Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13

why the Japanese Are Considered
Objectionable TO the Coast.

Objectionable 20 the Coast.
San Francisco Chronicle.
IL e. unfortunate that the eastern people
cannot, or will not, understand the att-
tude Of the people Of this coast toward
Japan. During their recent war the SYM
pathy OF our people with Japan was uni
versal and outspoken. being based on the
outrageous conduct Of the coalition headed
by Russia I'm robbing Japan Of the fruits
Of its victory in 1894 and then brazenly APP
propriating them to themselves. This
friendly international feeling has never
abated, although we here recognize Japan
as a deadly commercial competitor which
will rapidly supersede us in Aslatlc COM
merce. We admire and respect Japan as
the most vigorous exponent Of oriental CIV
ilization.
The objection Of our people is simply
to the establishment OF oriental forms of
civilization in the United States. We par
ticularly obpect to japanese invasion, be-
cause, as the Japanese are most virile Of
oriental peoples their Judgment on our
shores is by so much the more danger
Gus. We recognize that Asiatic peoples are
entitled to maintain such forms of civiliza-
ton and such a standard OF life as they
prefer in their own country and to exclude,
once desire, the people OF western coun-
tries. So far as we are concerned they are
quite welcome. as they have the right.
under the existing treaties, to exclude all
American manual workers from Japan. We
claim the same right, and demand that It
be exercised. Nothing can create an I'M
friendly feeling among us toward Japan
except an effort to push its people into our
country against our wish, just as our own
Commodore Perry a half century ago forced
an entrance into japan against the resist
ance Of the Japanese. There was no justi-
fication for that except the conduct OF
Japanese pirates toward the crews of
wrecked American ships Any nation has
a right to demand of any other nation hos
pitality to shipwreclSed sailors To the ex-
tent of securing that only was our intru-
sion into Japan justified. But that was a
long time ago. There is no longer any fear
Of any injury which government can pre-
vent to the subjects of either nation law
fully within the jurisdiction Of the other.
The japanese in San Francisco are pro-
tected by the authorities and by public
opinion quite as sacredly as the rest OF u.s.
But we desire no more of them. There
are too many here now 1t is not right
that they should come. II they persist IN
coming, public opinion in time win change
and It will impossible to prevent trouble
We are convinced that japanese statesmen
will see the reasonableness of all this. The
only trouble is in the sordid character OF
eastern people, who would wreck our civ.
ilization If thereby they could sell calico
and our pig-headed national administration
which is much OF the same character. We
have more hopes of convincing the Japan.
ese statesmen of the wisdom OF keeping
the races apart than Of convincing eastern
manufacturers and fool sentlmentalists
We should be delighted to sit down and
talk IT over in a friendly way with rep
resentative Japanese not concerned Will
ocean transportation nor with contracts fol
coolies.