The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-10
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San ranciseo ssuEles
Large aportanee.
HUGH FOOLISH TALK OF WAR.
AIitllot.a les say 1eedIerll GovieEElli1l.l1
Gaa1lot IatoEE1ee+--l ace Jntltee
ana otIsel Reasoas For ses.res ltins
Ja1i,..nese PapIl-.
BY CHARLES W. ARTHUR
washington, Dec 10. Special. lin
spite OF the faet that members Of the
house and senate from Call oFulA say
TINT W Washington Is much more excited
over the Japanese question than the
Pacific coast and notyVi thstanding the
obvious absurdity Of talk Of war with
Japan at the present time people who
are close to the heart of things here
know that the situation Brought about
by the action OF the local authorities
OF san Francisco In segregating Jap
anese pupils from the whites IN the
public schools Is very delicate That
It WIN lead to stiu further embarrass-
ments Is at least possible.
unwise TalIs at Washington.
Already the case has assumed a de
gree OF International importance Whol-
" disproportionate to the incident
which brought about all the existing
unpIeasantness. Foreign papers are
printing column after column about 1t,
and all the powers of the world are
Watching each new development with
great interest Here in Washington
some foolish persons, more than one
OF whom are members Of congress,
are talking about the probabilities of
war in a way that Is certnin to make
matters worse. Everything that Is be
ing printed or said here is promptly
cabled to Japan for publication, and
thus the limoges. most Of whom are
talking merely for the pleasure OF hear
ing themselves talk. may In the end
succeed In so fnhaming the minds OF
people on both sides the Pacific that
relations may he strained to the break
ing point
No Federal Interference.
Authorities are agreed that the fed
eral government has not the slightest
authority to Interfere with the purely
internal adairs Of any stnte. and Of
course the San Francisco school mat
ter would seem to come in that class.
1t is true that the supreme court has
more than once decided that treaty
is the supreme law OF the land. and
the existing treaty with Japan guar
antees to Japanese the right to attend
the public schools. But It does not
stipuIate that they shall attend the
same schools as the white children,
and the oriental school which the au-
thoritfes of the Golden Gate City es-
tabIished when the influx Of Chinese
first commercial years ago Is just as
much a public school as any of those
which are attended by the children of
white parents. Leaving all this out OF
the question, It Is not clear how the
federal government could proceed
effectively even II 1t should decide to
try conclusions with the state govern
ment.
Race Prejudice the Reason.
The real reason for the action of the
san Francisco school authorities In
segregating the Japanese pupils is
feeling of race prejudice similar to
that which exists In the south against
the negroes. The members Of the Cali
fornIa congressional delegation, almost
without exception, admit that They
say, too. there was room only for white
children In the makeshift schools which
were hurrIedly provided after the great
Gre of last spring and that most of the
japanese pupils are much older than
the white pupils In the classes to which
they must be assigned. But that is
beside the mark. Even II the question
Of age did not enter into the discussion
and IL there were unlimited room In
the schools OF the city the local au-
thorities would not admit the japanese
again Representative Kahn, who
comes from one OF the San Francisco
districts. is authority for that state
ment
Japan Too "coekyI"'
= Although they Will not permit their
names to be used in connection with
such statements, many Californlans do |
not hesitate to assert in private con-
versation that Japan is getting alto
gether too '.cocky."- or rather, that the |
Japanese In the coast states are. Their |
victory over RUSSIA has given them
somewhat exaggerated ideas concern
ing their own greatness. It is said, ana
they are overload of swnggering and
pushing In where they are not wanted.
Naturally this causes Irritation, just
as do the somewhat similar conditions
In the south, where It Is the negro. In
stead OF the Japanese, whom the white
people do not want to mix with.
An Embarrassing Position.
The Japanese government IS likely
to put the American government In a
very embarrassing position, even
though, as now seems altogether prob