The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18

government of the United States shall do Indirectly what 1t cannot do direct ly--that 1t shall nullify the Constitu- ton by treaty with an alien nation. they invoke to that end--clause ?, Ar ticle VI:
 the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United states, shall be the supreme law of the land: '
 What is the authority of the Unf- ted States?" Nothing plainer--the Uni- ter States government has no author ity to make a treaty that Is in con- flict with the Constitution of the Uni- can nulilfy every shred of that Con- stitution. That I take to be funda- mental The first amendment to the religion. No act of Congress can void that inhibition. Such an act of Con gress would be nullity. Could the Federal establishment by treaty with Great Britain make the Church Of England the established religion Of the United States7 I trow not. Such treaty would be no treaty at all, be- cause the United states a government sto ;n a,nS convention. But the United States government has as much right to es- tablish a religion by treaty as it has to open the common schools or Cali fornia to the Japanese The only au- thority in the world that can open the common schools of any State to the Japanese is the legislature of that State.
 And then there is another obstacle that man nor devil has yet surmount- ed, and never will-caste. One little pinch of it, however infinitesimal, IS stronger than, and invincible against, all the peoples and nations and ar mics and navies of the entire world Many of the misfortunes that have come to mankind were due to the fol- ly of that Qufxote, civilization, ttlting against this principle, implanted by Almighty God in the breasts of the not herd with the Japs they will not. and if the Federal government shall be fatuous enough to decree they shall do 1t, there will be a devil of row over it before the thing is done with. Of that there is no sort of doubt, and the best way out of it is the shortest way out of it. and that is this way: Let Secretary Root in diplomatic phrase tell Japan that it is none of Japan's, or the United States, business how California shall manage her pub lie schools. If California would admit a Hottentot to her common schools, she has the right to do 1t without let or interference from any other power or community in the world, the Uni ted States not excepted. If California would deny the Japanese admission to her public schools all the world can not say her nay-including the Uni ted States
 And so that is a nut for Japan to crack That the United States and Japan will be ct war befOl this cen tury has run half its course, l have no sort of doubt, unless we shall evacuate the eastern hemisphere. That horoscope is certain as the drunk ards" Deweys and Togos will light it ouh and crimson with human blood Eastern seas as sure as the sun shall rise and set tomorrow--if we re- main in the Philippines.
 Japan has got the big head. It Is natural, and nobody can blame her for 1t. She Is playing the same game with us that she played with Russia. A score of years ago Russia swarmed with Japs learning the language and studying the habits of the Russian people. They found out all about the Russian army and the Russian navy.