The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-02
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The people OF the Pacific Coast arc
sometimes ridiculed because they fear
that the Asiatics will overrun their
stitutions; The Pacific Coast people
reply: "Wo have seen the evil worked
out IN small villages and farming COM
H mnntes here We have Sc seen /, II
ure OF the white mans civilization IL
Il opposes the Asiatio. But 1t must
fight to maintain It's supremacy. That
is what we do when we seek exclusion
we are fighting for white suprem-
acy.
Those who think we overestimato
Of Hawaii. Those islands were In
The English discovered them. but tho
Americans were first to Introduce the
, ideas OF modern civilization. The race
suffered greatly By the disease and tho
man, but 1t was soon able to conduct
n government along the lines OF mod
ern Occidental nations: it adopted tho
English language and the Christian
religion. There was no more reason
why 1t should not have been Occidental,
in civilization that obtained in Amer
lea, for the aborigines could oppose no
civilization of their own to block the
coming of the American ideals
Now look at Hawaii. Its great In
terests are still In the hands OF Ameri-
I
| the encroachments OF Asiatics In the
business world are being resisted. AS
for the social life OF the islands--it Is
no longer Occidental. The prevailing
religion of this territory OF the United
States is Buddhism. Fifty years ago
II was Christianity. The language most
used in ordinary social life Is Japan
ese.
Hawaii is still resisting the Asiatic
influence, and is TO day the bumper
between the civilizations OF the East
| and West in the Pacific Ocean. But
In the fight Hawaii has suffered much.
The Pacific Coast States do not pro-
pose TO permit the problems which dis
turb Hawaii to be transplanted to the
a man of high official rank. who has
years. and whose opinion would have
added weight ,,, II his name could be
| Coast States are fully justified. II
there were no effort on the part of
the United States to prevent 1t. China
and Japan would send so many people
to America that In five years the coun-
try west of the Rocky Mountains would
have as many Asiatics as Americans"
The differences between this race
question. which is disturbing. the peo-
pie. OF SO many parts OF the world.
and the race question OF the Southern
States are radical. The basic feeling of
negro Is different from the white man
only in race. A California public man
explained 1t in this way:
The Asiatio who comes to America
J is not only different in race. but in
many other ways He has nation.
remains absolutely loyal. no matter
how long he may stay here. He has
| a system of morals which differs SO
radically from ours that assimilation
of the two peoples IS impossible. He
has a religion, which is different from
ours and, aside from the dogma of
| faith, which is essentially Inferior. in
that 1t reduces women to a position
| little better than that of an animal.
| The virtues of the white man he looks
upon with contempt; the Vices he seizes
! and initiates.
and unjust when applied to Chinese
/, or Japanese Of high breeding or posi-
| ton. That there are good men in Asia
| is not to be questioned. But when the
gates are thrown wide open to immi-
grants. it is not the good ones who
come to America: 1t is the bad and tho
Pacific Coast already has enough Of
them
| Asia is beginning to throw out its
surplus population upon the shores OF
] every new" country on earth. This
movement will continue with gathering
i force In tho next few years unless It Is
prevented. To. absolutely prohibi..
American countries means the joining
Of the issue between the East and this
West. This worldwide race question
may yet plunge the nations into tha
greatest war that men have ever
Copyright, 1908, BY Frederic j. Has
kind
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