New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-05-24
POSSIBILITIES OF THE JAPANESE
AFFAIR.

II NAV be said with very little iish
of beng mistaken that there is no oa,
GER of war with Japan over the ea"
TIA land law unless it should be pro
voked hv the t mid behavior OF our gov
eminent r,-
The thing of which the japanese com
nlained before it was done mas oe'o
a act. made so by the lawmakers an"
the governor of California, and since Wv.
ma -onal administration cannot uhuo -
the best way is to 90 on and thai'''"'
az national dignity and calmness, as
sured that, after all, no real wrong ha'
been done to any foreign people.
Above. all any show of timidlty, not
to saw trucking, on our part Is sure :"
provoke vain and sensitive people i"0
the Japanese to some act OF 1e'aia'io"
II has already caused them to susPe'.
that we are afraid of them ana olea'
.ono hostile act on their part. ne
fart that thew have said not wofd III
tho vav of remonstrance to Great brltalh'
although her various colonies have ex-
cluded japanese immigration, would seem
60 chow that the United States is IAN
easy mark
The manner IN which VIC SiN'N
vowed in England, and the remarks in'oe
upon it by the English newspapers sho"
that it is regarded as of peculiar interest,"
if not serious in the extreme fof III
stance. the London Times says IN Vet'
recent issue, as telegraphed to New I DIN
"Tbe time has come when Japan is as
posed to challenge the very essence OF inc
attitude of Western nations toward ASA
tcs She asks admission to the comfy
of nato;ns on equal terms. Japan's chai-
ler,e comes AT a moment that IS traught
with peculiar danger Japan is eh'eiih 3
| uncn a new era Her elder statesmen
have nearly all passed away ana rev arc
, left to check the impulses OF popular pas
sion The semidivine attributes OF 'he
2 ruler no longer serve to sway or soo'he
4 The nation in moments of anger. Jap
anese democracy is knocking at the doors
e tho courril chambers and we tear II
e ;s = democracy which is headstrong, ex
- o;t,b,e and inexperienced, qualities which
d are shared in a greater or less degree ny
all democ1acies We are thus on po'A
h s;dee confronted by situation OF very
special difficulty"
J, If Asiatic democracy has become 81
n AGGRESSIVE aud overbearing towards tho
0 West surely il is time that our own
r Western democracy should arouse ltseli
e to, the defense of its country and PEG
t pie. instead of giving so much attention
. 70 crippling their industries and diso1 -
gaming their business >,
y The London Daily Mail, in an edi-
for, al article on the subject, said Japan
4 holds she has won the right to be uea'-
d cd with the same regard as a white ma
] ton, vet the whites refuse to admit tha'
i nr;nciple and the reason therefor may pe
eummed up in Lafcado Hearn's preg
n nan+ utterance: The East can under
= live the West This is why South AT
v RIGA Australia and New Zealand exclude
Y O,;antale but California, while following
in their footsteps, does so with aggrava
Il ton and is acting in open defiance Oh
treaty.
r. A London correspondent OF the view
II York Herald says: "The California la"
a, has furnished Japan with just the am
- munition she needed to promote I'M
W greater domination of Asia by Tokyo
r. Unless some basis for permanent ant
Y mutually satisfactory settlement is topnd
IT and found speedily, we may be confront
t, ed bv racial situation fraught WIT
); many unpleasant possibilities and lnvol'
le ine the whole of ASIA
= Evidently the situation as viewed
n England, nation which has the closes
p relations with Japan and CD ma an
IA, owns India, is regarded as erious at ieas
2 and demands full attention and wise an
:; firm craftsmanship. 1t is matter tina
: may reach far beyond Japanese resent
4 ment, for in anything designed to crippi
= American influence in China Japan is sur
r of the support of her one-time enemy
i but now close friend, Russia, for thel
u sentiments toward the United States rui
= along parallel lines. And the attitude Q
Or France is dictated in all matters OF "a
r, Eastern policy by her Russian allv W
r already have little affair with Russia
y over violated treaty.-Picayune.