Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-01

Out lHe SCHSSht VI thC Sof'' h>o-
| Advance notices OF the agreement
do not put the matter In the precise
, language OF the foregoing, but The
meaning Is identical. II the term
maintenance OF the status quo In
the Chinese empire signifies anything
whatever OF tangible nature. IT
guarantees that America and Japan
stand ready Jointly to resist with
, their respective armies and navies
any and all efforts, whether from
within or without. to install a gov
eminent at Picking different from the
one now existing with three-year
old emperor as its titular head
Tho contract proposed Is variously
called by those who already nave
eyinced friendliness toward 1t pact.
agreement and understanding" It's
hackers shrink from using the proper
word descriptive OF the document.
alliance" Is a good English word.
but everyone thoroughly understands
that a certain pronunciamen;o by the
late George Washington gave it a
sinister meaning in connection with
cntangling relations between the Unit
ed States and q foreign government.
The full purport OF the pact with
Japan has not yet been given cut
Such action could not prci9T.y Is
taken by the administration in adj
vance OF its conveyance to. and con-
sideration by the foreign affairs com
mittce OF the United States Senate.
In fact, no publication whatsoever re-
gan dig the instrument could have
been possible at this time except by
violating the usagcs which are sup
posed to obtain between White House
and Senate.
1t is extraordinary that many news
Papers have FASTENED pcll-mcll to ac-
cord unqualified endorsement to q
state paper which they have not seen
In its entirety. especially when 1t obvt-
Ously Is Of character that upsets
all OF our traditions and prcccdcnts.
1t would seem as though n mighty
load had been lifted from the minds
of advocates OF peace at any
price" by this infercntial pledge by
Japan that she will not wipe out our
Pacific possessions and commerce as
soon as the fleet shall have been with
drawn from those waters.
Apparently due notice has not been
taken in some quarters that no act
by the British government within half
a century proved so unpopular with
the masses Of King Edwards sub
jects. both at home and in the colon
les, as the United Kingdoms "pact'
Will tic JdpdhSoS S"P'iS
with this Anglo Japanese agreement
In no small measure was responsible
for the stupendous enthusiasm mani
tested by the Australians In welcom'
Ing our battleship feet to their ports.
Furthermore, the anttJapanese riots
In British Columbia were spontaneous
demonst rations Of the repugnance felt
BY the British North American colon
ials toward. the mother country
agreement to stand shoulder to shout
der with the yellow man Ct the East.
Again. the hope has been cherish
ed, particularly on the Pacific slope
that the Sixty-first Congress might
enac, legislation in restraint Of the
: wholesale importation OF japanese
coolie labor. Also Pacific coasters
are ambitious to instruct their chill
dren in public schools to which only
whites shall be admitted.
Ratification by the United States
Senate O! the understanding" with
Japan would mean the death kneii
to the ambitions beth for unmixed
schools on the Western coast and for
the protection of the American work
ingman from competition with cheap
cCol!e labor
II We plight our national homer TO
die in battle side by side with the vel,
low brother Of the Orient. We cannot
consistently exclude him from our
schools. our workshops nor our fire
,, sides.