The Washington herald., 1909-01-21
AT THE HOTELS.


Roosevelt. and am in favor Of leaving
to him the settlement OF the japanese
question at this tine" said ex-Mayor
James J. Phelan, OF San Francisco. az
the New Willard yesterday. The Presi-
dent is more fully convsrsant with al
the facts relative to the question than
anybody else. and am convinced that
he is doing everything in his power 10
bring the question 70 some sort OF an
amicabie settlement
Sooner or later this question OF Japa-
nese immigration, the schools. and ths
right to hold property, VIII have to be
settled for once and all the time, and Il
does not do any harm 10 acquaint the
people or the United States with the
situation Il is an indisputabie fact that
the japanese are e clever people, and
that they do not assimilate with Tire
Americans.
There is absolutely nothing n COM
mon between the two races. They do not
take any interest in anything in this
country from q patriotic American point
Of view. because they are japanese. A
mere hint from the sfIkado. however. VIII
make them obey. They are al fighting
men, every one OF them
We have about 75.od6 japanese OF the
Pacific Coast They are clever and in
dustrious. They may start in 70 work as
lsborers to-day, but they viii not be
labOrers long; they viii soon be pro-
prietors and bosses. japanese own about
30 per cent OF the most fertile part OF
the Vaca Valley, and rot long ago jap
aBese bought about 3000 acres OF land n
the San Joaquin Valley. The whiIe man
cannot live as cheapiy as the japanese
can. and therefore cannot compete with
him The consequence IS that the white
man goes 20 the wall and is driven out.
II Is q question OF se1c-1-4servation with
Us
Japan, being a highly sensitive and
proud nation, resents being legisIated
against in any shape CT form She places
herself among the great powers. sud re-
CARDS any measures which may be taken
against her interests es offensive
Mayor Phelan, who is going 10 see the
President to-day, said that II the Japa-
nese were 70 attack the Pacific Coast at
this tine there would be nothing 10 pre-
vent them doing 50, as the whole Coast
Is practically defenseless, and at the mer-
cy Of any foreign invader. He referred 10
the japanese attack on Port Arthur,
which. he said. was entirely unexpected
BY the Russians. as the latter were Al
dinner when It occurred Mr.. Phelan said
that the japanese had no sense OF honor
or honesty, and could not be trusted n
any shape or form.
Marsden Manson. city engineer % san
Francisco. who is al the New Willard,
/ said yesterday that ne had written al
article. way back IN 1855. which was pub
lTshed in the Overland Magazine. in which
he recommended that Pearl HarD0r. IN
I the Hawaiian Islands. be transformed into
/ a veritable American Gibraltar; that the
Sandwich Islands occupied g commanding
4 position IN ti1e Pacific Ocean, and that
/ they were the strategic key TO the whole
/ Pacific Coast OF this hemisphere. from
the uttermOst north TO the southernmost
point
with 100000 OF people on the other
/ side OF the Pacific. and So.0o0.0 Of the
most enlightened and progressive people
/ OF the earth on this side. the Pacific
/ Ocean IS bound 70 become the most i'm
/ portant battlefield for the supremacy ot
/ commerce in the world" said Mr.. Nan
| son. The importance Of the Atlantic
/ has been lost. and It IS the Pacific Ocean
which is Of far more significance g Us
than any other part OF the world"
The American who leaves his own
busting. noisy land with a longing for
the poetic charm OF old Nuremberg IS
shocked to find an active manufacturing
center OF 2oo, 600 souls. in which the Old
churches and the ruined walls ara sWal-
lowed up and almost lost" said Richard
IF. Jennings, OF Chicago. At the Shore
ham, last night IN fact, outside OF old
Rothenburg, perhaps. OF the Sprsewald.
modernism is triumphant and ths glory
OF olden times Is gone forever
'eThe finest houses in the capital are
those belonging 70 the men who have
risen TO fortune in the new industrial
movement which has brought Germany
into such intense rivalry with Great Brit
ain and made II a factor in international
/ commerce and trade"
The close relations between govern
nent administration and scholarship IN
the departments OF economics and
finance, as well as n science. we're com
mented upon by Mr. Jennings
"The difference between Germany and
the United States IN this respect IS as
wide as the poles he said. In Ger
many the state not only fosters science
and scholarship. but IL wishes 10 use the
result in the problems Of government.
IN America a scholar is discounted as
theoTist and IS patronized BY the merely
rich"
/ Mr.. Jennings also spoke spprovingly
OF the German method OF bringing judges.
/ government officials. and professional
men together each yesV for twelve weeks
OF lectures and Study Of institutions. and
II declared that the application OF the
country's scientific training and method
70 its natural resources pointed 10 a
natural line OF future growth along com
merciaI and manufacturing, rather than
agricultural. paths.
There IS no necessity for seeking for
eign claims IN search OF game, according
70 4. p woIvin, OF Duluth, MINI, who
is al the Raleigh. and who IS interested
n the lake and river freight carrying
trade. 8Ir. wolvin looked perfectly ssri-
Gus as he said last night that the people
OF Duluth had become so accustomed 20
the visitatious OF bears in search Of pro
vender that they paid no attention 10
/ them. Duluth without its visiting bears
would be as celebrated as II is. said 1r.
Wolvin.
why, my dear SIR said he from Du-
Iuth, whenever there is q shortage in
the Iarder Of AIr- Bears family, he sim
ply takes a stroll to the town and pays
visit to the back kitchen door, where he
i - p. c-r-T1
why. certainly not Nobody ever thinks
of shooting these bears. They are not
wild OF dangerous They are welcome 10
--t,a+ thnr ..an Ind and We Korl1 mss