Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-22
SERIOUS ANXIETY
THINLY YELLED BY
VENEER OF BLUFF
BY JOHN sNuRE.

washington, May l9.--SeriOus anX-
iety Is felt In administration quarters
over the Japanese situation. It has be-
come impossible longer to conceal this.
Official denials, putting on of the soft
pedal. beautiful generalities about peace
cannot veil the hard fact that the pres
ident and the cabinet are gravely con-
cerned over the outcome Of the ex-
changes with Japan.
California appears to be within the
letter of the treaty. The president takes
this view. The present complications
are proper ones for diplomatic repre-
sentations, but they are no cause for
war. Indications are that the wisest
men of the Japanese government see
this, but the question Is whether the
lingo element there can be held down
and whether that element, plus a like
element in this country will not lead
matters to dangerous lengths.
Another factor in the situation is the
utter unpreparedness of this country
for war, the unreadiness of both navy
and army conditions which 1t would
take months and years to overcome.
The only way out of the tangle APP
pears to lie through exchanges for a
new treaty which will remove misun-
derstandingss and prevent friction and
i'll feeling. The best that can be said
about it is that the administration
hopes to steer things through this chan
mel. The president and cabinet officers
would feel better, however. If the tone
of Japanese newspapers close to the
government were less openly anti
American.
JAPs ATTACH PRovlso TO
THEIR PLEAS FOR PEACE
Toxic. Japan, May 19.-Irrespons
war talk was condemned by most of the
speakers at a mass meeting today, or
ganized by an association representing
partly business and partly educational
interests at which some parliamentary
representatives were also present.
The speeches made by the majority
of the addresses were sober and con-
sentative. They gave expression to con-
fidance that the Americans will side
with the Japanese if the Japanese
steadfastly point out the unfairness of
discrimination. 1t was, however, de-
clared that the time had arrived when
the Japanese must be given equal treat
ment with other peoples and the speak
ers condemned the aggressions of the
whites I'm the world against the colored
races. the instance being given of the
lynching OF negroes In the United
States.
Professor Nagai, of Waseda untver-
sity in the course of his address, said:
God made the white and colored
peoples equal. Unless we claim equal
ity we shall fail to carry out Gods
wishes
Representatives Terutako Hinata and
Keno Hayashi, protested against the
discrimination shown by the alien land
ownership bill and condemned the lack
of land and agricultural clauses in the
existing treaty. They scored the reck-
less agitators, who. they said, were
merely playing the game of those seek
ing orders for guns and warships.
Resolutions were then adopted de-
claring that the Japanese in America
must have equal rights with the
whites and that this fundamental sos
luton of the existing difficulty would
uphold Japanese.
The meeting closed with dignity and
seriousness and with the expression OF
the idea that granting naturalization
rights to the Japanese in America
would be practical solution.