Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14

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ineligible to the United States.
'lcddy" is admired here. but. tho he
can overcome trusts. he cannot overcome
California in this matter. We are all of
ON" mind west of the great divide" but
We realize that 'ur oWn position is not UNI
dorSi001.
1t is estimated that in tn, Coast states
alone there are SiXty-tivc Thousand .JapS.
and most of these are in or neal the large
cities. though every city or town i'm the
extreme west has its .Asiatic quarter.
Tho japanese are intelligent and ag-
grcS>ivc. trcachcrous To the core. as. what
else could You expect of ii Buddhist or la
oislo
They are supcrstitiouS. and worship
idols: have not advanced one fraction as
far as Christianity goes. and mover will.
because they are fanatical patriots. and
their rites and customs are interviewer
with patriotism. 50 church and state are
ono and i,scparahlc. Divide Il Jap from
i;udha and You rob him of country.
Wherever he goes lie is subject to the Mi
kado and he obcys the Son of Heaven"
10 the exclusion of any conflicting law of
the country hc nay be in.
He learns the English language because
it is useful tn him. and he attends the
missions. studies the bible and Stimulates
Christianity: but just as soon as he is re-
moved from its influence he shakes off his
assumed beliefs and dcsccndS to Pagani>m
again. indeed he never ceases to practice
his heather rites.
The Jap is not clean. and he hates hard
Mork-wont do ii unless it is for himself.
lie IS Il sponge which ahsorbs all the good
inout Nun ana gives nought in return.
What ne cats and wears is imported from
.'apan. III YOU can work for Il dollar he
VIII work Tor fifty cents: he will ALWAYS
work cheaper than an American can. for
he lives like Il dog.
ne learns your trade and then puts you
out oi business by unfair means: he has
not one atom of gratitude. Roosevelt.
or America. secured peace for him and he
rrpays MS by threats.
The Japanese are %colonizing the Phillip
pines and many thousands are i'm the Ha-
Mailan Islands. Ii YOU wrcStle with him.
he VIII show You his Unborn trcachcry.
and AT the same time his knowledge of jim
:,lts'' by perhaps strangling You or break
ing an arm.
onc Japanese appears to be kind. accom-
modating. social and Il good citizen. hut i'm
union there is strength" and where he
iives In great numbers is where we know
nm as undesirable. p%aganistic. ignorant.
unarrelS0mr trcachcrOuS. filthy and inSO-
tent. Respectfully.
j. w. CONVERSE.
The above is almost entirely
questions of fact, if the author is a
credible witness, and The Press
will not undertake to deny them.
But it will take more than that
kind of argument to convince The
Press that the Japs who migrate
to California, Hawaii and the Phil
ippinc islands are as a class dia-
metrically the opposite of what
their home government is. Wedo
not understand that Japan is a
land of paupers, criminals, or beg
CARS. Why should they descend
to the lowest scale of humanity
when they strike California?
We have never heard of Hawaii
or the Philippine islands making
such charges against the Japs.
Until they do, we shall continue to
believe that President Roosevelt is
right in his efforts to see that
treaty obligations are observed
with Japan, and that he did not
lump quick" because he was
afraid of Japan or any other ma
ton on earth, but because he is GO
ing to see to it that the island en-
pire of the Pacific gets just the
same respect and friendly treat
ment that that we would give to
England with ten times her fight
ing ability.