Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-20

They are never tired Of extolling the
virtues Of the little brown man and
holding him up as model for imita-
ton. OF course they have not got to
work alongside him and only know
him in his invariably deferential atti-
tude toward his employer and pay
master. People who recollect their
school days will remember how very
cordially hated was the model boy OF
the class, who was always praised and
held up for imitation. The Pacific
coast wage Garner has much the same
sort Of feeling about the Japanese,
only, being a grown man instead OF a
schoolboy, he has it worse, and, be-
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 often heard
making the coast too mighty un.
healthy for Japs to live on IT,
When people are living from day to
day with this rahcorous feeling deep
down in their hearts 1t wants only
some trifing incident to occur that
will in a moment. transform 1t into
overt action that would have far
reaching and very deplorable conse-
.quences. tits not the business OF the
present writer to. offer theoretical
views as. to the situation o. to- write
denunciations Of the wage earners OF
the Pacific coast. This Is q 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 a 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, sis
often the means Of adding fuel to the
existing fires of hatred.
In a large hotel a German waiter
brought a new revolver to the writer's
bedroom to ask his opinion as to its
merits. It was "A cheap but deadly
little gun, obtained from a arm 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 =unprecsdsntly
large, and particularly was this the
case in British Columbia. There are
now no British soldiers in Canada
The garrison at Esquimalt 10 manned
by men Of the Canadian permanent
force. Esquimalt is about four miles
from Victoria, the capital of British
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are depended upon to ;auell any anti,
japanese or other riot that may break
out. s.r% & 'f~.r g.. :&s5sss7..I ;
The men spend much Of their time
IN Victoria, fraternizing with the PEG
pie there, nd 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, Z
fact which Is perfectly well known t.
their officers and to the department Of
militia at Ottawa. In all the coast
cities ths sympathies Of tie police are
with the people against the Japa
nese. $ gsS .g,.ess9s y
News 40 1t reaches the east comes
mainly from the large cities. but It Y
not In these, with the exception o.
Vancouver, that the anti Japanese feel
ing II strongest. There II little Of y
to be discovered In Los Angeles. Thsrt
u more II San Francisco but 4 = Con l