Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-02
SENATOR PERKINS ON JAPAN
Californian Says War with Yankees
of the East Is Sure to Come.

Californian Says War with Yankees
of the East Is Sure to Come.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. Feb. LIN ad-
dress tonight before the National Geo
graphical society. Senator Pergins of Cali
fornia dwelt at length nupon the probable
ity of a conflict between the Americans
and Japanese-"two irreconciliable races
as he pronunced them.
Senator Pedkins said:
Hawaii has the Japanese on her hands
as we in California will soon have; and as
this people is more, aggressive. more
tenacious, more cunning and more de-
termined than the Chinese Il will never
do to permit a long delay before settling
the question once for all. For the people
Of Japan have started out on course OF
commercial development which will soon
bring the United States and Japan so
close together that it will be difficult to
settle the question at all. Japan Is still In
the flush of it's great triumph over what
was considered the strongest OF European
powers. It successfully interposed bar
rier to Russian supremacy In eastern
Asia
colonize the overflow population of the
empire in adjacent countries under It's
own soyereignX rms rs she on truH hue nega- n aa
dition to this the inherent japanese traits
of patriotic impulses will make them a
they migrate. Real expatriation is a con,
dition practically impossible to the Japan>
ese mind. The extent to which the Japan
ese will occupy the territory OF friendly
powers will Be a displacement of the
SOVEREIGNTY of the power extending TO
them welcome and the presence Of the
sovereignty of tn mikado of Japan.
Japan. as the dominant oriental nation.
naturally will form with the other oriental
nations an alliance which VIII consolidate
The science OF war supervenes only upon
a foundation of all other sciences. No ma
ton in all history has ever manifested a
"a nQrfRCt
pose than the japanese; no nation has
unaffected a greater aptitude to seize upon
and appropriate all that the ages have dis
covered IN the other nations in art. science
and In government
The Japanese race, wherever distributed,
will remain consolidated unit In support
OF the aspirations Of the Japanese race,
and however distant their residence from
the throne of the mikado. will always con-
stitute unit in the strength of the en-
pire. Naturalization In any country to
/ which they might migrate will not elimi-
nate this racial instinct.
Conflicts between nations are the result
OF antagonism which lie at the very founda-
tion Of their purposes their aspirations,
their growth and expansion. The presence
~ Russia as a prime factor In the com
merce OF the Pacific was inimical to the
aspirations OF the Japanese empire in the
and the fortihcation Of Port Arthur was
the Immediate excuse, but not the real
cause OF the war. The real case Of the war
and purpose which could find no other
solution than the arbitrament of the sword.
We have acquired territory in the Pacific
ocean, we have laid the foundation for
commercial primacy on that great Sc. We
have a position at the very doors OF the
orient by the possession Of the Philippines
and a base OF naval operations in the mid
die OF the ocean by the Incorporation of
the Sandwich islands We have a shore
line under the jurisdiction Of the American
flag which comprises 1900 miles The
countries under the jurisdiction OF our flag,
lying behind this line, possess resources
equal TO the ultimate support OF empires
Of wealth and population. We have laid
the foundation FOR commercial supremacy
on the Pacific ocean and at some point in
the future course OF future destiny the
pathway OF national progress on the part
Of Japan and the United States will con-
verge 10 a point OF inevitable conflict
II Is useles sto speculate what the oc.
oasion or excuse for this conhict may be-
The small cloud Of war now hanging or
the horizon OF the two nations appears
10 relate to the dissatisfaction OF Japan
with the domestic policy OF California re-
lating to its educational interests The
administration Of CallfOrnia's educational
affairs have not been fortunate In meetinf
with the approval OF the empire OF Japan
/ but this educational policy Is not the
/ reason for disturbing the amicable rela-
/ tions between the two nations. This flinda,
mental cause lies at the very foundation
OF the national character OF the nations
TO the controversy.
The senator then modtned his prediction