semitic Aangua-,
eos at the University Of California
and Rabbi Of Temple Emanuel in
San Francisco, is in the city en- route
TO the Orient for an extensive tour.
He doesn't think the japanese stu
alton in San Francisco is very serious.
.There is no race prejudice against
the japanese in San Francisco ne
continued. .The differences there
have been exaggerated by the mis-.
statements of reporters. Moreover,
there seems to be an almost natural
inclination on the part Of nations to
pick at one another on the slightest
excuse.
Japanese are virtuous and or
derly people, and they are uniformally
treated with courtesy in San Francisco
and they have made themselves use
full. San Francisco knows little
about race prejudice. Social prejudice
does exist between the races, as 1t ex-
lists everywhere. The japanese are
admitted to the universities, where
their standing is high and where, to
NV personal knowledge, their prog
ress is unimpeded.
eat the same time there is no,
doubt that there does exist a ten
dency to exclude from this country
not only the japanese, but all people
of the Mongolian race. That conditions
however, is not matter Of race pre-
iudice, but of economics. The con-
dition grows out Of the tendency to
protect white labor as much as poss-
ible.
teNow to come to this school ques-
ton, japanese children were never
excluded from the schools Of San
Francisco nor are they excluded now.'
A state law permits local communities
to segregate the races in separate
schools. The Board Of Education of
San Francisco has availed itself Of
that law, not because Of prejudice Of
its members against the japanese,
nor because it was Influenced by the
prejudice Of others against the jap
anese, but because it became widely
known that a growing number OF
japanese youths over 18 years OF age
every year applied for admission to
the public schools, their statements as
to their small number Of years being
borne out by their small size and in
scrutable facial expression. The pres
ence of young men, whatever their
appearance, over 1S years Of age in
schools in the midst Of children under
that age, the Board Of Education
thought, might bring. about conditions
intolerable in a white community.
segregation was proposed very
much as a matter Of public morals.
Race prejudice had nothing to do
with it. Separate schools are pro-
vided for the japanese children who
are really children, and the adults
who desire educational training can
easily avail themselves Of the evening
classes for men.
There is no community in this
country more willing than San Fran
cisco to conform to the principles of
the treaties between the United States
and other nations.
This matter of San Francisco and
her schools is purely a local trouble,
and it ought not to affect the rela-
tions of this country with her Asiatic.
neighbor.
81 don't know just what will be
the result of the negotiations now go
inf on. There aren't more than 400
or 500 japanese children, all told, in
San Francisco. I am sure that an
agreement may easily be reached that
will satisfy both the peole Of San
Francisco and the japanese Govern
ment, particularly when the Toxic.
Government comes to know the real
conditions that obtain IN San Fran
CISCO
*Here is. our condensed opinion Of
the ORIGINAL LAXATIVE Cough Svri1nl: