Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30
JAPAN DOES NOT
WANT MORE WAR
Kurin0 Declares That She is
Now for Peace.
STRIFE is VERY REPUGNANT
Nation Only Desires to Strengthen
Existing Friendships.
ACUTE STAGE HAS BEEN PASSED
Secretary Metcalf Will Find Matter
Ready for Him When he
Reaches Frisco.
STRIFE is VERY REPUGNANT
Nation Only Desires to Strengthen
Existing Friendships.
ACUTE STAGE HAS BEEN PASSED

PARIS, October 3O.-The Matin publishes
today an interview with Shinichiro Kurino
japanese minister to France, in which M.
kurino says that the situation between the
United States and Japan with regard to
the segregation OF Japanese school children
by the city Of San Francisco causes no
uneasiness. No sensible person in Japan,
he says, believes in having recourse to any
thing but negotiations through diplomatic
channels for the settlement Of the difficulty.
Japan is confident Of the impartiality of
President Roosevelt, who recognizes the
business of Japan's claims to equality of
treatment and her desire to remain on
friendly terms with the United States.
Dealing generally with Japan's foreign
policy. Minister Kurino said Japan ear
nestly desired peace Just emerging from
a terrible war, the Japanese knew the price
of victories gained For no acquisition of
territory would Japan enter upon a fresh
struggle with any power.
She desired only the strengthening of ex-
listing friendships and to be enabled to
develop commercially and industrially.
Never, he said. was the repugnance to war
SO keen in Japan as now.
Japan Is Pleased.
TOXIC. October 30.-The Japanese gov
eminent is pleased with the action of the
Washington authorities, and believes that a
satisfactory result may be confidently ex-
pected from Secretary Metcalfs mission to
San Francisco in connection with the ex-
clusion Of Japanese from schools attended
by white children. 1t Is believed here that
the acute stage in the matter has been
passed. and 1t can be said that no anti
American feeling exists here in any form.
Especially satisfactory Is the report that
the government at Washington will, in the
event of continued discrimination against
Japanese children in the schools of San
Francisco. invoke article 6 of the Constitu-
ton.
Clause of article of the Constitution is
as follows:
This Constitution and the laws of the
United States which shall be made in pur-
suance thereof and all treaties made or
which shall be made under the authority of
the United States, shall be the supreme law
Of the land, and the judges in every state
shall be bound thereby, anything in the con-
stitution or laws of any state to the con-
trary Notwithstanding"
Ready for Metcalf.
SAN FRANCISCO. October 3O.-When
Secretary Metcalf of the Department of
Commerce and Labor arrives here next
Wednesday a considerable part Of the data
which he requires regarding the placing of
children of Japanese parentage In a sepa-
rate school will be ready for him to peruse.
Despite all the agitation that has been
caused the board is firm in the position II
has taken, and will not recede unless COM
PEELED to do SO by the courts. 1t contends
that the action taken was in conformity
with the state law. and until it has been
held that the state law under which it acted
is violation of the treaty rights entered
into between the two governments will adj
here to it's position.
Yesterday President Benjamin Ide Vince
Ter of the University of California called on
President Altman of the board of educa-
ton and asked for information on the SUBJ
teot.