The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
PRESIDENT
 IS IGNORANT Does Not Understand
 Race Question, MESSAGE OF GOV. PARDEE Celestial Cannot Assimlate with
 Anglo-Saxon People. Executive of California Declares that Separate Schools Will Be Main- tained Until Courts Decide
 Differently.

Sacramento Cal, Jan. S.-The mes- sage of Governor Pardee to the Califor- mia Legislature at Sacramento, today dealt principally with the Japanese school question.
 On this matter, Governor Pardee said, in part:
 "In common with the people of the East, who have had no experience with the unassimilable people of Japan and China, the President does not under stand the racial differences between the Japanese and Chinese and people of Caucasian blood.
 Coming in contact only with few educated and intelligent individuals of these two races, the people of the East ern States do not understand that to permit the emmlgration of only small fraction of the whole number of these people means the monopolizing by them of such pursuits in which they may engage. This monopolization would not mitigate against the public good, were the monopolizers capable of being absorbed into the body polite in this generation or even the next.
 Unfortunately. however, neither the Japanese nor the Chinese appear to be capable of absorption and assimilation. It is useless to expect that a people with such different racial characteris- tics and civilization can ever mix with our people, they cannot become good American citizens; it is useless to att tempt to make them such.
 Under the circumstances, it is not at all strange that there is an aversion to the mingling of the children of the two races. And, therefore, California has decreed that, whenever it is so de- sired, the local school authorities may provide separate schools for these Ja- panese children, in which they shall be taught as Caucasian children are, and by equally capable teachers.
 'In the case of the Japanese, the sep aartion seems to be the most necessary
 because so many of the Japanese who desire to attend our schools are SC much older than the Caucasian chill dren with whom, on account of their deficient learning. the Japanese must be enclassed. It is not at all desira- ble that youths, even Caucasian youths of eighteen years of age, or more should be associated in the schools with childten of tender ages.
 "The reason therefor Is sufficiently explained by it's mere statement The laws of California require the separa- ton of the Japanese children from tht Caucasian. The treaty, as I read 1t does not require that tho Japanese shall be put in classes with our chil dren. To give them as good schools facilities more than complies with thu treaty. Therefore, it would appear that San Francisco, in providing sep arate schools for the Japanese, is ad herring strictly within the letter ant spirit of the laws of this State and i' in no way acting in contrariety to tho treaty with Japan.
 We realize thoroughly that it is only the irresponsible and vicious ir China and Japan who insult an. injure American citizens; we know equally well, and we hope that the Japanese and Chinese governments also know
 that it is only the irresponsible and
 the vicious who, in America, insult and
 injure the subjects of these two great nations. But neverth sless, until the courts of this country shall have de- clared that California has no right tC
 do so, this State reserves to itself the
 right and prefers to conduct under the