The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06
Entire Nation Is Awakening
to the japanese Menace
People of the East Are Learning Why the Pacific Coast
Would Put Check Upon Encroachng Brown Men
By q. 3. Ber1T1a17
o
Francisco Lahore Former sereta of

Aside from opinions regarding the
intentions OF Japan as to the advan-
tages OF war Of conquest against the
United States or for peaceful advances
through diplomacy and possible politi-
cal privileges. there remains to be dis
cussed the actual social status, the
merits and characteristics Of the peo-
pie as factors TO be reckOned with in
industrial and social life
In this connection IL would be mani
festly unfair 10 leave unsaid a word Of
merited praise for President R0Ose-
velt's message; for, had it been the
Presidents intention to rouse the peo-
pie Of the country (and particu larly
those Of the Pacific Coast) 10 a realiz-
ing sense Of the dangers attendant
upon the presence Of japanese or
American soil, by no means could he
have been more successful. And what
ever his intentions, he should be COM
plimented upon the ultimate result Of
his bold and ingenious method Of awalk-
ening the people In fact. judging from
the standpoint Of both immediate and
resulting benefits 20 our citizens. the
President is entitled to the most fiat
tering praise for the immensity Of his
success. Where one person read OF the
japanese before, scores of them are
reading now; where the questions oc-
cupied the time of a few committees
ana the papers for an occasional reso-
luton, the matter has become a subject
OF common discourse; societies-civic,
fraternal, labOr-are making it a study
and an avenue for eloquence and au-
thorship. and the basis for prospective
legislation. All this insures a general
understanding Of the Japanese as a
people and as prospective friends
neiEhbOrs and associates and all
knowledge Of them hastens the day OF
proper restrictions regarding their
presence upon the territories OF the
United States
HATRED OF JAPANESE
There is no question as to the esti-
nation in which the japanese are held
wherever known outside their own
country. The conquered Chinese hate
and obey them; the Koreans hate and
defer 10 them, the Filipinos hate and
oespise them; the kind and genial Ha-
waiians are helpless before their au-
dscity. impudence and arrogance: the
whites are terrorized and are leaving
the Hawaiian Islands because Of their
detested presence; and the people Of
the Pacific Coast Of the United states
are in perfect accord in denominating
them as the most persistent. pestfferous
and dangerous Of immigrants.
When Europeans come 10 this cOun-
try, no matter how unenlightened as to
our country's ways, there is ever a
bright hope for the future; the first or
second generation is sure TO become
Americanized and favorably acquainted
with our habits, our customs and our
laws. lntermarriages between Greeks,
Sicilians, Germans, Slavs, French and
Irish is neither remote nor improbable,
as has been amply proved in the history
OF our great cities and shown TO be
g success. But no such outlook is pos
sible when contemplating the influx Of
the wiry, under-sized, arrogant. mis-
chief-making and dishonest japanese.
Their customs, beliefs, habits, their
standard OF morality and living. are all
intensely and permanently inimical to
ours. As to our taking up" the hOrdes
which threaten US, TO closely associate
with them, to intermarry with them,
and to place them on a plane Of social
and general equality ia these states. il