Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-09
President Declares Present
Agitation in California Can
Only Result in EmbarraSS-
ment for Government.
STRONG LANGUAGE IN
LETTER TO LEGISLATOR
Declares Federal Authorities
Are Now Working to Remedy
Evils Complained of on Pa
Cific Coast,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased WireI

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Washington, p. G.. Feb. S.-"The
policy Of the administration is te
combine the maximum of efficiency in
achieving the real object which the
people of the Pacific slope have al
heart with the minimum of friction
and trouble while the misguided men
who advocate such action as this
against which ] protest are following
policy which combines the very
minimum Of efficiency with the maxi
mum of insult and which. while total
ly failing to achieve any real result
for good, vet might accomplish an
infinity of harm. y
In this language President Roose-
velt today in long telegram to
Speaker p a stanton of the Califor-
MIA assembly, set forth the govern
ments view of the anti-Japanese
school agitation now before that
body.
The president states that the bill
q cs iuss and grave cause for irrita-
tioa and that the government would
be- obliged Immediately to take action
in the federal courts to test such leg
isation because it is held to be clear
ly a violation Of the treaty obligations
Of the United States. The telegram
to Speaker Stanton was sent only af-
ter conference with Senator Flint
and Representative Kahn of Califor-
MIA. and f. X. Lane, of the interstate
commerce commission.
To Speaker Stanton the president
sent the following:
Il trust there viii be no misunder-
standing of the federal government
attitude We are zealously endeaVor-
ing to guard the interest 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 a pol
icy which while meeting the inter-
ests and desires of the Pacific slope
is yet compatible, not merely with
mutual self respect but with mutual
esteem and admiration between tho
Americans ana japanese.
"In accordance with the policy the
purpose is that the japanese shall
come here exactly as Americans go
TO Japan which is i'm effect that traV-
clcrs, students. persons engaged IN IN
tenational business. men who sotourn
for pleasure or study and the like
shall have the freest access from one
country to the other and shall be |
.aF . ft1Rf mt
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 ana
the total number in the United States
has diminished by over 1000. These |
figures are absolutely accurate ana
need not be impeached. But such q
bill as this school bill accomplishes
literally nothing whatever in the line
of the object aimed at and gives just
and grave cause for irrita.ion while |
in addition the United states govern |
ment would be obliged Immediately
to take action in the federal courts |
to test such legislation as we hold it
to be clearly violation OF the treaty |
Af ifE ElStdtlp0 Nhuiu dNAtttt ftis7'i |
nothing beneficial and would certainly |
cause some mischief and might cause |
very grave mischief. In short. the
policy of the administration Is toI
combine the maximum of efficiency
IN achieving the real object which the
people of the Pacific slope have at
heart, with the minimum of frictionl
ANA trouble, while the misguided men
VINO advocate such action as TINS
against which | protest are following
"a policy which combines the very
minimum OF efficiency with the maxi
mum of insult and which. while total
Y failing to achieve any real result
Tor good. vet might accomplish an
ininity of harm.
IF In the next year or two the ae-
Ton Of the federal government fails
To- achieve what it is now achieving.
then. through the further action of
'ho president and congress it can be
made entirely efficient Let me re-
peat that at present we are actually
doing the very thing which the peo-
pie Of California wish to be done and
70 upset the arrangement under which
this Is being done can do no good
and may do harm. At present the
policy is working well and until il
works badly it would cd a grave mis-
fortune 10 change It, and when
changed il can only be changed ef