The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-04
COTTON BAGGINe.

fornia. on the other became acute an order was issued in one of the local courts in San Francisco citing the Roara of Education to show cause why a mandamus should not issue conpeti- ing the reinstatement of l. Yashuara, Japanese pupil recently excluded ron the Pacific Heights Grammar School. Thta matter was brought up for tho nurpose of making test case, and the duplication for the writ was made upon Aha ground that the resolution of the Roard of Education of San Francisco evcii,dine Japanese from the public schools was in violation of the consti- tuition of the United States A mass meeting of the Japanese was held m the oity. and they made appeal to MT A0lki, the Amyassador TOT Jap"h' asA ing him to intercede.
 Al the same time Judge Graham' m the United States Court for California, rendered a decision declaring null ana void the naturalization papers of A. E TIntsumi, issued in 1897, on the rround that he was not citizen of the United States and could not become one, being a Mongolian.
 Indeed. reports from the coast indi- cate that all clements are working in favor of the passage of Japanese eX- clusion law similar to that which was passed against the Chinese.
 California is Bitter.
 Secretary MetcaIf brought Lack from California with him statements show ing that the feeling in California is more antagonistic to the o.panese than to the Chinese He also laid informa- tion before the President showing that he had made no headway whatever in his efforts to induce the local and State authorities to relent and admit the Japanese adults to the public schools. The ciizens would positively not per init their children to go to school with Japanese adults and had prejudice against admitting to the schools the Japanese children. Mir Metcalf is un- tierstood to have statements showing that 1t would be impossible to convey to the mind of a man In the Eastern states an idea of the deep seated re- solve of the people of California 10 dispute the right of the federal gov ernment to meddle in It's affairs or to force upon them at terms of equality the Japanese. There has been in most parts of the United States feeling Of high regard for the Japanese The Washington administration was ex- eeedingly friendly to them just before and during tho war with Russia, and both the President of the United States and the Secretary of State showed con siderable partiality for r-the Jananese to the great distress and discontinue or the Russian diplomats. In This way a feeling grew up throughout the United States that racially and intellectually the Japanese were the equals of Amer ican citizens This was added to by their prowess at arms.
 1t is believed that the report which Secretary Metcalf has made does not fail to recognize the feeling against the Japanese which. in matter of this sort. can scarcely be ignored. Anoth- CT matter of which he it Is believed, takes cognizance is the JaJanese movement which has set in eastward across the Pacific. This movement 1t is stated here. has only begun and yet is of great proportions, showing that there is under way considerable Japanese colonization movement equal to that which set in toward Callfor- mia years ago, eliminating in the Chi nese seelusion act and the sand lOt ricta.