The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-09-05
EDITORIAL.
ro WAR WITH JAPAN AND NO AS
SANITATION WITH THE JAPAN
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One Of the most important questions
now before the people OF the United
states and the settlement or which ID
now pending In the State Department,
i the question between this country
and Japan, in regard to the rights or
the Japanese who are now on the
Pacific Coast.
There is about one hundred thou
sand Japanese now settled i'm and
around Los Angeles, in the State of
California. 1t involves not only the
rights of the Japanese to acquire and
hold land i'm the United States, but in
cludes also the right of the Japanese
to become citizens of the United States
with all that citizenship includes and
implies.
The American people have none but
the kindest feelings for Japan as a
nation, and none but the kindliest
feelings for the Japanese as a
people. But as to the Japanese set
ting in this nation and becoming land
holders and citizens the American
people are utterly and entirely hostile.
The people Of this nation will never
consent to, nor permit the Japanese
to become citizens Of the United
States.
This desire and demand on the part
of the people Of Japan to become land
owners and citizens in the State OF
California, is what has caused the
difficulty that now exists between the
United States and Japan.
The Japanese as a nation and as q
people have made great advancement,
both az nation and as a people in
tn, last fifty years.
LIN the great war between Russia and
Japan the Japanese were victorious.
And while there were many reasons
why they were victorious i'm thai war
that were not indicative of the super
iority of Japan az nation, still the
victory over great nation like Rus
STA gave Japan much higher stand
ing than she ever had before, and a
much higher rank than she really de-
serves. Still she enjoys a higher
rank by reason of it.
The Japanese belong either to the
Monaghan or to the Malay races. They
are of the great Asiatic races.
None of the Asiatic races or nations,
however, and especially Of modern
times, have taken high rank as a peo-
pie. Japan is situated on the Pacific
Ocean and our western border is
easily accessible to the japanese, and
success with Russia she has no doubt,
been looking with longing eyes on that
fair portion Of the United States bor-
dering on the Pacific Ocean, and es-
pecially go, as Japan is densely popu-
lated and there is a great demand for
more room to grow.
This nation neither seeks nor de-
sires war with Japan, and we can tell
the Japanese now, that they will not
find here another Russia, nor will she
achieve i'm a war with the United
States victory as she did with Rus
STA, but only an overwhelming and
disastrous defeat. Japan can never
acquire foot hold in this country.
We don't want war with any ma
ton, but if Japan will have war
with us, she must take the conse-
quences, whatever they may be. The
people of the United States cannot
and will not assimilate with the
Japanese under any circumstances.
Assimilation with the Japanese Is to
the American people as impossible as
would be assimilation with the Chinese
or with the Negro race. We are ut
terly unlike the black or the yellow
recess in religion, morals, and char
acter and ideals. We cannot come
down to their standards, and 1t IL i'm
possible for those people to reach up
to ours. We don't want them as
colonies, because the destruction of
the Roman Empire followed and re-
suited from her acquisition of tropi-
cal colonies.
We will never follow the destructive
policy that ruined Rome. Saint Paul
said: God that made all nations OF
men for to dwell ON all the face Of the
earth, and hath determined the bounds
of their habitation."
Thus it seems evident that the seq
regation of the races of men has been
fixed by God. If we follow the his
tory of the world, it is apparent that
all of the trouble between the different
races has come not from the segrega-
ton of the different races, but always
has resulted from the violation OF the
law of segregation. If the people of
this nation had obeyed the law Of
segregation we would not and could
not have had our present great race
question, which is and has been the
great curse Of the American people,
and has caused rivers Of blood TO flow
and unlimited tears Of sorrow TO De
shed. We want no more interm1xture
Of races in this nation, nor the danger
of any more assimilation OF the differ
ent races in this great nation and