The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-23

lieving that he is master of the situa-
ton, he means to get rid of the brown
invader, by constitutional means, if
possible, but, failing these, by other
less desirable methods which are COW
cred by the phrase that is often heard
making the coast too mighty I'M
healthy for Japs to live ON. it."
When people are living from day to
day with this rancorous feeling deep
down in their hearts it wants only
some trifing incident to occur that
will in moment transform it into
overt action that would have far
reaching and very deplorable conse-
quences. 1t is not the business of the
present writer to offer theoretical
views as to the situation or to write
denunciations of the wage earners of
the Pacific coast This is a simple
chronicle of facts as they eXist-facts
/ which have to be looked in the face,
facts that every man familiar with
the coast must admit unless his in
formation is obtained solely in club
smoking rooms, expensive hotels or
the offices and private homes of lead
ing merchants, shipowners and en-
/ ployers of labor. There is large and
! highly respectable and influential
class of people who come little in con-
tact with the Japanese except in the
capacity of servants, in which walk
of life they are admirable. This class
of people are largely tolerant of the
little brown men and in many cases
enthusiastic about them. This en-
thusiasm, injudiciously displayed, is
often the means of adding fuel to the
existing fires of hatred
In large hotel German waiter
brought new revolver to the writer's
bedroom to ask his opinion as to its
merits. 1t was cheap but deadly
little gun, obtained from firm in the
east by mail order. Asked as to his
motive in purchasing the weapon, the
German waiter cheerfully answered,
ITO shoot Japs when we drive them
out" He added that many men of
his class were buying guns.
Inquiry among the new and second
hand dealers in firearms in the coast
cities ELECTED the fact that sales dur
ing last year had been unprecedently
large, and particularly was this the
case In British Columbia. There are
now no British soldiers in Canada.
The garrison at Esquimalt is manned
! by men Of the Canadian permanent
force. Esquimalt is about four miles
| from Victoria, the capital of British
| CoI,1pobio ond tho man In frorricnp
are depended upon to quell any anti
Japanese or other riot that may break
out.
The men spend much of their time
in Victoria, fraternizing with the peo-
pie there, and in the event of an anti
/ Japanese riot they could not be de-
pended upon to take an active part
against their white fellow subjects, a
fact which is perfectly we'll known to
their officers and to the department of
militia at Ottawa. In all the coast
cities the sympathies of the police are
with the people against the Japa-
nese.
News as It reaches the east comes
mainly from the large cities, but 1t is
not in these with the exception of
Vancouver, that the anti-Japanese feel
ing is strongest. There is little OF It
to be discovered in Los Angeles. There
is more in San Francisco, but 1t is con-
fined in measure to certain parts of
the city and to certain classes. A
study Of the situation, however, In
places like Stockton, San Jose, Sacra-
mento, MERGED, Fresno. and so on, is
something of revelation. In these
localities the anti-Japanese attitude
| has been taken np by q different class