The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-05-27
EUROPE, CALIFORNIA AND ASIA

Nllcrs mucn digging anu much use
less throwing of dirt. which had 10
come out. but need not have been
Used for argument, tho root OF tho
question raised in California begins
to appear. The opinion that tile
question Is ethical and neither com.
merc'al nor political any farther than
commerce and politics are parts of an
fcthhir consciousness Is finding wtue
acceptance now. Sir Valentine Chirol
writes lengthily. and of course learn.
eddy, ii the London Times, lit saying
| that: "'fhc ultimate point In the dis.
lpuic does not affect America alone,
but Is essentially n world question.
There should be plenty Of room for
the surplus millions OF japan anu
China In The mdeveloped Asiatic ter.
ritorlcS for many decades 10 Gomez
In this note is sounded tile alarm
ufFlEnrope: oasEwhit!i has been often
IeMp"sscd Iin ,less diplomatic WAYS.
| The German kaiser expressed i, n few
yrars ngD u u way SO much more li.
rect aud forcibIc as to rcsul, in tlin
coming OF the, phrase. "lhc yellow
peril" This fear Is not military any
more than political Or commercial, II
is social in origin and. In essence, II
Is tnn tl,nt 80,
maintain Christian standards of hving
In Christian lands. against waves Of
Immigration of 3hsiatics with mich
lt@cf stafiNdrds. would he impossible.
Unless Asiatic standards could he
raised by the contact Caucason
standards would Of Necessity be low.
cred. Prices would md the new levels
made by new labor conditions. and Il
lowering in the level of prices would
include lowering of the standards of
living aud falling away from aud
forgetting OF the aspirations Of the
West. Such is the fear of Asiatic in.
vasions. not only in this country but
IN Europe. Men wise only In thcir
own generation dcride II. but instinct,
| which Is the wisdom of the ages, can
not throw IL Off.
For this reason Is has been easy to
sec. from the beginning of the Cali.
fornIa controversy, that the Japanese
position, however automatically
stated, Is one more of resentment Of
our naturalization laws than one Of
claim Of violated treaty rights. That
is the fact which gives the situation
It's most sinister appearance. The
japanese resent the national statute
excluding Asialics from citizenship
more than they would he called upon
TO resent treaty violation. Treaty
violations have been frequent In his.
tory. but such violation is not an
Iaftront. 1t involves no dcrosaton Of
the dignity OF the nation the treaty
rights Of which are violated. while tho
exclusion OF Il proud people from pos,
sib!c citizenship is such dcrogation,
The United States naturalization law
rests upon an cthnic consciousness
which nothing will change. That 1t
is clinical ana not national, iHsular,
or in any way provincial. the fact
that the same consciousness is frft in
Europe Is evidence. Sir Valentine
Chirol evidently secs its essence in
writing while japan is fully war.
Iantcd in standing upon her treaty
rights. she viii do well TO remember
That n claim to enter Il ncIghbors
garden is not Il claim that can be
pressed with unrestricted indiGna-
ton" Japanese diplomacy. can hnrdly
press the point to, one of "unrcstrict.
ed Indignation as against treaty
which can easily be arbitratcd as to
its meanings. Japanese Indignation
could be more rightly unrestricted"
ut to 4 law OF the United States. which
! can not be arbitrated anywhere. but
over which anew treaty would, when
adopted, be supreme.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.