The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-05

show all the heroic courage. the unques-
tionlng. unfaltering loyalty, the splendid
marked the Loyal Ronins; and they show
q patriotism. Japanese artists Of every
KIND see rheir products eagerly sought
Japan Leads in Development
The industrial and commercial develop
| ment OF Japan has been phenomenal;
| greater than that OF any other country
| time the advance In science and phil
! osophy is no less marked. The admir-
able management of the Japanese Red
| cross during the late war the efficiency
! and humanity OF the Japanese officials.
| nurses. and doctors, won the respectful
| admiration of all acquainted with the
| facts. Through the Red Cross the Jap
auese people sent over 100000 TO the
sufferers OF San Francisco. and the gift
was accepted With gratitude by our pco-
pie. The courtesy OF the Japanese ma
| tlonally and individually, has become pro-
verbal In no other country has there
been such an increasing number OF Wis
itors from this land ms 10 Japan. In re-
turn. Japanese have come here In great
numbers. They are welcome. socially and
intellectually, in all our colleges and In
stitutions OF higher learning, in all our
anese have won In a single generation
the right 20 stand abreast OF the fore
most and most enlightened peoples OF
Europe and America; they have won on
their own merits and by their own cNcr-
tions the right 20 treatment on a basis
OF fun and frank equality. The over
whelming mass OF our people cherish n
lively regard and respect for the people
OF japan, and In almost every quarter
OF the Union the stranger from Japan
ls treated as he deserves. that is. he is
treated as the stranger from any part
OF civilized Europe is and deserves to
be treated But here and there a most
toward the Japanese-the feeling that
has been shown in shutting them out
from the common schools In San Fran
cisco, and In murterings ngains, them
I'm one or two other places. because OF
their efficiency as workers. To shut
them out from the public schools is a
flrst-class colleges In the land. including
the universities and colleges OF Califor-
MIA, which do not gladly welcome Jap
anese students and on (which japanese
students do not reflect credit We have
as much TO learn from Jepan as Japan
has TO learn from us; and no nation is
NJ 20 teach unless 1t is also willing TO
learn. Throughout Japan. Americans are
well treated. and any failure on the part
OF Americans at home 10 treat the jap
anese with Ike courtesy and consider
alton is by just so much n confession Of
inrerlortty In our civilization,
Will Take Prompt Action,
our Nation fronts on the Pacific just
as II fronts on The Atlantic, We hope
TO play constantly growing part In the
great ocean Of The Orient. We Wish.
mercial development in our dealings with
Asia; and it is out OF the question that
We should permanently have such de-
velopments unless We freely and glndly
extend 10 other nations the same measure
of justice and good treatment which we
expect TO receive in return. IL is only
act badly. Where the Federal Govern
ment has power II Will deal summarily
with any such. Where the several
States have power / earnestly ask that
a1g., yvFIg.s s.ls sktl
such. conduct or else this small body
of wrongdoers may bring shame upon
the great mass OF their innocent and
right thinking fellows-that Is. upon our
Nation as whole Good manners
should be an international no less than
an individual attribute. I ask fair treat
fair treatment for Germans or English
men. FTenchmen. Russians. or Italians.
] ask !t as due 10 humanity and Civilt-
zatlon. ! ask II as due 10 ourselves be-
cause We must act uprighrly toward all
men,
Naturalize the Japanese.
| recommend To the Congress that an
act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization OF Japanese who come
here intending 10 become American cit
aens. One OF the great embarrassments
the performance of our inter
national obligations is the fact that the
inadequate. They fail TO give 10 the Ma
tional Government sufficiently ample
power, through United States courts and
by the use OF the army and navy. 20
protect aliens in the rights secured 70
them under solemn treaties which are the
law Of the land. ] therefore earnestly
recommend that the criminal and civil
statutes OF the United States be so
amended and added to as 10 enable the
President. acting for the United States
Government; which is responsible irf our
relations. 70 enforce the
rights Of aliens under treaties. Even as
the law now is something can be done
by the Federal Government toward this
end. and in the matter now before me
affecting the Japanese. everything that Il
all Of the forces. military and civil, OF
the United States, which I may lawfully
employ VIII be so employed. There
should however. be no particle OF doubt
as TO the power Of the National Gov
ernment completely TO perform and en-
tions. The mob OF a single city may
at any time perform acts of lawless vio-
lence against some class OF foreigners
which would plunge us. into war. That
city by itself would be powerless to make
defense against the foreign power thus
ernment u would never venture TO per
form or permit the performance OF the
acts complained Of. The entire power
and the whole duty 10 protect the of
Tending city or the offending community
Hes in the hands OF the United States
should continue a policy under which a
given locality may be allowed to commit
q crime against a friendly nation, and
the United States Government limited
not 20 preventing the commission OF the
crime. but. in the last resort. 10 defend
against the consequences Of their own
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