The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03
He distinguishes three grades or shades

He distinguishes three grades or shades
J of assimilation: biological with or with
out intermarriage, ana social assim la
ton. The sharp and permanent racial
difYerentiations in the common UNDER
standing are denied by science. Bio
logical and social evolution have gone
forward through the action OF COM
mon condition, isolating barriers and
long maintained segregation" and the
association fosters the myth OF Identity.
Racial characteristics Of skin color.
shape of head, structure and pigment
Of hair and eyes are one thing. those
Of civilization, morals and religion an
other. The social Inheritance can be
! cancelled by change OF environment.
A little japanese girl brought up in
a California orphanage Inherited neither
the Japanese language nor Japanese
patriotism. but became q thoroughgo-
Ing little American. In order that In
termarriage may be happy and fruitful
it should be postponed until social as
similation has been achieved.
But after all the question Are the
Japanese assimilable?' touches only one
side Of the matter. The decisive Ques-
ton Is: Can we assimilate the Japan
ese--and do We want tot Are we
under any obligation 80 to do? IL
California's answer the right one? Is
the anti-Asiatic agitation on the coast
even fairly representative Of the views
Of the entire population of that region
The yellow Peril in a military sense
Is branded as an illusion. Will exclu-
sion of Asiatic immigration result In a
storming Of the closed gates by a united
Asian force? The solidarity Of the East
IL a fiction. There are mutual antipa-
thies among Oriental peoples no less,
intense than those that prevail In Eu-
rope. There will be no Pan-Aslatic
Alliance until there is threat from a
Pan-Aryan Federation. Repetition of
the great barbarian invasions are i'm
possible under the physical conditions
| OF modern warfare. Even should japan
be able to sweep our navy from the
western seas, she has not the means
to invade the States with any hope of
success.
Territorial aggression II sometimes
adduced as a possible motive for Jap
anese attack, and Japan might con-
ceivably be lured to the attempt II
we had a western frontier somewhere
in the interior OF the continent. But
war with the United States would re-
quire initial borrowings Of appalling
magnitude, and the loss Of American
trade would cause great distress in
Japan. Japan's growing population IL
one prop of the Yellow Peril idea. DR..
Gulick thinks advanced standards OF
living will have the same effect upon
population In the East that they have
had in the West. And he sees no rea-
son for apprehension of Oriental usur-
patton OF Industrial supremacy. while
I Asia IL painfully learning what We are
now doing, We shall be advancing to
new attainments." The basis OF white,
nay Of Teutonic" supremacy is not
| the machinery with which II now oper-
ates. but the continuance of the same
superiority In invention from which
/ the superiority In equipment is de-
1 rived. Coming from SO we'll qualified
an observer. there Is food for thought
in the statement that Japan has ac-
complished in many lines less than is
commonly supposed; that she Is to-
day recognizing with keen d!sappont-
ment the fact that her facility in copy
ing mot in a limited mechanical sense
only Is not matched by ability to as
simulate principles. White" suprem-
acy itself did not arise from war and
/
and industry world system is deve-
oping in which the East is to have
its part and the West must adapt
Itself to the reorganization. However,
that International community of which
so much is h ard nowadays makes pre-
carious progress. and the gentle real
ization OF the dream may be rudely
interrupted.
A few years ago Japanese educa,o ore
examined students who had been edu-
Gated abroad with a view 10 ascertain
ing the effect OF their experiences on
their patriotism. II was found that
those who had studied in Europe re-
turned to Japan confirmed in their
patriotism and highly critical OF other
lands while those VINO had been I'm
this country Praised II and critic sed
the homeland. So Japan has it's White
Peril. II these "pcrils' are illusions
they are paradoXically real. because
International illusions are distinctly
dangerous.
AS a programme for the new Orien
tai policy" he longs 10 see, Or. Guilck
suggests restriction OF immigration
from any land i'm each year 10 "A per
Centace of those from that land who are
already naturalized American citizens
including their American born children.
plus all who have an education equiva-
lent 10 that given in our high schools
a bureau ot allen registration and edu-
cation: direct Federal responsibility for
all legal and legislative matters in
which aliens as such are Involved. a
national commission 20 study and re-
port on assimilation OF immigrants
regulation OF International news. and