The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-05
GIVES WORRY.
The Administration Again Uneasy
Over San Francisco Situation.
THE JAPS ARE ALERT

disposed to Press for Explanations
and Redress of Bad Treatment of
Japanese on the Coast t.-Recent
Visitors from Japan Took Careful
And Elaborate Notes Of All They
Saw.-Wll Give Us Trouble.
The administration has again be-
come uneasy over the japanese sit
uation in San Francisco and over the
disposition of the Japanese govern
ment to press quickly and closely for
explanations Of improper treatment
on the subjects of that country.
Advices received indicate that
there is i'll feeling between the Am
erieans and japanese in San Fran
clso. This is shown by the recent at
tack of some Americans on Japanese
and their property and the retaliation
of the japanese by attacking two
Americans whom they thought to
have been implicated in the first at
tack.
Meeting the two Americans the
other night a party of japanese pro-
ceeded to cut them into good sized
pieces with knives. San Francisco is
represented in an all round condi-
ton of chaos. Mayor Schmitz is on
trial for graft, the city government is
practically without head or directors
and the labor unions are on strike in
all lines Of business. The Japanese
are working against the American
laborers for small wages and this in
creases the i'll feeling.
A well known war correspondent
who has come from Japan and Haw-
ali and California told the President
a few days ago that the Japanese are
watching an opportunity to make
trouble for lnis country, their pur-
pose being to take the PHILIPPINES and
Hawaii. In the later country there
are $4,000 Japanese laborers, most
of them former soldiers Of Japan,
while the total numebr Of Americans
in the island is less than 5000. The
japanese would have no difficulty IN
taking the island and giving trouble
in its recapture.
The japanese Ambassador has been
making somewhat vigorous represen-
tations to the State Department
about the treatment of Japanese in
San Francisco, and Secretary Root is
4 lNSr rs ch
that conditions in San Francisco are
anything else but normal.
"If anybody imagines that the Jap
anese are not wide awake to their
opportunities, it is time for him to
revise his opinions. Those little yell
low men are as astute observers as
the world has ever seen. They not
only observe closely, but question
keenly, getting right to the heart Of
a matter through both their eyes and
their ears.
This was the comment made by an
American naval officer on recent Wis
it's to Washington by officers of the
japanese navy. A considerable num-
Der OF Japanese officers of ships that
were in attendance on the opening
of the Jamestown exposition visited
Washington under the escort of AM
erican officers. They came here to
''see the sights" and be entertained
by the government.
Each group of foreign officers
whether from Japan or some other
country-was escorted by an Amer
lean officer whose duty it was to en-
tertain the visitors and afford them
opportunities for observation. The
arrangements were complete and the
foreigners were given just such en-
tertainment as the American navy
knows so well how to dispense.
It is quite safe to say that the Jap
anese officers combined more profit
with their pleasure than did the Of
fcers of any other country. They
knew exactly what they wanted to
see and proceeded about their errand
in a perfectly busilesslike manner.
Each one of them had his note book
and memoranda Of what he was to
observe particularly. They spent some
time in the naval gun factory, at the
naval observatory, at the Congress
ional Library and Capitol and at the
Smithsonian Institution.
They carefully noted in their little
books all that they saw. They talked
very little, but saw whole lot. When
they opened their mouths it was to
ask some salient question. They had
been well coached and nothing escap-
ed them. Of course, they enjoyed
themselves, but that was merely
detail. They were here to work and
they worked. On the whole their
visit was important and significant.