Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-02-25

In this language the president. in a
telegram to Speaker p, A, Stanton, OF
the California assembly, sets forth the'
governments view of the Japanese
school legislation now before that body
He said. s.,
/ trust there will be no misunderstand-
ing of the federal governments attitude
We are ~Zealously endeayoring TO guard the
interest of California and of the entire
West in accordance with the desires Of our
western people. By friendly agreement
with Japan we are now carrying out q,
policy, while being In the interest and de-
sire OF the Pacific slope, is yet compatible-
not merely with mutual self respect, butt
with the mutual esteem and admiratlOns
between the Americans and the Japanese
The Japanese government is Loyalty an6
in good faith doing It's part to carry out
this policy. precisely as the American gov
m is doing, The policy aims at
mutually and obligation and behavior.
In accordance with Il the purpose IS that
the Japanese shall come here exactly ass
Americans go to Japan, which is in effect
that travellers, students, persons engaged
liz international business, men who soJourm
for pleasure or study and the like, shaUh
have free access from one country to thes
other and shall be sure of the best treat
ment, but that there shall be no settler
ment en- masse of the people of either
country in the other, During the last six
months under this policy more JAPANESE
nave left THIS country than have come in.i
and the total number In the United States
has diminished by over 2,W0. These figures
are absolutely accurate and cannot be ina
peached. .
Sill Violates Treaty.
In other words, If the present policy ts1
consistently followed and works as welE
in the future as it is now working, all diff
culties and causes Of friction will dlsap-
pear, while at the same time each nation
will retain its self respect and the GOOD
Will of the other. But such a bill as this
school bill accomplisheS literally nothing:
whatever in the line OF the object aimedS
af and priVaG inst and orrly We p9lISA for trrt-
tation, while In addition the United States
government would be obliged immediately
to take action in the federal courts TO testi
such legislation, as we hold it to be clearly,
a violation Of the treaty. &,
On this point / refer you TO the numer-
GUS decisions OF the United States supreme
court In regard to state laws which violates
treaty obligations Of the United States.
The legislation would accomplish moth.
ing beneficial and would certainly causet
some mischief and might cause a very
grave mischief. In short, the policy OF thei
administration is to combine the maximumt
of efficiency in achieving the real obJecS
which the people of the Pacific slope have
at heart with the minimum Of friction andi
trouble, while the misguided men who adj
vocate such action as this against which,
I protest are following "A policy whichl
combines the very minimum Of Efficiency
with the maximum of insult. and which,
while totally falling to achieve any reaE
result for good, yet might accomplish an
infinity of harm. .
If in the next year or two the action OF
the federal government falls to accom-i
plish what II is now achieving, them
through the further action Of the PRESIDENT
and congress 1t can be made entirely efh-s
Client.
/ am sure that tho sound judgment OF
people of California will support you, Mr.
Speaker, in your efforts. Let me repeat
that at present we are actually doing the,
very things which the people of Cali
fornia wish done, and TO upset the ar
rangement under which this is being done
can do no good and may do great harm. 4
If, in the next year or two, the figures
of immigration prove that the arrange~i
ment which has worked so SUCCESSFULLY
during the last six months is no longerl
working successfully, then there would be-
ground for grievance and for the REVERSAL
by the national government of its presently
policy. But at present the policy is work]
ing well, and until 1t works badly II would
be q grave misfortune to change ii, and
when changed IL can only be changed et~
fectively by the national government.
Theodore Roosevelt.