The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

life. of President Roosevelt are made
In copies of the Kakumei-or RevolU-
ttOn-the official organ of group of
Japanese socialists having headquarters
In Berkeley. They have presumably
become so drunk from the atmosphere
of economic reform that they are con-
fusing the privileges Of republicanism
with the license of anarchy.
Copies of the paper have fallen into
the hands of Secretary e. G. Lefhngwell
of the Board of Education, who has
turned them over to Secret Service
Agent Harry Moffitt. Monitt has wired
to Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service
for instructions, and the early suppress
sion of the Revolution will undoubtedly
be ordered from Washington.
Summary action is generally taken
| by the Secret Service In matters of
this kind, more than q dozen news
papers Of socialistic and anarchistic
groups in New York, Paterson and
| West Hoboken. N. j., being suppressed
Agents of the service simply swoop
down on the plants and put them out
Of commission without asking any
questions, and In doing this with the
Revolution they would be acting on n
long established line of precedent
THREATEN ALL RULERS
The Japanese socialists want to an
initiate the Mikado and all reigning
monarchs as we'll as President Roose-
welt and are Just emphatic in their
| arraignment of capitalists as any white
reformers.
Considerable misinformation is find
ing publicity in connection with the
socialist movement in Berkeley since
copies of the Revolution have fallen
into the hands of members of the
Board of Education. The socialist
movement in Japan is a very well de-
fined one and it is constantly being
brought to the attention of the Toxic
Government Measures of repression
are frequent, but the movement has
| never been effectually intercepted It
has spread in spite Of the gags placed
on it as socialism has spread in other
countries and the Japanese in Berke-
| ley, in issuing the threats in the Revo-
| luton, are doing something that they
would never dare do at Toxic, just as
group of nihilists in Milwaukee
might commit themselves to printed ex-
| travagances that would never be un-
dertaken in ST Petersburg.
The publication of a magazine by
Japanese students in Los Angeles to
| cooperate with the Berkeley move
ment Is announced by the Revolution.
MIFkADO IS DENOUNCED
The number Of the paper that has
| fallen into the hands of the members
| Of the Board of Education is the first
issued. All of 1t is printed in Japa-
nese with the exception of the declara-
| ton in English In which the President
| is mentioned. That the paper was not
! inspired by the segregation agitation
may be understood from the following
excerpts from editorials:
ssThe German Emperor is like mon
key in a cage. He stays in his house
all the time, and when people come
to stare at him he must sit and gibber
| like an animal on show. It must be
| hard and unhappy for him."
'The Mikado is cheating the families
of the soldiers of Japan out of pen
sions. Consider the poor unfortunates
who fell at Port Arthur and elsewhere
| fighting for him. Now their families
are without rice. They are starving.
All the Mikados soldiers are misguided
fools"
The threats against the President are
made in the same general tone Here
is the English pronouncement in full:
our new publication, The Revolution" !"
| is now ready. We have some things in
It which will be sure to wake the sleep
There are three socialist parties
among the Japanese. The State Social
ist party. the Socialist Party of Tokyo
/ ana tne SOcldl fteVOlullOndry fdTly VI
Berkeley California, which was organ
lied in Oakland California, June 1st,
| 1906.
wHACK ATATRUsTs
| At the present time poverty in
creases al q terrific pace, while the con-
centration Of wealth in the institution
of the trust continues. We believe that
such thing as the trifing legislation
which the capitalist class may from
| time to time fling to the workers will
prove of no avail; that it is about as
| effective as the tiny stream from a
babys water-gun thrown in a raging
| fire. Our policy is toward the over
throw of Mikado. King, President, as
representing the Capitalist Class, as
soon as possible, and we do not hesitate
as to the means
The Socialist Party of Tokyo will soon
nnblish the big socialist paper; about
the middle of January. They are now
very busy preparing it. Doubtless there
will be a lack of freedom in bringing
out such a paper, but we should do all
we can to assist them
| The Japanese students organized a
study club in Los Angeles last Novem-
ber, and they will publish a monthly
magazine from the first of the year.
| With the information enclosed. you