The Washington times., 1906-12-18

1 are a State and not a Federal institu-
ton. The State has the power to alb
O!ish those schools entirely. and the
Federal Government would have no
right 10 lift its voice in protest Upon
the other hand. the State may extend
the privileges of its schools 10 aliens
upon such terms as II, the State, may
elect and the Federal Government has
no light 10 question ats action ia this
regard
Primarily and essentially the public
schools are designed for Jue educa tlOn
OF the citizens OF the state. The state
I IS Interested IN The education OF lis own
citizens alone. II would not Tor mo-
mcnt maintain this expensive institution
10 educate Foreigners and aliens who
would carry to their countries The fruits
OF such education Therefore. II Il
should be held that there was dis
elimination operating ia violation Of the
treaty with Japan IN the State treat
menJ of Japanese children, or even II q
new treaty with Japan should be
framed which would contain on DHIaI-
OF Iapanese subjects tie most
iaVOT-nattOn' clause. this could ana
would be met by the State which would
then exclude from the use of its public
schools all alien children OF every ma
tiunality and limit the rights OF free
education 10 children Of its own citizens,
[ for whom the system Is PRIMARILY de
signed and maintained. and if the State
should do this the Federal Government
could not complain, since no treaty right
could be violated when the children or
J japanese were treated precisely as the
children Of all foreign nations
/ Excited Over Hawaii.
The feeling in the State is further
/ intensified, especially in labor circles
/ by the report on the conditions in the
/ Hawaiian Islands as contained I'm Bull
! letin 6G Of the Bureau of Labor, Depart
/ meut of Commerce and Labor. The
/ claim is made that white labor has been
/ almost entirely driven from the Ha-
/ waiian Islands. and that the Japanese
/ are gradually forcing even the small
! white traders out of business.
! Many of the foremost educators in the
! State. on the other hand, are strongly
J opposed TO the action of the san Fran
/ cisco board of education japanese are
/ admitted to the University Of California,
/ an institution maintained and supported
I by the state. They are also admitted to-
/ and gladly welcomed at, Stanford Uni
versity. san FTanCisCr so far as known
/ Is the only rity which has Disseminated
/ against jan Hnese children ! talked with
| q number of prominent labor men. and
/ they all said that they had TO objection
/ 10 Japanese children attending the pTi-
/ mary grades. that they wanted Japa
/ uese children now in the United States
! To have the same school privileges as
| children Of other nations hut that they
/ We're unalterably opposed 20 Japanese
I Young men attending the primary
! grades
Praise for Japanese Children.
/ The objection 10 japanese men attend
! ing the primary grades could very read
lily be met by "a simple rule limiting the
ages of all children attending those
! grades. All Of the teachers with whom
talked while in san Francisco spoke II
/ the highest terms Of the japanese chill
/ dren, saying that they were among tht
very best OF their pupils. Sleanly II
/ their persons, well behaved. studlous
and remarkably bright
! The board of education of San Fran
! cisco declined to resCind Its resolution
! Of October H. claiming that having es
/ tabIished "A separate school for Chinese
/ Japanese. and Korean children, the pro.
| visions Of section 1852 OF the pOlitica
! code became mandatory.