The Boise citizen., 1907-11-29
THE JAPS in CANADA.

roda are being anxiousy watched England Japanese ni
n saws the Fortngty Review (ondon), likely prove
H. most sinister colossal problem of twenehcentury poll
s Indeed unless problem solved by restriction Of Eastern
oraton the unity the British Empire will be mpered Sol
m Canada has been able keep order her pro
s saws this writer and they have been spared the Of
oece which witnessed under parallel circumstances in Cali
mna To quote his words:
e Canadian government though sensitive any other to
econng consequences has power enforce in
British Columbia than President Roosevelt possesses California
I'm to the present between the Canadian United
States method handling this problem has significant and
entirely favorable people and Institutions We
have the and at least have the ability enforce
without Anching and treaty obligations Wherever
the Japanese already egitmatey settled they entitled to
the neither less which immigrants Of
European nationality have the right claim But this only
beginning the end of the question British policy bound
legal Of restricting japanese immigration Unless
compromise be arranged this problem may disrupt the British
Empire and that would not be an advantage to Japan.
As unrestricted immigration has hitherto been the Canada
this taking California example predicts with pessi
sc forebodng the fate of British America this things
should continued Commenting large Japanese
workmgmen already in San Francisco he remarks
1T absolutely certain that with unrestricted immigration Cali
fomia twenty years would be Japanese inhabited by
white minority And with respect British Columbia the peril
the prospect whatever you like to call it, remark
able British Columbia though of the glorious regions
the world is of those territories ideally adapted to
white settlement which hold but do fill is larger than the
German Empire 1t has population of about 100000; that is
up magnificent national About 5000
Japanese said have landed during the present year alone and
of thousands ready follow from Hawaii as
the way OPEN
The question of japanese immigration into Canada the
peace the world thinks this writer The present
actually demmatc hus Japanese immigration must e
either The
diplomatic difficulty Toxic The latter abso ia
ey fatal feud with Australian and Canadian democracy As
for unrestricted immigration he thinks that would obterate the
Monroe doctrine To quote further vc
The unrestricted influx of yellow immigrants would create along
the Pacific strip of North America Asiatic Chile The conditions
the whole American problem would be changed The most de-
stucv of all imaginable would be applied the Monroe
doctrine Asacs would hold both sides of the Pacific Europeans
hold both sides the Atlantic civilizations might be dom
mated by that Of things the ~
Middle Ages vtazed by the secular controversy III
between Christianity and Islam. Po
He advises that legal Japanese immigration be restricted and
fixed at fair annual figure order to avoid the submegng is
OF white civilization and he concludes with the following onnous O
sentences: nj
Unless the middle have pointed be adopted this
will sink all the hopes of the Hague conferences as deep as
Prospo book Absolute exclusion of the yellow from all
the untitled claimed white countries
would But the unrestricted invasion would lead even
certainly to war in worse No justified taking
an optimistic view of this question and we have dweI upon at
length because deserves to with anxious attention by
all thoughtful The negotiations being carried on W D
ada far important than the peace conference Literary
Digest Po
Warden Whitney, paid by the taxpayers OF Idaho to SUI
pentend the penntary back from Rahdrum where ne mas
been soourn the neglect OF his duties he
quoted by saying the disagreement IN the ADAMS
there socialists on the jury AS