Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-07
TALKING REBELLION.

The San Francisco Chronicle recently
underworld to create a sensation, by
intlmating that rebellion might be the
result of any attempt of the Federal
government to compel California TO
respect existing treaties. Here Is the
yelled threat of the Chronicle:
National loyalty Is closely AKIN TO
family loyalty The child clings 70 us
parents for the protection WhicH t,ley
Give. When oppression takes the place
0f protection. the spirit of loyalty taxes
flight when the Constitution comes 70
he regarded as an instrument Wnlch
commits power to the more popuious
sections of the country TO eoerce U.s.
populous section In respect TO matters
reserved for local control, the years OF
tho renublic will be full of trouble, ana
will probably be few.
"a very large measure OF iochl au
tonomy is essential TO the conteu'nlelil
of the people of so vast y country
ours. And a DISCONTINUED people De-
comes in the 6nd rebellions peoihe'
Is it not rather bad taste on the part
of the san Francisco paper to complain
about oppression" and coercion 80
soon after the disaster that prohlpteu
tbe government and every citizen al
most both in the populous and other
sections of the country, to open hearts
and hands and show generosity on
scale without precedent in American
history. When millions of dollars anu
trainloads of provisions were poured
into san Francisco, the Chronicle ana
not grumble about matters reserved
for local control" Does not the intina-
tion that "a disconnected people be-
COMES I'm the end rebellious people
+,ste OF ingratitude. as well as AFRO
gance2
1t is quite possible that the separation
of Japanese children from other schooi
children is not violation of any treaty
and II that is the case 1t Is not the con-
Germ of the japanese government nor
OF the United States government But
the principle that the states must re-
snact the treaties entered into by the
| executive. Is correct. Each state must
| he considered party TO such treaties,
since the treaty-making power mas
been delegated 10 the Federal govern
nent which represents the states IN
| their intercourse with foreign govern
ments. If foreign treaties are not
made IN behalf OF each state and terri
tory in the Union, in whose behalf are
they made2 This fact should be uni-
versally recognized. Otherwise the
mower and duty which the Constitution
gives to the President is but a shadow
pretense and a mockery. A state that
refuses TO respect existing treaties Is
already in n state OF rebellion.
It Is hardly necessary TO say that the
threat of our esteemed contemporary
is not taken seriously anywhere. The
New York Evening Post of Dec. 81
says
we are only surprised that the
spokesman OF California does not prom
Use 70 call the roll of excluded Japanese
SCHOOL children In the shadow of the
Washington Monument. California IL
OF course able to whip Japan. That Is
an axiom. But she assumes tone
only a little less truculent toward the
rest of the country Bring on your
Federal troops she cries, or course,
no one Is going to send any But TO
play BOmbastes Furluso II an excellent
way 90 distract attention from some or
the municipal revelations In which the
rest OF the country was becoming inter-
ested."
The New York World OF Jan, jocu-
larry remarks
Ten days or 40 ago conservative
san Francisco orators were proclnming
chat California and the other S' tics
west OF the Rockies could whip japan
into Jelly Presumably theY can
whip the United states into a Jelly too,
They may be compelled 10 DO II II tho
President and Congress ana the SUI
prone Court do not toe the scratch.
The nation is again face 10 face with
crlsls No more serious situation has
confronted the Federal authorities since
Captain streeter of Chicago, withdrew
from the Uultc1 states ana set M a
free and iudependent government on
the lake 'front.'