The Washington herald., 1909-02-07
DRAMATIC RECITAL
By MR. MCKINLkY
Representative Makes Plea
Against the japanese.
WARNS THE AMERICAN NATION
Calls for Sympathy and Support Ia
Solution of ProbIem-ViewPeint Of
People of Washington, he Asserts,
Fails so Appreciate the Fact that
Japanese DispIaec White Men.

Shattering the glow OF postprsndiaI
sDortiveness with his striking and square
jswsd defense Of California in her treat
ment OF the Nipponese. Representative
Duncan z. McKinIsy made the final ad-
dress az the sixth annual banquet Of
the Washington chapter Of the American
Institute Of Banking. in the Raleigh last
evening
What promised 10 be a .shop-taIk''
programme Of toasts for hnsnciers and
incipient fnanciers. who assembled 10
gambOl in the problems Of cuisine and of
the counting room, was changed IN the
tvinkIing 70 dramatic and stirring
warning that compromise and equivOca-
tion at this hour means even more radical
action by the strong-willed descendants
OF the ATg0nauts In the future
Truth as He Sees II.
Matching the mood OF California against
that OF the President and Of all the States
east Of the Rockies. Representative Nc
Kinlsy did noa hesitate 10 tell the truth
as he sees it in its simplest and plainest
forms and 10 call for sympathy and sup
port in the solution OF a question which
is vital 70 the entire country.
You who live in Washington. in this
cultured Capital. he said. have a view
point. When you think OF the japanese
perhaps you think Of some suaye and cul-
tured diplomat whom you have learned 10
admire for his estimable Oriental quail
ties or Of some excellently trained Japan
ese servants in Baltimore. who may be.
for all you know. representatives Of high
japanese families, who are in the United
States for purposes of study and Of obser-
vstion
Your feelings toward the japanese are
Of the kindest. and you hold in mind
his magnificent courage in the recent con-
dict with Russia. But what Of the Cali
fornia viewpoint? What Of the viewpoint
OF the people who have to live side by
side with the Jap and have learned to
know him as he lives and works?
The japanese that drive white men
out Of employment. that don't pass reso-
lutions Of boycott because they have re-
duced its practice 10 an art, that absOrbS
our lands. that throws a white man
civilization out OF focus when he enters
the labor market-do you know him.
But this phase NAV be passed. re-
ceived twO DAYS ago q report from the
commissioner Of labor in California. and
il is undoubtedly true that while the
numbers Of japanese are not increasing
on the Coast they are not diminishing
japan no longer gives passports 10 her
laboTers seeking entrance 70 the United
States. but they come TO Canada and 70
Mexico. and slide in over the borders.
Never Become Citizens.
There are sufficiently large numbers
OF japanese in our state 70 make It plain
that they do not come here With the In
tention Of becoming American citizens. ar
being assimilsted. They belong to ar
ancient civilization. which they regard
as Infinitely superior 20 ours. and come
here merely to exploit the country. You
cannot build any permanent civilization /
on this basis. because East IS East and I
West is West The tide OF japanese popu-
lation Is constantly shifting. They never (
undertake any responsibilities of cItizen- I
ship.
"The white mans ciTiIizzron in many I