The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-12-29
SAN FRANC1scoPs POSITION.

1t is unfortunate tnat the eastern
people cannot, or will not, understand
the attitude of the people of this coast
toward Japan. During their recent
war the sympathy of our peopla with
Japan was universal and 9utspoken,
being based on the outrageous conduct
oI me coalition headed by Russia in
robbing Japan Of the fruits Of her vic
tory in 1894 and then brazenly appro-
priating them to themselves. This
friendly International feeling has never
abated although we here recognize Ja-
pan as a deadly commercial competi-
tor, which will rapidly supl.rsede us in
Asiatic commerce We admire and re-
spect Japan as the most vigorous expo
nent Of OOriental ciyilzatin.
The objection of our people is simply
to the establishment of Oriental forms
of civilization in the United States
We particularly object 10 IL japanese
invasion, because, as the Japanese are
most virile of Oriental people, their
Judgment on our shores is by so much
the more dangerous. We recognize that
Asiatic people are entitled to maintain
such forms of civilization and such a
standard Of life as they pr;fer in their
own country, and to exclude, if they so
desire, and as they certainly did once
desire, the people of western countries.
So far as we are concerned, they are
quite welcome, as they haWs the right,
under the existing treaties, to exclude
all American manual workers from ia
par
We claim the same right, and de-
mand that 1t be exercised. Nothing
can create an unfriendly feeling among
US toward Japan except an effort to
push her people into our country
against our wish, just as our own Com
modore Perry, a half century ago,
forced an entrance of the japanese.
There was no justification for Sat ex-
cept the conduct of Japanese pirates
toward the crews of the wrecked
American ships. Any nation has a
right to demand of any other nation
hospitality to ship wrecked sailors. To
the extent Of securing that only was
our Intrusion into Japan Justified.
But that was long time ago There
is no longer any fear of any injury
which the government can prevent to
the subjects of either nation lawfully
within the Jurisdiction Of the other.
The Japanese in San Francisco are pro-
tected by the authority and by public
opinion quite as sacredly as the rest of
us.
But we desire no more of them.
There are too many here now. It is
not right that they should come. If
they persist in coming, public opinion
in time will change, and it will be inn
possible to prevent trouble. We are
convinced that Japanese statesmen will
see the reasonableness Of all this. The
only trouble is in the sordidcharacter
of eastern people, who would wreck our
civilization if thereby they could sell
calico and our pig-headed national adj
ministration, which is much of the
same character. We have more hopes
of convincing the Japanese statesmen
of the wisdom Of keeping the races
apart than of convincing eastern man
ufacturers and fool sentimentalists. We
should be delighted to sit down and
talk it over in friendly way with rep
resentative Japanese not concerned
with ocean transportation nor with
contracts for coolies.-San Francisco
Chronicle