The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-04
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Let Us Have No :
Morbid Fears :

ments feelings about us good citizenship requires
consideration the national feelings and sentiments OF neghbo
nations.
neither good manners good morals good citizenship
qures that the American any other people, shall be anWse
hampered working their social and
economic problems from morbid fear what my happen because
the people of some other nation NAV not like it. The Japanese as in
dduals should be accorded their rights and all
The coureses due from nation another nation from
people another But the American people either in California
Hawaii elsewhere be deferred and ought be de-
TERED from carrying out plans for the solution OF their social
economic problems, which within their right and privilege. If
they free do what they choose within their constitution
and laws including the the treaties that have been made
with other nations then they have ceased be free people And if
they to be prevented from doing what they have perfect right
to do by the fear OF offending Japan the japanese then they
under tyranny more Illuminating than that OF George the Third
Japan and the japanese do hesitate by custom and by law
make all those distinctions between their people and the foreign
ers residing within the japanese sovereignty which they deem nees-
for the protection advantage of their people their
nation Is there any why America Americans should hest
tate to exercise the rights privileges?
We told that limit saloon licenses citizens
it has been proposed for fear offending Japanese Why
IS no fear expressed OF offending the British the Germans the French
the Austns who would be equally included with the japanese in
the prohibition Of such legislation?
We told that Hawaii has done enough already in adding fuel
to the hameesumaby the flames Of wark the
part of the Japanese against Ameaby the Farrers license law
for thing But the Farers license law applied all farrers c
and alien alike and bore heavily the Japanese than
anyone else The attitude of the Board OF Medical Examiners
requiring all applicants TOR License to practice medicine to take an
examination in the English language also cataogued fuel
to the fame though is much hOspabe attitude toward
Japanese practitioners than Japan holds toward professional from
ether countries seeking practice their profession Japan 1t is
that but the fact that the rule OF the Board of Medical EX
aminers applies Engshmen quite strictly
proposed limitation Of saloon licenses citizens.
1t argument apply the ephet of Hoodum Members
members who respond hOOdum politics. the members the
Board OF Education of San Francisco who have lately the
aon in regard Japanese children in the public San
Francisco which has attracted much attention There has
Judicial decision yet that such regulation fully within
the OF the Board to make has there been weg
opinion yet expressed that within the power
IT not within the OF the Board would
simple way of the difficulty for THE President would
push the proceeding brought to test the matter in the
applying this regulation to the japanese the Board Of Education Of
san francisco has only applied the principle that applied
probably hall the states to citizens, white and black,
and which in the ordinary of application
have been applied to British Subjects and very likely
applied to the subjects OF other European South American
nut without protest
We not the for the San Francisco
the people OF San Fracsco and California do but
them the freedom in dealing with their economic
problems that we claim for ourselves; and Americans neither
wan nor California elsewhere abdCate their right
with their problems in their way within law through
any morbid fear of giving ofense based on right