The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-07

There never was time in history
since the time of the primeval ape,
that the TWO races have lived together
| in harmony. Either they inter.
mingled. or one became the serf of
The other We seem to have settled
the question of serfdom In that war
over the negroes. The whites viii
not amagamate with the Japs. There
Is the problem"
Feeling in Frisco Runs Hiqh.
The feeling in San Francisco il
high, The city and parts of the state
are openly, bitterly, and resentfully
opposed to the administrations stand
in regard to the school question in San
Francisco. The ninety-three orientals
who have, under the old state law
been placed by themselves in the
oriental school and segregated from
the remainder of the public school
children of this wrecked city NAV
prove the cause of one of the most
serious international complications
ever faced by the United States and
one which may cost her dear If the
views of the Californians are true.
The people of San Francisco. its ed.
ucators. its officials, its politicians
and lis thinkers declare that Japan
Is not at all interested In the cues. |
tion of the ninety-three segregated |
but that the Japs are seek |
ing to find cause for a quarrel with |
the United States and have chosen
he San Francisco school situation as
he bone over which TO pick a quarrel
md start a war.
IL Is openly stated that the Jap be-
ieYes the quicker he strikes at Amer
ca the better, and that he is seeking
'ver a trivial question, which the
chool board declares was the result
OF of any slight to Japan nor of any
insult, intended or otherwise. either %
apan or China, but as a direct result
I the necessity arising from the
arthquake and fire which destroyed
re city, to start war to decide
lickly which nation shall be the mas !
n OF the Pacific.
RooseveIt's Attitude Resented I'd
Not only does California, especially :
an Francisco, resent the attitude of
lpan but even more it resents the an. +
aren't attitude of President Roose- /,
elt's administration. California is r
ither a peculiar state. II is so far 4
from all the rest of the United
.ates and has been so Independent, !,
rich SO big, and has developed so !,
pidly that it thinks il is quite big
lough now to decide for itself. 1t re-
nts imperial federal interference =,
en- as certain OF the southern states
ice resented 1t, and as, later, Illinois
sented 1t when federal troops were
Mt to Chicago.
The attitude of the people is rather =
a. The labor UNIONS are bitterly Z
posed to Japanese labor, for strictly y
fish reasons The rest of the peo- -
> are opposed TO the Japanese be- -
use they say Japan is getting too :,
ssh" -
There is one certain way to Judge +,
e attitude of the American people =
wards any foreigner, That Is to :,
Itch the small boys. If a small boy -
es an apple or a piece Of Stag at n -
panese, then his father does not like =,
. Japanese. W
N San Francisco it Is great fun for -
Is to soak a skipper" which means -
throw brick at a Japanese. Odd
il may seem these same Cali.
mans whose fathers when they
re small stoned the Cinnamon in 9H
streets now treat the Cinnamon o'
h some respect, and even regard ~
. as an honest, hard working labor >"
while they hate and detest the eh
ippy.' oy
another feature is the fact that the er'
'anese, in his new found pride es.
tally since he whipped the Rus se'
rs, fights back. loN