The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-19
CONSIDERABLE PROTECTION
FOR SUBJECTS OF JAPAN
Hopes Japanese Children Will Be Per-
nnitted TO Go to School and That
Suit VIII Not Be
Necessary.
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Judgment, with a view of robbery. but
rather from a feeling OF social hostility,
stirred up possibly by newspaper ac-
counts of meetings that have been held
at different times relative to the eXclu-
sion of japanese from the United States.
The police records of San Francisco
show that between May s, 1906, and No
vember 5, 1906, 300 cases of assault, rang
ing from simple assaults TO assaults with
deadly weapons and assaults with muir
derous intent, were reported to the po-
lice of San Francisco. OF the number
so reported, seven were for assaults
committed by Japanese, and two COM
plants were made against Japanese for
disturbing the peace. The japanese pop
ulation in San Francisco is about 6,o00
The total population of San Francisco to-
day is estimated to be between go, 900
and $4,000.
While the sentiment of the State of
California, as manifested by the public
utterances of the Japanese and Korean
Exclusion League, by articles in many of
the leading newspapers in the State, by
declarations of the political parties in
their platforms. and by the passage OF
Joint resolution by the State legislature
on March Z, 1908, is in favor OF the eN-
Clusion of japanese coolies, yet the over
whelming sentiment i'm the State is Tor
law and order and for the protection OF
japanese in their persons and their prop
erty.
The chief of police of the city of San
Francisco, as also the acting mayor OF
the city, assured me that everything
possible would be done to protect the
JAPANESE subjects in San Francisco, and
they urgently requested that all cases of
assault and all violations of law affect
ing the Japanese be at once reported to
the chief of police.
| imprest very strongly upon the act
ing mayor of the city, as also upon the
chief of police, the gravity of the situa-
tion, and told them that. as officers
charged with the enforcement of the law
and the protection of property and per-
son, you lookt to them to see that all
Japanese subjects resident in san Fran
cisco were afforded the full protection
guaranteed to them by our treaty with
Japan / also informed them that II the
local authorities We're not able to cope
with the situation, or If they were neg
ligent or derelict in the performance OF
their duty, then the entire power OF the
Federal government within the limits OF
the Constitution would be used, and used
promptly and vigorously, to enforce OBJ
servance of treaties, which, under the
Constitution, are the supreme law OF the
land and to secure fit and proper treat
ment for the people of great ana
friendly power while within the territory
of the United States.
If. therefore, the police power OF san
Francisco is not suffiGient to meet the
situation and guard and protect japanese
residents in San Francisco, to whom UNI
der our treaty with Japan we guarantee
full and perfect protection for their
persons and property then, 1t seems TO
me. it is clearly the duty of the federal
government to afford such protection. All
considerations which may move nation,
every consideration of duty in the preser-
walton of our treaty obligations. every
consideration prompted by fifty years or
more of close friendship with the Empire
of Japan, would unite IN denahulis, II
seems to me. of the United States gov
eminent and all it's people, the fullest pro-
lection and the highest consideration Tor
the subjects of japan. Respectfully sub
mtted II - : - !. -. -. :. -.
sRSsmI1e Of Japanese attending public