The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-08
JAPAN'S GRIEVANCES
AGAINST AMERICA
BY Samuel E. Moffett, in Golfers.

child should be instructed in nuh,.
school No. 81 or public school NV
Ga. II school boards have the r,an'
which is exercised in at least a t5i-s
Eof the the states of the Union. n nv
vide separato schools for white s"s
colored native-born citizens II wonIS
seem hard to deny them the rich.
to have separate schools for foraio.'
ers. Indeed, the California state Ie~
which is at the bottom of the presan,
trout lie, puts the japanese on exactI'
TIE same footing with the very oIdor.
native Americans-the Indians.
But the fact that the San Francisoo
board of education may be within il.
legal rights does not mitigate the fol
ly and the mischief Of its action
Never was trouble more wantonIv IN
vited. The Japanese immigration -
the United States Is insignificant in
quantity and superior in quality n
nine tenths Of the white immigratior
that we receive without question Ss
class the japanese are the cleanact
immigrants we receive from anv conn
try in the world. They have none ~
the characteristics that made the in.
vasion of Chinese coolies a danger
that had to be checked even at tho
cost of mourning China's enmitv
They are alert, adaptable, ready. ami
anxious to acquire American way,
Japan was our best friend among tbe
nations. Her people are keenly sen.
sitive; they have an intensely even
atnormally, developed sense of per.
sonaj dignity and honor, and the acita.
ton against them in California has
wounded them to the depths 1t is an
agitation which, starting without anv
real popular demand, has been delhi,
erately worked up for selfish purposes
by reckless newspapers and polite
ians until now 1t has gone beyond the
control Of it's authors, and public men
are afraid to resist it.
The American people have the mis-
fortune to. be Judged by much strict
er standard in their dealings with for,
eigners than the people OF any other
country. The fact is complimentary,
perhaps, but it is burdensome Hob
land can fight war of DETERMINATION
with the AchineSe for a generation
without criticism, but we have 10 ex.
plain our conduct every time we chase
a band of ladrones in the Philippines.
Although we saved China from dis,
memberment she bOycotts our goods
because we restrict chinese immigra
ton, NUT she does not boycott Aus
tralian goods, although Australia's ex
clusion policy is more rigorous than
ours. Japan is cut to the heart by
an anti-Japanese agitation in CaiOr.
mia, but she does not worry about Il
similar agitation in British Columbia,
which belongs to an empire wit.
which she has formal treaty of al
lance. 1t is evident that the United
States is under that fierce light
which beats upon'-The object Of the
worlds intensest interest. NOblesse
oblige.
The presidents anxiety IL do every
thing consistent with national dignity
to soothe the ruffled feelings Of the
Japanese was made manifest by his
action in despatching Secretary Met
calf to San Francisco Immediately to
investigate the situation there and
see whether a heart-to-heart eXplana,
ton of the trouble they were invoil
ing would not bring the local authoi-
ties to their senses. At the same
time Secretary Root threw an anchor
to windward by calling upon the
Japanese government for the punish
ment of sealing poachers who had
raided our rookeries in Dering Sea
and then escaped to Japan, where no
attempt seemed to have been made to
disturb them.