Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-28
PROBLEM OF KEEPING
JAPS OUT IMPORTANT
Golfers Weekly Points Out That 1t Is
International in Scope and Is
Live Subject.
MISTAKE TO LET IN MEN
WHO CANNOT BE AssIMILATED
ONLY way is to Pass Laws and heep
Them Out, and Thus Protect Future
Generations.

The question involved IN Ihe 0
4o,;o anti.alien land law is not Tor
+odav alone. 1t is for generations to
come. It is not a japanese question:
svr;an and Armenian question. II
ia not a matter of the United states
alone. 1t is Canadian question, al
Australian question, South American
ouestion, a Mexican question, South
African question, New Zealand que''
tion.
II is a world question. 1t IS a ques'
ton for all time. ,,,
II ia the local outcropping OF the
greatest of world problems-the nd
die of the intermingling Of races
II cannot be settled on the narrow
pasis of any treaty with Japan, nor on
the local basis of opinion in California
nor the feelings of the people OF all
the states on the Pacific Coast
II ought not to be adjusted by the
people of the United States in ignof'
ance, nor prejudice, no with refereDcs
to political platforms, nor the demand
for cheap labor.
II cannot be lightly sighted off 1t
is an irresponsible struggle. 1t Will
persist for ages. Its complexities and
its menace are bound to become nearer
and more menacing as every invention
in transportation and every advance in
commerce brings white men and brown
men and yellow men into closer and
closer contact with each other.
There are certain principles Of right
and wrong which enter into it, These
must be studied. They should be can
vassed in Washington, Toxic, Peking,
Calcutta, Delhi, Melbourne, Sydney,
Cape Town, Johannesburg, New YORK,
London. The final adjustment, if one
can be arrived at, must be made with
reference to these principles Of right
and wrong.
Wrong Way to Approach Question
Let us consider the attitude of Japan
in the premises. The Japanese are a
fine and strong people. They are very
proud, just as we are very proud. They
have Just as much reason to be proud
as we have They have a very ancient
and splendid civilization. They are
poets and artists and scientists They
have a fine system Of ethics, and some
virtues which they can teach us. II
patriotism, in enterprise, in efficiency
all along the line of modern life, they
compare favorably with all other peo
pies. They are not inferior to us--let
that be admitted at the outset. sC
long as we act with reference to then
on the theory that they are inferior
we shall be in the wrong, They thinl
themselves superior TO us. We thinl
ourselves superior to them. That is tn,
natural attitude Of the mass of the peo
pie of every land. But in the las
analysis the japanese win be entitle,
to the verdict that they are just o
able, just as efficient and just as goo
as we are.
Necessity for Homogeneity.
What reason can we find, then, 70
making laws which will tend to kee
the Japenese out' Let us see wha
our destiny is and how it must b
worked out, determine what our prol
lens are, and see what effect the il
coming of the Orientals would have o
our affairs;
We of the great Caucasian nation
especially the Engish.speaking nation
have unreservcdly committed ourselv,
to the theory of democracy. We a
more and more accepting democracy
the natural order of things. We ha,
very dreadful problems to work o.
through the instrument Of the ballC
The ballot rests on equality Of right
Of more or less common views al
common interests among the peop
Voting is species Of conferen,
Minds meet and settle questions
elections no less than in town me,
ings.
A democracy is people who reas
together and express their decisions
their votes II they do not speak I
same language, IL there exists a gre
body of matters on which they canr
comdrto mutual understanding, II (
mental gap between great tactic
among them is too great to be bridg
II for any reason there exists any
reconcilable antagonsm among the
II great bodies Of them are in ecouor
warfare, tho democracy cannot exist
That is why we are already in 81
deep difficulties with our democ.a
We have many antagonistic class
We have trying times ahead II
suro TO be hard for MS to weather
storms which these problems will &
crate, The labor question, the tr
question, the growing problem Of ia
teuantry, the amalgamation of the u
lions of European immigrants, the
domption OF our backward populat