The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-03
CALIFORNIA AND THE JAPS

We do not blame Californians for feel
ing sore, or for feeling resentment over
the apparent anxiety OF the Federal
Government TO mix in their affairs, says
the Salt Lake Telegram.
In case of a prolonged Wal with Japan
California would be directly in the path
of hostile armies and would suffer most
from the disasters Of such a war. Hence
an ordinary sense Of caution against any
over. acts most necessarily make the
men OF the golden State cautious But
there are q few things more dire In re-
suits than even an exhaustive war and
the welfare Of Californis is what the
men of that State are most interested
in. Some years g the men who have
the public schools in charge debarred
from them Japanese pupils. The edict
did not apply in the high schools. acad-
emies or universities. Il Was a most
proper order, because the Japanese are
a small. race physically. and with the
public schools open TO them it was an
easy thing for q Japanese hoodlum 20
years Of age to mingle closely with
American girls Of Is and l6 years of
age. But japan protested and the
japanese newspapers were filed with
covert threats of war.
Then President Roosevelt instead of
pointing out to the japanese Embassa-
dor that it applied only TO the public
schools which little girls attended; that
il was something over which the people
of California had exclusive control, and
that before making the order they had
prepared public schools for japanese
pupils. with just as good houses and
teachers for them as for their own chill
dren that the high schools and %univer-
sites were notinclnded in the order, and
that there was no cause for interference
by federal authority; he at once few in
to a passion and demanded that the rule
should be reversed, and even threaten
ing to send a federal force to enforce his
demand. He should have been snnbbed
of hand by the Ca~lifornians. for he was
butting in where he had no authority.
Now California is seeking to prevent
aliens from acquiring titles TO realty
within her boundaries. a law not half
as stringent on hat subject as Japan
has on the same subject. Again Japan
protests and wells her present protest
with q covert threat OF war, and Presi-
dent Wilson instead of telling the little
cheeky official that il is a matter over
which he has no control begins to urge
California not to be rash; and sends the
Secretary of State to California TO
steady things; In q State. too. in every
city Of which are lawyers more profound
than MIR. Bryan could ever be.
We do not wonder hat the men Of
California are vexed and that they are
humiliated as well as angry. for they
know what Japan is driving AZ, which
il to break the chain which prevents
their becoming citizens of this country,
which will never be. because while a
mitting that the Japs are brave and
bright. they are on colored and essenti-
ally dishonest. and can never assimilate
with the American people without dis
tinctly deteriorating the race. This
Japan will have to understand after a
while and accept. II may be not until
after an exhaustive war. but II a war
becomes necessary TO teach them that
lesson, then the war must come. By
the way, they are not half as eager for a
war with this country as they seem to
be. for they know that were the war to
come in earnest they would be in more
danger of losing a name among the
earth's nations than they hav ever
been in the past.