The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-04

come into her own.
 We were beginning to think that Japan was going to let the anti-Asta- ticai and legislation bill passed by the CalifornIans rest quietly in the arch
 ives of the state department as far as any moro international conversation
 on the subject goes.
 Certainly there was some report 10 the effect that the matter would be left to the courts to decide and that would have taken some years in which the subjects of the milsado would probably not have been disturbed in their rights.
 But Japan is c persistent little nf'- ton. It is the very persistency of h"r people in the persuit of knowledge and in the imitation of the western races that has brought her to the place which she now occupies among the nations of the world.
 Japan is recognised as the power m the east and she will continue to be so recognized until either China ar Russia or both together reie.ate hcr to the inocuous desuetude of a prov ince. For that ia Japan's ultimate destination. To he subject to one or the great neighbors who will one day snuf out all her dreams of territorial agrandisement by tying her to their apron strings.
 In the meantime Japan's feelings are still hurt because the people or California desire to be the arbiters or who shall and who shall not come amongst them and occupy their land-
 The Japs are not wanted in Caiifor- nia any more than tho Californians are wanted in Japan. Only in Japan the Californians cannot own land as the Jap wants to own 1t in California No ono who knows the conditions economical. social or moral. which follow the influx of these yellow men, they soldom bring their women. into Southern California can cast one iota of blame on the people of the state for wanting to rid themselves of the pests and it is a pity that more of the people of other sections of the country do not understand just what is that tho californIans object to.
 If the states Of tho Middflc West and of the East know anything at aii about conditions in California they would be the first to side with their Western brothers and there would be no question whatever as to the right of the golden state by the Western sen to exclude these people from her bor- ders.
 Unfortunately very few people out" side of California know anything about the conditions of which that state complains and as for the Japs themselves the Middle West knows nothing and the East secs them only as quiet. efficient servants who heip to make life run smoothly.
 It will be very hard to convince the people of tho rest of the country that the Colifornians are well within their own moral rights. if not within their constitutional rights. in trying to stop the flood of yellow unmoralists and dishonest laborers that is rolling ." unceasingly onto their shores.
 Caiifornia's objections to the coming of tho Japs fin such numbers and their acuuisition of land In such quantities arc we'll founded and if California is not within her rights in the matter and has passed an act contrary to tho constitution of the United States there should be no question of settling the matter in the courts. The one proper expedient, the one which should be adopted if California's action cannot be upheld any other way is to change the constitution of the United States.
 The constitution was amended to set the members of one race free and 1t con be amended to exclude from our shores race which win never be any, thing moro than bloodsucker on our commercial and social life.
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