The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-06
JAP AN SCOFFS At
TALK OF WAR,
ROOSEVELT FIRM
PRESIDENT THINKS GOVERN
MENT HAS POWER IN SAN
FRANCISCO INCIDENT.
WOULD END JAP CASE
BY Having Supreme Court Decide
Against School Board--Wants
Jurists to Answer. Are Jap.
anese Mongo ians?

ToI,ja. Feb ). The view tax h
iherc Of the American.Japanese sitpa-
ition arising from the san Francisco
school incident is Illustrated by the
following official statement issued
Today:
since the talk Of war was frat
transmitted from America. We have
carefully watched the development Of
feeling hero. There has not been the
slightest excitement anywhere in The
country"
! Tn statement concludes
| Talk OF war is completely ign ei
aud implicit confidence is renased ID
President Roosevelt and his govern
ment The bulletins Of the ami JaY
Iancse press Of America arc powericss
to shaEo Japans cofdiality toward thc
/ United States"
| Washin oa. Feb President
Roosevelt has framed up two pronosi-
ltlons relating 10 tHe exclusion of jar
anese children from The nublie
schools OF San Francisco on which he
intends 10 have The United States
supreme court pa S. He has bis con
tentions outlined in the suit alstady
brought under Instructions from the
department of ius lice in san ftsn
cisco and win carry thcm through ail
intervening tribunals to he soart of
| last resort
The propositions are these.
ust. A..
4 right to exercise snch supervision
| lover The public schools of Il state as
! Is necessary To carry ont reaty slim.
lalions because the government do
mates lands for tae maintenance of
such schools
z THAT the Japanese are not Man
gOlians ard can mol be excluded fion
the public schools on the saIre lasis
as Chinese and other orientals
Legal Experts Support Plan.
The legal experts Of thc govern
mem have carefully stuffed b1th the
propositions and believe there ie saf
ficient foundation for testing them in
the courts II Is claimed that by d7-
mating them lands belonging to the
public domain for the establishm Mt
of schools the federal authorities re.
tain some degree Of control Over
these institutions.
If the land were sold and the
equivalent converted into the general
treasury the right of limited super
vision would be eliminated The as
sertion Is made that the donor always
retains to some extent contfol over
his eift and this same rule applies
10 the government This question has
never been presented in the proposed
form for an opinion by the United
States supreme court Il has always
been conceded by a large proportion
Of public men that state has the
same Jurisdiction over It's sch 0l svs-
TEN as It eEeyc sed in regard 20 police
and health regulations. Department
of Justice experts now hold that
there is a wide difference and rie1r
OF uperyision over schools remains
because Of land donation.
States Rights Men Aroused.
This part cuiar point will lndolbt.
ediy receive close sttentiln from 'ha
advocates OF states righ's Senators
Rayner. Whyte and Overman have re
Gently delivered speeches in whHh
this particular right Of the federal
government was explicitly denied
Many Of the lower courts have re-
peaiedly held that the Japanese arc
uot Mongolia They are not classed
with the Chinese or other crisuta's-
The president Is determined that
The supreme Cou.t shall pss upaa
This specific proposition Acco-li1g 10
the theory on which the department
ol Justice IS proceeding the S'n
Francisco board of education N con-
strgirg an act Of the California l-g gs-
iature which prohibits Nun~o ians
from attonding the same publ
schools as white children classified
The japanese a. Nour1Ians. it b.
came prenu1ucedlv apparent from tHe
expression of senators today ihat a
elty Swing japan The most iavarci
aation treatment can neJ5r he rai-
fef
Government to coHtrol Se55s s.
4 treaty tlgUia5icu giving Ja1sn
the same tresfmen as is enjoyel hy
citizen. of the m-st fayoe3 nation
nresnproser 8i iutc equality On ai
points and this furr1-r indicate THAI
tile fedeHal government asssI1-as con
troll over the public school system 81
he tsEeIs states
It became evident Today that ~
least a year must eianse before any
Cconciuded On Sixth Pagsl