The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-19
Terms Of Agreement Be-
tween Roosevelt and
SChmitz Announced
H0US9 PASSES JAP BILL
EXCLUDING COOLiES-HOPE TO
MAKE PERMANENT TREATY
LINE DRAWN ON THE
ADULT STUDENTS

Washington, Feb. 18-Japanese
children are to be admitted to the
white schools of San Francisco un-
der certain restrictions; skilled and
unskilled labOrers coming from Japan
a.e to be barred from the mainland of
he United States and American
laborers. skilled and unslzilled, are
to be excluded from Japan.
This is the basis of the agreement
between President Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Root, Mayor Schmitz and The
San Francisco school board as an adj
justment OF the antiJapanese agita-
lion brought about by the segregation
OF Japanese children in the schools
of San Francisco.
Draw Line On Adult Students.
The agreement means that the
schools of San Francisco will be con
ducted in the same manner as before
the board Of education adopted a rosO-
luton last October providing for
segregation of the Japanese, except
that adult Japanese who are In pri-
mary grades must continue to attend
Oriental schools and that Japanese
children under 1G years of age will
be admitted to classes with white
children of their own ages.
While the resolution of the school
hoard, as amended reads children Of
alien birth II is freely admitted by
Mayor Schmitz and his associates
that the resolution viii apply only
to Japanese children and that the
change in wording was to make it
pain to tae Tebio government that
no discrimination was intended
against japanese children.
Assistant City Attorney Williams of
San Francisco, who has acted as
legal adviser to Schmitz and board
of education since the negotiations
have been pending in Washington, to-
night said
"The only concession we have made |
Is TO admit Japanese children to the
white schools while in return the ad |
ministration has brought about the
exclusion of Japanese laborers from
this country
Agreement May Be Permanent.
Mayor Schmitz said:
This is only a temporary agree |
ment President Roosevelt has given
us direct and positive assurance that
he will at once begin negotiations
with Japan for the purpose of bring
ing about a new treaty that will ex-
clude the Japanese laborers, skilled
and unskiled from coming to the
United States"
It was pointed out tonight that
where Japanese children cannot meet
educational requirements. special (
classes will be organized for them in |
white schools and also that the clause
of the agreement, which vests in the
power to reject any applicant for ad-
mi. sion to the school, is the provision
particularly aimed to meet exclusion
of Chinese children.
Sehmitz Praised and Scored.
Mayor Schmitz and his associates +
have received several hundred tele-
grams today congratulating them on
the satisfactory results OF their nego-
tiations with the president. Oother
kilograms were received crtcising
the mayor and school board, declaring
that the exclusion amendment in the
immigrant bill as passed by the house
today is unsatisfactory to the people
of the Pacific coast states.
The Central Labor Union of this
city tonight gave a reception in honor
of Mayor Schmitz and the school
board. President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, paid
high tribute to Schmitz and de-
clared that in bringing about the ex-
clusion of cOolie labor from the coun-
try he won victory for which the
American Federation Of Labor has
been fighting fer the past decade.
The conference report on the immi- /
grafton bill today agreed to by the
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