The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
Senator NeuIandS Urges the Necessity of Making Laws
 to Settle Matter
DIPLOMACY FAILS WHEN
 RACE MATTERS COME UP
NewIands Says That While Western States Will Yield to Present Press ure There Is Still Great
 Danger to Be Faced.

Washington, February 7-Senator New lands of Nevada in statement tonight asserted there should be broad national legislation covering the whole Japanese question.
 "The legislation proposed by the Pacific coast states intended to meet certain phases of what constitutes a national peril has been opposed by the President as in volving violation of our treaty with Ja- pan, and imperlling her friendship said :, Senator Newlands. While the western states will in all probability partriotically yield to such suggestion, there is danger that this abandonment of such legisla- tion may be misunderstood by the east ern states, whose people are unfamiliar with the economic and social conditions attendant upon Asastic immigration. and that they may think that we acquiesce in the view that a great question of national and domestic policy should be turned over to the negotiation of diplomats No ques- tion involving such important consider ations as race homogeniety and domestic industrial peace can safely be turned over to diplomacy.
 There should be broad national legisla- ton covering the whole question, and thus necessarily covering the parts of tho question which state legislation in the west seeks to cover"
 Continuing the senator (,tated that the Nevada legislature should, in his judg- ment as a substitute for all pending measures, adopt resolutions making the following declarations:
 That the race question is now the most important question concerning the nation, that already we have drifted, regarding the black race into a condition which se- riously suggests the withdrawal of the political right heretofore mistakenly granted-the inauguration of a humane national policy which with the cooper ation and aid of the southern states shall recognize that the blacks are a race of children, requiring guidance, industrial training and the development of self control and other measures intended to reduce the danger of the race complica- ton formerly sectional, but now becoming national.
 Surplus From Europe.
 That confronting us on the Atlantic is Europe with a total population of  seeks outlet on our soil; that We have found 1t difficult to assimilate even the immigrants of the white race from that continent and have been obliged by law to carefully restrict such immigration.
 That confronting us on the Pacific lies Asia with a population of 100000 GOO people of the yellow and brown races who. if unrestricted, would over whelmingly emigrate to our country of unrivaled resources, of high wages and of almost unlimited capacity to support additional population; that pre-emi- nent among these people stands Japan. strong aggressive with high spirited qualities. which the American people admire but which if given play on American soil would develop the strongest form of race antagonism.
 That history teaches that it is inn possible to develop homogeneous peo- pie by the juxtaposition of races diff fering in color upon the same soil; that under such conditions race tolerance means ultimate race war or the re- duction of one of the races to servi- tude
 Duty to White Race.
 That, therefore, our duty to our race and our institutions and the main tenance of friendship with races diff fering in color alike demand that we abandon the attempted adjustment of
  and pass a national law to take effect upon the expiration of existing treaties, emphatically declaring that our coun- try is open to white immigration alone: that such immigration shall be re- stricted to those of constitution char acter and training that will ultimately fit them for American citizenship; and that other races shall be excluded from except for purposes of trade travel and education"
 Senator Newlands adds that dignihed legislative action of this kind could not be made the ground of offense by any nation affected; that Japan herself would be the first to take similar ac- tion were the integrity of her race and her institutions threatened; that the United States has always been friendly to Japan in her struggle to maintain and protect her territorial and race in tegrity, and that such action was en- tirely consistent with absolute friend Illness between the nations.
 Message From Roosevelt.
 New York February IA special dis patch received tonight from San Fran cisco states that President Roosevelt tel egraphed the following to Gov. J. N. Gil- lett, San Francisco:
 "I saw Flint as soon as your message came. He has been helping me in every way possible, and after consulting with him l wired Speaker Stanton message which he can make public if he thinks 1t advisable. Please see him.
 'I am astounded at Perkins conduct He has for the past seven years done