Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-06
COUNT OKUMA ON
JAPANESE TROUBLE
Al a Nation They Are Not Salts
lied With the Settlement of
The School Incident.
HE APPEALS FOR JUSTICE.
Wants Americaos to Stop BoAer-liae
outrage~-lic Seems to Express
Feelings OF His People.

New York. June k-Count Okuma.
former leader OF the hogressives the
opposition party in Jahn in response
to request by the New York World. |
cabled that paper the folio ing opinion
regarding the incidents in4Sau Fran !
cisco in which Japanese were involved.
y deeply regret that anttJapanese
outrages are being repeated hin san
Francisco We. as nation, wsye not
satisfied with the settlement OF the
(schooD Incident. which rcsultea in
unjust discrimination against and the
actual expulsion of Japanese imh,-
grants.
pies laid out IN the enlightened meS-
sage OF President Roosevelt last De-
cember would prevail, and that every
unjust discrimination against the Jap
anese would be stopped, Repetition
of Injustice against the Japanese Will
seriously hurt our warm feeling TO-
ward America and our traditional
| friendship viii be weakened thereby.
Fair and just treatment is essential
| to maintain friendship. Repeated out
rageuus acts will not only damage
| American interests, but also discrcdlL
| American civilization
For the sake Of justice and hui
| mauity sincerely appea to the Ameri-
| can public TO stop BoNer-lilee outrages
| and unfair discrimination against jan
anese. and pray that Washington 3
farewell address be not forgotten by
| American people.
Count Okuma has been minister OF
finance. foreign minister and premier
of .Tapan. He Is nov head of Waseda
university which he founded and
largely endowed.
A SEVERE COMMENT.
Tokto June G.-Thc Slchi Njchi, cons
mcnting on Japanese and American re-
| lauOns this morning says:
| "Even traditional friendship will not
| escape a rupture should Incidents lika
| those that have occurred IN san Fran
| cisco he repeated. Whether OF not
| The sufferers are school children or res
| tauraut keepers and The site of persecu
| tlop be limited to California, it does
| not alter the fact that our compatriots
| are victims Of anti-JHpancse outragcs
| Japanese go there under treaty pro-
| tcc,ior
| President Roosevelts enlightened
| message To the last Congress was re-
| cciycd here with eminent satisfaction.
| but actual developments since are to-
| tai failure.
what we want are not so many OK
prcssions Of civilized sentiments, but
one act ~ efficient protection Of the
| treaty rights Of Japanese
THE waste paper box is no destina =
tiru for treaty between Japan and
the United States
Tho general tone Of the Japanese
press is becoming outspoken and unless
am assurance iu some form IS made to
| ensure the safety Of Japanese In san
| Francisco II is feared that the friendly
relations between both nations viii be
! endangered.
Count Okmna, leader Of the Progress
| sive4. is out4poken as usual. but N
should be remembered that. while fully
| deserving Of consideration his being
! out ~ Office permits him a free EXPIRES
I sion Of his opinions, Count Okuma gen
orally occupies the position of critic.
When I'M mower his cabinet lived only
"a few months
JAPANESE OPINION,
Toxic. June 6.-Thc reading papers
Z here whose opinions arc worth quot
iup are silent ON The question ~ do
handing Am indemnity for the 500
! called bombardiug " Ilpnncso cstaD-
Nshmcnts No san Francisco Repara
lion FOR the damage inflicted and tho
punishment of tho oulp1ts b. expected,
and % is believed that The government
rs taking proper steps IN the matter.
Though the public hero is irrliat"d
AT tho tardiurss displayed lu cifcciinE
"A SOLUTION ot tho difficulty, opinion has
not yet reached the sage Of adNoyal-
ing nn Ipptal to "a hostile demnnslra %
lion 600 auy form n ~ truc however.
that popular Indignation has reached
"A degree never before Witnessed iu the
history Of Japan's lolallons Niin me
United states, II ia thought by lhHu-
entail Japanese that mo quicker inf
facts regarding the negotiations now W
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