Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-07
FORMER CONSUL ON WARTALK
General Bragg Says There is No Danger
from Japan.
PRESIDENT HEARS FROM Los ANGELES
Southern California Chamber of Conn
merce Says There In No Desire to
Discriminate Against jap
anese ChIIdren.

MILWAUKEE,. Feb. 6.-An Evening Wis
consin special from Fond du Lac, Wis.
says that General william s. Bragg, for
mer United States consul at Hong Kong,
today said that there was no danger of
war between the United States and Japan.
He said
more insinuating, swell-headed class
of people than the Japanese are at present
would be hard to find. This is due largely
to their recent victory over the Russians.
While a break between Japan and the
United States may come in time, the danger
Is not imminent The japanese have a
heavy war debt to pay off, and although
IL is probable that they could put large
army I'm the field, they have no visible re-
The recent boycott of American goods
in China was caused largely by the Japa-
nese. The Japanese merchants certainly
goods In such large quantities that they
could compete with American merchants.
1t appeared comical to me during the boy
colt to see American goods stamped with
the Japanese trademark. All that was
necessary was to turn the package around
and there In cold, black type was the
name of the American manufacturers.
These goods were sold to the Chinese as
Japanese products and were accepted as
such.
The recent troubles in San Francisco
over the Japanese school question, Gen.
eral Bragg said, should be settled by the
state Of California.
II have always been opposed to an ex-
clusion law" said he, but in an event
like this 1 am of the opinion that an eff
fort on the part of the. United States as
nation to interfere would be violating
the constitution.
zone Chinaman is worth two Japanese
so far as character and manhood are con-
cerned."
President Hears from Coast.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The president
today received telegraphic copy of the
| resolution adopted yesterday by the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce on the
Japanese school question, which expresses
the belief that the public sentiment OF CAL
ifornia, especially of the southern part, on
the question Of the exclusion of the Japa-
nese from the public school system OF the
state has been to some extent misrepre-
sented and is largely misunderstood. The
sentiment is expressed that upon one main
question, whatever may be the diversity of
opinion upon the constitutional and legal
phases, the board is assured that 1.-THE
general trend of public opinion in southern
California is decidedly adverse to any dis
elimination against the Japanese as a peo-
pie in matters of public school privileges
and they believe that this opinion is based
upon consideration of equity and justice
and is held altogether independently of any
attitude which the Japanese government
has assumed or may assume in regard to
| the question"
KurinO Denies Report.
PARIS, Feb. en-. Kurino, the japanese
minister, today formally denied the report
that Japan had presented an ultimatum
to the United States on the San Fran
cisco school matter. The minister declared
Japan was satisfied with the attitude OF
the United States government and was
satisfied the whole question would be
amicably settled. y,