The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-22

Bireen the Two NatIOns-PromPt
rpudiation Believed Necessary.
Tokyo Oct I-It would be difficult to
5vercstimate the gravity Of the situation
caused by the anti-Japanese feeling thas
has been given voice to in the United
I states. During bis nineteen years resi-
dence in this country your correspondent
has never seen the Japanese press so az
itated against the Americans
At a dinner last night, attended by 100
prominent bankers ana business AT the
Imperial Hotel. deep feeling was expressed
that America should regard with indiner-
cnce acts that are tantamount to actual
war.
Little was said regarding the American
protest against the japanese programme
i'm Manchuria, the killing of japanese
seaIers. the murder OF the japanese
banker in san Francisco the attack by
John II. Rockefeller on the Japanese COM
mercial treachery, the Hawaiian exclusion
policy. the public insults 10 Prof. OmoTi,
and Congressman Kahn's war threats. all
of which incidents have occurred within
three months. but the exclusion Of Japa-
ues,. children from the public schools of
California cuts this child-loving nation 10
the quick.
Government Is Concerned.
There is evidence that The government
REGARDS the situation as extremely
serious Il has taken measures to calm
the press and to discourage mass meet
ings that have been called TO adopt re-
taIiatory measures
The Jill Shimpo prints long anony-
nous article, which. however, is known tt
emanate from a member Of the govern
ment attempting to explain away the acts
which have offended the japanese. The
imperial government recognizes that the
opposition TO the japanese is now local.
but opposition politicians hold that it Is
not "a local manifestation, and they point
cut that The American authorities have
taken decisive steps TO define the rela-
lions between the two countries.
1 prompt repudiution Of the ant-Japa-
ncse sentiment by the United states at
large is necessary to avert "a crisis here
that would result IN the destruction of the
friendly political. financial. and CONNER
cidl relations between tbs t~o Hstiens.
Origin of the Agitation.
view York. oct I-What the Jsp1-
8cSe have construed as wholesale yApul-
sion Of JaiAQese children from san fran
cisco schoolshs the recent agitation begun
in that city for the more complete segro-
CATION of japanese and Chinese in sep7-
rate schools. This agitation was started
by an organization calling itself the Japa-
nese and Korean Exclusion League. which
draws its members largely from the labor
unions and which advocates. besides sepd-
rate schools for OricutaIs, the placing Of
Jarancse lab0rers under the ban of the
existing Chinese exclusion act.
Before the earthquake and fire there
were two schools in SAN Francisco for
the exclusive use Of Chinese and Japa-
ncse students. Each school had fun
staff of teachers and in each the curriCu-
lum of study was the same as that in the
regular public schools OF the city, with
notifications made necessary by ths
character OF the pupils.
Since the disaster Of April these two
schools have been abandoned. and il is the
miugllng Of the Orientals with the white
children i'm closely crowded school rooms
that remain intact that has caused the
revival Of the agitation in favor, not Of
excluding japanese from these schools,
but of providing separate schools.
No Discrimination shown.
outside Of san Francisco no discrimi-
nation against Oriental pupils has ever
shown itself, nor has the system Of sepa-
rate schools for them been put into prac-
tice In the city of Oakland. which has
the best school system of any city in
California. Japanese twenty years of age
are received in the primary grade with
out question, and a large proportion of
he foreign students of the University
OF California are Japanese. who are re
ceiving tuition and escape the REQUIRED
military drill.
The whole attitude of protest against
japanese in California and other Pacific
Coast States has arisen from the results
of the complete uniOnization of all trades
Because the japanese work on the rail-
roads and pick fruit for less than the
union wage. the cry of coolie labor has
been turned from the Chinese against
them. Throughout the interior valleys
of California the japanese have practf-
cally usUTped the frUit-piCkfng field. be-
cause they work cheaper and are more
reliable than white iabOrers.
The murder of the japanese bank pres
ident in san Francisco. which seems To
have been taken as having q significant
International bearing by the Japanese al
home. was one incident in the general
rule Of crime and disorder that has
seized upon the ruined city After the
bank president was killed the thieves
stole $1,000 from the vaults of his bank