Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18
JAPANESE TROUBLES
President Transmits Secretary
MetcaIf's Report
ON DIFFICULTY IN FRISCO
Men and Women Attending Primary
Schools With Children.
FEELING OF PEOPLE BITTER
Boycott on Northumberland on
Individual Japanese - The
Whole Case Reviewed.
FEELING OF PEOPLE BITTER

The President today sent to Congress the
report of Secretary Metcalf. who investi-
gated the japanese troubles in San Fran
cisco.
The Presidents letter of transmittal was
as follows:
To the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives:
] inclose herewith for your information
the final report made to me personally by
Secretary Metcalf on the situation affect
ing the Japanese in San Francisco. The re-
port deals with three matters of contro-
versy-frst the exclusion of the Japanese
children from the San Francisco schools;
second, the boycotting of Japanese restau-
rants. and third, acts of violence commit
ted against the Japanese
AS to the first matter, call your especial
attention to the very small number of
japanese children who attend school, to
the testimony as to the brightness, cleanli-
ness and good behavior of these Japanese
children in the schools, and to the fact
that owing to their being scattered
throughout the city, the requirement for
them all to go to one special school is i'm
possible of fulfillment and means that they
cannot have school facilities. Let me point
out further that there would be no obJec-
ton whatever to eXCludlnS from the SCHOOLS
any Japanese on the score of age. 1t is OBJ
viously not desirable that young men
should go to school with children. The
only point is the exclusion of the children
themselves. The number of Japanese chill
dren attending the public schools in San
Francisco was very small. The government
has already directed that suit be brought to
test the onstitutionality of the act in ques-
ton; but my very earnest hope is that
such suit will not be necessary, and that
as a matter of comfy the citizens of San
Francisco will refuse to deprive these
young japanese children of education ana
will permit them to go to the schools.
The question as to the violence against
the Japanese is most admirably put by Sec
rotary Metcalf, and l have nothing to add
to his statement. l am entirely confident
that as Secretary Metcalf says, the over
Whelming sentiment of the state of Cali
fornia is for law and order and for he pro-
lection of the japanese in their persons and
property. Both the chief of police and the
acting mayor of San Francisco assured
Secretary Metcalf that everything possible
would be done to protect the Japanese IN
the city / authorized and directed Secre-
tary Metcalf to state that if there was fall
ure to protect persons and property. then
the entire power of the federal govern
nent within the limits of the Constitution
would be used promptly and vigorously to
enforce the observance of our treaty, the
supreme law of the land, which treaty
guaranteed to japanese residents every
where in the Union full and perfect pro-
lection for their persons and property; and
to this end everything in my power would
be done and all the forces of the United
States. both civil and military, which l
could lawfully employ, would be employed.
call especial attention to the concluding
sentence of Secretary Metcalfs report of
November %, 1906.