New-York tribune., 1907-04-20
QUESTIONS oF TREATY APPLICATION.

Of state rights,
QUESTIONS OF TREATY APPLICATION.
There were. however. questions of policy, ques-
tIons OF national interests and OF state interests
regarding the application Of iss provisions 70 the
, eTSE on ~ me FscnG nsr our
ite system OF government the people OF San Fran
three different sets Of ocers-their special interest
citizens Of the principal city and commercial port
ernment OF San Francisco their interest in COM
represented by the Governor and Legislature az
Sacramento, and their interests in common with
the national government at Washington. Each one
OF these three different governmental agencies had
ment Of Japanese residents IN San Francisco.
nct, for the best interest Of the whole country is
always the true interest OF every state and city.
in the country Is always the true interest Of the
parent clashing OF interests and, 10 do away with
this. conference, communication. comparison OK
necessary. Many thoughtless and some mischie-
vous persons have spoken and written regarding
We're the parleytng and compromise OF enemies.
On the contrary they Were an example Of the way
conducted, so that the different public eflcers re-
spectiyely charged with the performances OF duties
gether in furtherance of the public policy and
with a common purpose for the good OF the whole
concert OF action, with such purpose. was estab-
lshed by the conferences and communications be
tween the national authorities and the authorities
OF b % 9hd th or an 6 %Gh
& There he was ,0 one gTeas and serious question Under
of construction and OF scope and OF effect Of the
treaty itself-a questions TO whether the claims
to to beeT the Of 0t ha Bo w as
valid or not-Seem temporary ana comparatively
Japan. All the foolish talk about war purely
even friction Between the two governments Fhe
question was. What state OF feeling would be ere
United states and the great body of the psops Of
japan result OF the treatment given 70 the
japanese in this countryG
FRIENDSHIP WITH JAPAN.
What was. to be the effect upOn that proud.
Of the dsoosartssy insult O1S pSta0n Of T
ty and abuse simsd at them en- In the sSlHmns Of
American public meetings? What would be the
effect upon our own people OF the responses that
natural resentment for such treatment would elicit
from the Japanese2
The first article OF the first treaty japan ever
made with a Western power provided:
veraai peace and sincere and Cordial aTnty be-
tween the United States Of America on the one
and between their people respectively. without ex
cepton Of persons or places"
Matthew G9lbFalth By Perry Ts Introduces Japan
Ways been proud Of her wonderful deveiopment-
proud OF the genius OF the raca that In q single
the Far Enst 90 the most advanced standards OF
modern Europe and America The friendship be-
sl Was the decl9ratio1 Of that treaty Se aside?
At KuFihama, in Japan, stands q monument 10
Commodore Perry raised by the japanese IN grate
fu appreciation. upon the site where ne landed ana
opened negotiations for the treaty. Was that
monument hencefOFth TO represent dislike and re-
sentiment? Were the two peoples 20 face each other
across the Pacific In future years with angry ana
resentful feelings2 All this was inevitable X the
process which seemed TO have begun was 70 con-
tinue, and the government OF the unlted states
looked with the greatest solictude upon the pOss-
biIity that the process might continue.
II Is hard for Democracy 70 learn the RESPONSE
bilitIes OF its power; but the people uOw not gov
ernmehts, make friendship or dislike. sympathy Qr
discord peace between nations In TINS
modern day. through the columns OF the myriad
press and messages flashing over countless wires;
oceans in courtesy or Insult. IN amity or IN de-
lance Foreign Offices and ambassadors and min
listers no longer keep or break the peace. but Ihs
conduct of each people toward every other. The
DeODIe who permit themselves to treat the people
of other countries with discourtesy and insult
surely sowing the wind 90 reap the whiriWtnd. for
a world of sullen and revengeful hatred can never
be a world Of peace Against such a feeling
treaties are waste paper and diplomacy the empty
routine Of idle form. The great question which
overshadOWed all discussion Of the treaty OF 1884
was the question, Are the people or the United
States about break friendship with the people OK
Japan? That question. believe. has been happily
answered in the negative.
DRAGO DOCTRINE DISCUSSED.
Much time was devoted TO discussion OF the So
called DragO doctrine. which John W. Foster de-
clared originated by Alexander Hamilton more
than hundred years ago. William Barnes sr OF
Nantucket, Mass. introduced a resolution asking
ths sooisty 70 go record couaidexinS Is -