The San Francisco call., 1907-06-13
|P0PULAcE Of JAPAN
IAFLAMED BY PRESS
Exaggerated E Tales Of Attack
Sent by American
Correspondents
FIND NEW OUTRAGE
Trivial Affair III Berkeley
Magnified Into Grave
Incident

TOXIC, June 13.--Several papers this
morning print photographs Of the
wreckage caused by the attacks OH
Japanese restaurants in San Francisco.
This appeal to the eye. coupled with
strong words describing the sufferings
OF compatriots, has further infamed
popular Indignation. The Nichi Nichi.
commenting on the photographs, says:
The situation is doubtless grave and calls for
prompt measures on the part OF both govern
The Hochi says:
The stage for negotiation has passed and the
time Tor action has been reached.
The paper says further that it does
not mean to advocate war. but COM
mercial retaliation.
The Asahfs Washington correspond
ent reports an attack upon a Japanese
horticuiturist In Berkeley, CAL. result
ing In the destruction Of a greenhouse
and other property. This has famed
the fame of indignation already strong
here and has served to confirm the
popular belief that violence OF this kind
is not accidental but the result of a
deeply rooted feeling against the Japa-
neSe.
UNCLE SAM, BEWARE!
The Mai Nichi, published at Osaka
and claiming to have a circulation of
zoo, 1000, expresses anger today at the
reported recent attack on Japanese
horticulturist at Berkeley. 1t says:
The outrage demonstrates the impotency Of
the California authorities TO protect our com
patriots Now is no time to rest assured on the
stereotyped diplomatic assurances from the
a positive declaration to take measures to safe
guard Japanese rights comes the Berkeley out
The personality of President Roosevelt towers
high among living great men and deserves full
confidence, but promises. however high sounding
and reassnring. and the promise maker, however
high in character, OF value whatever II
unacc0mpanied by deeds.
The powerlessness Of the California and fed
eral governments thus demonstrated. and 1t
oniy remains to take the work Of protection in
our own hands.
That the outrages are of limited local occur
renee is not sufficient explanation
AKID GLOVE. TREATMENT
HONOLULU, June 12.-Commissioner
of immigration Sargent has instructed
the local immigration officials to con-
tinue the careful inspection of Japa-
nese immigrants, but to discontinue
photographing them and to handle dip
lomatically all questions that may
arise.
The local federal officials are alleged
to have discovered that members of
the Japanese naval reserve here have
peen communicateu with uirect py tneir
home government, and not through the
Japanese cons vi.
WASHINGTON, June 12-The report
of United States District Attorney Dew
lin of California into the facts con-
nected with the attack. upon the Japa-
nese bath house and restaurant on
May 20 reached Washington today ana
is now in the hands OF Secretary Root,
to whom it was sent by Attorney Gen.
eral Benaparte. The report has been
forecast by telegraphic abstracts, so
that it's main interest from an official
point of view will be found in an
analysis of the great mass OF testi-
mony collected by, Devlin. 1t is reason
ably certain that the state department
will make no publication of the re-
mort