The Caucasian., 1907-02-24
BROWBEATEN
BY JAPAN
A HUMILIATING AND DISCRED-
TABLE SURRENDER
OF STATES RICH 7
A Compromise Not Sanctioned or Ap-
proved by CALIFORNIA; Repre-
sentatives in Congress.

1t IS bold, q reckless man, perhaps,
who will venture a criticism of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, president of the United
States, who in the estimation of some
people, even in the State of Louisiana
as we'll as in the city Of Shreveport is
a man who ''has a big head on him, y
the meaning of which is that he has
never had his equal, in the long line of
presidents from Washington to the pres
ent day, which in a sense is true Hav-
ing declared, in substance, that the state
rights of California are are of secondary
consideration, Or of little import as ap-
piled to the so-called treaty rights of
Japan, the president proceeds with his
big stick to threaten the San Francis
cans who have excepted and objected to
the admission of Japanese children into
the schools of white people, on the pre-
tense that the Japs are not Mongolian
1t may be said i'll all candor and sim
| oerlty, and with all due respect. that if
any individual in the United States re-
gardless of his prominence, had. besides
Roosevelt, assumed such an extraordi-
! nary attitude, he could not have escaped
the merciless criticism of ridicule. If not
the unqualified condemnation of the
people. HI tie recent debate H the
United States Senate President Roose-
welt was ''raked over the Goals" but he
has succeeded in carrying out his inten-
tons to force he Japs into the schools
tor whites on compromise with Mayor
Sch1nitz of San Francisco. whose au-
thority is limited The japanese chill
dren under 10 years of age are to be ad-
mItted into the schools for white people
without discrimination and the president
Is vested with authority to exclude Jap
anese iaborers from the United States
at his discretion: or he may under this
provision, if SO inclined, let millions of
these japanese coolies into the United
States
1t IS Of interest TO reproduce the opin-
ions of men in the public service and of
the press.
Senator Dubois opposed the passport
provision in the bill
Il do not think he said. ..tl1e presi-
dent. of the United States ought to be
allowed to legislate directly, as he has
done in the case of this provision
If the clause meant the exclusion of
Japanese laborers, he said, it would not
be satisfactory to Japan. II it did not
mean this 1t would not b, satisfactory to
the Pacific coast He referred to the
resolution offered by Senator Culberson
lnstructing the conferees to bring in
measure specifically excluding Japanese
laborers. The. provision in the bill, he
said was a makesf1ift and he predicte
that within week after its adoption the
people of the Pacific coast would be cla-
morlng for Japanese exclusion.
CULBERSON BLAMES
ROOSEVELT.
his situation has become ACUTE he
said. because the president of the
United States in his messages to this
Congress has seen fit to misstate the
situation in California in the interest of
the japanese. And the japanese taking
their cue from the president assert a
claim that great injustice has been done
to them by the people on the Pacific
coast
In each Of his messages to Congress
the president has rnisstated the situation
to the effect that the Japanes had been
denied the privilege of education. when
the truth IS that they had only been
denied the right to attend the schools
the white children of California attend.
The situation that will result from
the adoption of the provision. Mr.. Gull
berson said, would be this: The presi-
dent will have authority to exclude
Japanese laborers and coolies and he
will hold that authority and the exer-
else of it in abeyance and over the heads
of the California authorities and will
keep out the laborers and coolies pro-
vided the civil authorities of California
will admit their children Unfortunately
to the pubic schools of San Francisco.
When Mr.. Culberson asked if that
was the understanding, Senator Flint
replied:
So far as I am concerned I know of
no agreement between the California
delegation and the president with refer
ence to the adjustment of the school
matters of San Francisco I have not
been party to any such agreement,
nor attended any conference between
the California delegation and the secre-
tary of state and the president"
Mr.. Perkins said he wished to make
the same statement The agreement,
Mr.. Culberson said, seemed to be with
the mayor and school board of San
Francisco, and not with the California
delegation in Congress
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