Arizona republican., 1911-02-02
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lack of understanding which the An glo-S Saxon possesses relative to the Asian mind The Anglo Saxon. resi- dent of the East, comforts himself with the belief that the Oriental mind
 is 'unfathomabie," ana lets it go al that. and he ignores the conditions which have changed within the last
 decade. within which time the United States assumed the government of
 S,000.000 Orientals. Japan has made
 patent to the Oriental mind new idea "that it was not the white man. but the gun that did the business"
 Now that the Asian is coming to his own. the writer wants to know how long the 6,000 soldiers. in the Philippines will be able to keep the flag afloat among S.00e.000 natives. and how long 25.000 British soldiers in India will be able to maintain British sovereignty over 3O0.O00.0O0 Asians.
 Without being an alarmist. he sees real danger unless the Anglo Saxon mends his ways:
 ''It is not the-Asian- who needs edu- eating; it Is the European. l am not worrying half so much about the heather in his blindness as I am about the Christian in his blindness"
 There Is no doubt of the value of the Europeans work in strengthening the Asian people. politically and com mercially. Japanese statesmen ac- Knowledge that the missionaries have done good for the morals of their people. and far more for the health and strength of the nation. Said one:
 Before Perry's arrival 2.0o0.00y in fants were born every year in Japan. and for lack of proper sanitary meas ures they died. Now. with hospitals and sanitary and hygienic methods introduced by the missionaries. the ? 2.00O. 900 children are born. but they do not die'
 The Asian is not lacking in the basic virtues, for Christian civilization does not altogether lie in primarily be- lieving in certain theological dogma. or certain forms of church policy. or the shape and length of priestly vest ments. but in the attributes of correct Christian living The Asians are fru- gal, industrious. no people excelling them in working long. so persistently. SO conscientiously: they are scrupu- iously polite, and their integrity never was challenged till it became corrupted by the inroads of westerners. They observe the law. and there are cities in Japan. China and India running into the hundreds of thousands where there Is scarcely the semblance of police control and crime is practically unknown. They are also calm and thoughtful people.
 Compared with western civilization. fneirs will not suffer perhaps as much as you would imagine. and perhaps you will agree that the chief charac- teristics of our civilization are push and extravaganza and that in this respect they have the better of us."
 Mir. Stone expresses the belief that America will never meet the prob lens growing out of the relations with the far East till absolutely and once for all race prejudice Is put aside and he believes that the European snob in ASia Is distinctly the enemy of the civilized west, while his CO., adjutor in this country is a fitting criminal yokefellow." He gives incl dents of the heartless 'snubbing of the native by the European; not so- cial club of any port or treaty point from Bombay to Yokohama will re- ceive a native irrespective of his cul- ture or refinement. in court circles not a European woman will even dance with invited native guests, as otherwise she would be ostracized, and in every way and in the most con- temptuous manner. the native is made to feel his presumed inferiority. Even in Japan no native Japanese gentleman is ever permitted to enter the Euro pean clubhouse. or the grandstand of the race track, or to play on the crick- ct field: Japan was compelled at the mouth of Perry's guns to receive the United States and grant extraordinary domiciliary rights and Americans have spent enormous sums in Japan for the education of the natives. yet in Amer -ica the Japanese are denied admission 3o the country and are prohibited from attending the schools. Again:
 Tn the Philippines ruffian Amer | ican soldier. recruited from the pur- lieus of New York. shoves a native ] gentleman from the sidewalk of Ma l niia with an oaeh. calling him mig ger Yet that 'nigger' Is very likely a cultivated gentleman, educated at the Sorbonne. in Paris"
 Other abuses of the Asian race are cited. calculated to breed dislike and animosity In India. in China. and In Japan, the Europeans have been guests enjoying the hospitality. only to rise in the morning and say to the hosts. You cannot sit at the same table with us," and because of the preju- dicial distinction Mir. Stone believes that the Europeans are in grave dan ger politically, while commercially and frugally they are already being dis tanced.
 Mir. stone contends that all the Asian is asking is fair play. and he agrees with Lord Curzon, who, in re- spending to the freedom of the city of London, and speaking of the far east, said: Depend upon it, you will never rule the east except through the heart, and the moment imagina- tion has gone, out of your Asiatic pol icy your empire will dwindle and de cav" And SO the conclusion IS reached. that while America may close its doors which look toward Asia and open wide those which look toward Europe: may refuse the oriental ad- mission to the schools. while according the privilege to a child of any Euro