The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-09
PRES| N 7
SENDS LONG
TELEGRAM
To Speaker Stanton After
Conference With Flint,
Kahn and Lane.

Washington. Feb. 8.-"The policy
of the administration Is TO combine
the maximum of efficiency in achiey-
Ing the real object which the people
of the Pacific slope have at heart,
with the minimum of friction and
trouble, while the misguided men who
advocate such action as this against
which / protest are following a policy
which combines the very minimum OF
efficiency with the maximum of Insult
and which, while totally falling to
achieve any real result for good, yet
might accomplish an intinity OF
harm"
In this language President Roose-
welt today IN long telegram to Speak
er P A. Stanton, Of the California as
sembly, set forth the governments
view OF the Japanese school bill.
The President states that the bill
gives just cause for irritation and that
the government would be obliged Inn
mediately to take action In the federal
courts to test such legislation be-
ton Of the treaty obligations of the
United States. The telegram to
Speaker Stanton was sent only after
a conference with Senator Flint and
Representative Kahn of California
and F. K. Lane of the Interstate Com
merce commission.
To Speaker Stanton the President
sent the following:
i trust there Will be no misunder-
standing of the federal governments
attitude. We are zealously endeavor-
Ing to guard the interests of Califor-
MIA, and OF the entire West in accord
ance with the desires of our Western
people. BY friendly agreement with
Japan we are now carrying out n
policy which, while not meeting the de-
siree of the Pacific slope, is yet COM
patible not merely with mutual self
respect but with mutual esteem and
admiration between the Americans
and Japanese.
The Japanese government Is loyal
ly and in good faith doing Its part
to carry out the policy, precisely as
the American government Is doing.
The policy aims at mutually and OBJ
legation and behavior.
Tn accordance with 1t the purpose
ie that the Japanese shall come here
exactly as Americans go to Japan.
which is in effect that travellers, stu
dents, personst engaged in interna-
tional business, men who sojourn Ior
pleasure or study, and the Hike, shall
have the freest access from one coun-
try to the other and shall be sure OF
the best treatment, but that there
shall be no settlement in mass by the
people OF either country In the other
During the last six months under
this policy, more japanese have left
the country than have come in and
the total number IN the United States
has diminished by over two thousand.
These figures are absolutely accurate
and need not be impeached In other
words. II the present policy Is consis-
tently followed and works as well in
the future as 1t is now working, all
difficulties and causes for friction will
disappear, while at the same time each
nation Will retain It's self respect and
the good will OF the other. But such
bill as this school bill accomplishes
literally nothing whatever in the line
OF the object aimed at and gives lust
and grave cause for irritation; while
In addition the United States govern.
ment will be obliged to take Immediate
action In the federal courts to test
such legislation, as We hold 1t to be
clearly violation OF the treaty.
"On this point, refer you to the
numerous decisions OF the United
States supreme court in regard to
state laws which violate treaty obliga
tions of the United States. The legis
lation would accomplish nothing bene
fetal and would certainly cause some
mischief and might cause very grave
mischief. In short, the policy of the
administration is to combine the
maximum of efficiency in achiey1ne
the real object which the people o
the Pacific slope have at heart witt
the minimum of friction and trouble
while the misguided men who advocate
such action as this against which
protest are following a policy which
combines the very minimum OF eri
cheney with the maximum OF insult
and which, while totally failing tc
achieve any real result for good. yet
might accomplish an infnity or harm
IF In tho next year or two, tn,
action Of the federal government fail;