The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-04
S. Morta, a Native of Country.
Now at the WeScott. Talks
to Palladium.
JAPS LOVE UNITED STATES
PAPERS HE RECEIVES FROM
HOME DO NOT EVEN HINT OF
CONFLICT AMERICAN FLAGS
DISPLAYED IN JAPAN.

THE Japanese people love the
American people too much TO ever
engage in war with Them stated
S. Morita, native Japanese at the
Wescott hotel last night, and there
are many more nations on this
earth who we would fight, before we
would ever break our peace with the
country which has so befriended our
people. | received several of the
home papers published in Japan and
none of them blame the Americans
as a whole for the recent San Francis
co disturbance. but place the blame
on California as a State. The feeling
there has been aroused because,
when the japanese have come to this
country in great numbers it has been
natural for them. or at least many
of them, to stay in that State and
find employment. 1t is these people
whom the laborerS of that State are
so set against. The Japanese there
are hired at lower wages than the
Americans and as result the Amer
leans in many cases have been
thrown out of employment. The feel
ing has gained foothold among the
higher class of people, and as the
result, the very few Japanese child
rem in San Francisco were barred
from the schools, but j do not or can
not believe that this was done inten-
tionally as slur to the Japanese,
but because the. schools have not
had chance to recover from the
recent effect of the earthquake and
fire and therefore, there was net
enough room for the Japanese child
rem,
The Japanese would as a class new
er say anything if they were barred
from the schools, as they have no
right to do SO. but still we cannot
was taken against our people. A
trait of the Japanese and one that
has been trained in them. is not to
show sorrow and this our people will
not do.
NO we love America and will con-
tinue to do so regardless of the ac-
lions of the people of California.
They are only small part of the
United States. In Japan whenever
we have a great celebration the flags
of the United States, Japan and Great
Britain float side by side, and have
done so during the recent trouble.
Enemity of the Big Powers.
''You will, or probably have motto |
ed that the dispatches which have |
reached this country showing, how |
angry the Japanese were, and how |
we were making preparations to war |
with this country, all came from just |
three countries, Russia, Germany and |
France all of which have an i'll feel
ing towards us as a people since we
won such decided victory over
Russia. France and Germany are
secret enemies to Japan and always
have been since those two countries
with our treaty with
China which gave us Manchuria. If
we should fight any nation or nations
It will be either or both of these be-
lore we ever fight the United States.
Dur statesmen are long headed and
ar sighted and would not counter
ance a break with the United States,
rs they realize what the friendship
Of this country means"
S. Morita is highly educated Jap Il
anese merchant who has been in the
United States for the past twelve II
7ears and has been also in close
ouch with the questions confronting
he people of his mother country. He
n company with Y. Kojima a young
md also brilliant Japanese will open
The Nippon" Japanese fine art
tore at 715 Main street next Monday.
they will handle all of the finest
Japanese goods as well as
foods that will meet the purses of
he more economical of buyers. They
lave apartments at the Wescott and
will live there while staying in Rich
nond-