The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-02-04
JAPANESE
WILL INSIST
Tokyo Expects Solution With.
out Yielding Rights
NO RESORT TO ARMS
Mikado and Ills Adviser Will Not
Sacrifice Homer or Prestige of
Their Kingdom.

TOKYO. Feb l.-Aftor careful sur.
vey OF public feeling here regarding
the prospect OF q satisfactory solution
of the san Francisco school controver-
~ IL may be stated that while the APP
proach OF the termination of the dis
agreeable affair il welcomed. yet the
report from Washington that solution
may he effected by mutual treaty ex-
Guiding the immigration OF laborers Is
generally disbelleyed as unreasonable.
According To the prevailing feeling. n
solution must be effected on Japan's
treaty rights pure aud simple.
However. confidence continues that n
solution OF the question will be reach
cd without the least sacrifice OF Japa-
nese honor and prestige or that re-
sort to arms viii be nc all necessary.
Baron Kaneko. member Of the
Japanese house Of peers and q special
ambassador recently detailed by the
Imperial government 10 visit Amer.
tea aud study political and economic
conditions there. has Just been Inter.
viewed on The san Francisco school
question. In the course OF the inter
view he said.
From the outset I knew II 10 be
a local question. unlndorSed by Ameri-
can public opinion. aud / have been
speaking Of II TO my friends In that
llght. This Is more than confirmed by
President .I.ooseyelt's message. which
I consider the greatest utterance since
the farewell message OF President
Washington II IL unprecedented In
the way Il 80 strongly advocates n for.
elgn cause No stronger or ahler al.
vOcate could be found for japan. Had
he same school question arisen else
where y crisis would have occurred
aud loud defiance have been uttered
The length and breadth OF the japanese
empire .
"As sincere friend % America. I
could not help but regret that San
Francisco officials should have chosen
Innocent children for enecilng their
political ends
"All my friends who have recently
returned from abroad. making compar.
alive observation OF educational syS.
TENS In civilized countries. concur In
giving the first rank 60 tie American
.ysiem. The fact that such an excel.
lent fruit Of civilization has been re.
fused to the children Of friendly pow.
er. and that. too in country acknowl.
edged A. the practical exponent Of hu.
manltarianism. only tends to ALLEVIATE
Il from the sympathlc- Of the civilized
world. Before this injustice Japan
rests peaceful and quiet Not q single
soul has ever thought that the san
Francisco affair would endanger he
friendship % both nations. The affalr,
il.agrceahlc ana rcErciiahlc NJ u Il.
has served the unique purpose % dem.
onsiratlng 10 the world how deep root.
ii i the friendship between Japan and
America"
A conference between President
Roosevelt. Secretary Root and the san
Francisco loard Of education. which
Mayor schmltx will attend. i expect
I'll 10 he held In Washington on Fri.
day or Saturday 10 discuss the Iapa'
nese school question. II Il understood
that the president will cndeavor 20 In
dncc the boanl o. education ia rescind
its action excluding the Japanese chill
dren from the schools.