The Washington herald., 1906-12-06
YANK The JAPS OUT
Mudd DenOunceS Their Race
COnceit.
PLEA FOR a BIGGER NAVY
Maryland Member Compares Jap
anese 10 HaIf-breed Negroes, and
Says He Would Drive Them Into
the Pacific Occan-If the Treaty
Stands in the Way, Ignore It.

Representative Mudd was asked to-day
for a specific statement Of his views on
the demand of the japanese to enter the
white schools In San Francisco.
Il do not see any use,' he said, 'in
mincing words, or Of treating this mat
ter. to use a familiar expression, in a
'mealy-mouthed manner. 1t is useless
either to deceive ourselves or to seek
to deceive the Japanese.
II know of but one method of treat
ment of a fellow that we do not want
70 enter our house. and that is to keep
him out. If he does not go out. We put
him out. 1t is not the American fashion
to use very much unction or ceremony in
the manner of his ejectment.
In my judgment this question of the
admission Of Japanese, particularly adult
Japanese. to the same schools with the
white children Of California is a matter
of domestic concern with the people Of
California. It is largely a matter of taste.
II the people there object to the admis-
sion of these people. that ought to set
tie it,
Il have, / am frank to say, some
rather emphatic feelings upon this ques-
ton. I do not think that japanese con-
tentions should be tolerated for a minute
| in a movement seeking TO enforce the ad-
mission of these over-assertive, smartish,
fellows into social juxtaposition with the
white children Of California"
Build More Ships
"The fact is, this country has shown
more courtesy and consideration within
/ the recent past TO the japanese than per
| haps any other nation Of men. We have
/ had lot of young Japs over here. and
/ educated them in the Naval Academy,
and they have been behaving in a very
/ 'uppish' fashion since, largely with if not
/ through. the added prestige Of American
4 instruction and American sympathies,
/ they whipped-and we are glad they
| whipped-the poor. Old. obsolete. and cor
/ rupt autOcracy OF Russia. This result
was largely aided by the inability of
/ Russia to secure loans to carry on the
war. because Of the pressure Of public
| sentiment against it among the people
/ Of this country.
I think they are pluming themselves
! for somewhat Of a scrap. II is not only
/ IN my judgment the proper thing to do,
/ but It Is the particular and the one ap-
prOpriate thing TO do 20 yank them out
/ Of those schools IN California, and 20 do
/ it in very short order. II will be "a good
! object-IessOn for them; and If they do
not like IT, let Congress this winter give
/ some emphasis 10 this feature OF the vel
/ low peril, by an impressive addition to
our navy, that the Japs may know that
/ we do not consider ourselves as Russians
] 81 Z -
we mean 20 convey 20 them
! Speaking for myself. I do not believe
! there is any Federal law that can inter
/ feTe with the States rights upon this
1 question. If there is, II ought to be
/ wiped of the statute book. II there IS
/ any treaty right that may seem 10 con-
! liict, the treaty that seeks TO give the
/ right ought to be abrogated or ignored.
Better Sense of MuIattO.
Il have no more liberation whatever
/ for the insolent demand of these yellow
! gentry on the Pacific Coast to force upon
! California the institution Of mixed schools
/ than would have for an obnoxious half
/ breed negro OF this country who would
! advocate such a situation. The fact is
! between the mulatto OF our country here
and the California Jap. have a kiadlier
/ feeling for our american mulatto. We
DO not tolerate them in our schools here
and they do not want to come there
4 They have better sense and better judg-
ment about the matter.
My judgment is We should make the
Jap walk the plank, and walk it swift
" in this case. 1 am obliged to say that
I think the position Of the President en-
! Jirely unteuable.
Il understand that there is a sort Of
namby- pambyism and Miss Nancyism
calling itself diplomacy, which considers
/ expressions of this kind as untactful and
untasteful to members of Congress. I am
/ responsible 20 myself and my cOnstit-
uency for my utterances, and assume
that responsibility, and what l have said
falls quite short of what my disposition
would be to do in reference to this ques-
| ton
What the Jap wants to be given To un-
| deTstand, and that emphatically. is that
| we do not hesitate for one moment tc
| give prompt and forcible expression upon
| his hip-On-the-shoulder brand of inso-
/ lence and impotence on this or any ques-
/ ton, national or International that may
arise. That affair with Russia has i'm
parted a very fresh and frisky fussiness
/ TO the yellow brother of the Japan Sea
and the sooner we cause him to realize
that We are taking note of IL the better
I ~ will no for al cnrcar,ed