The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

and Bible students. They are good
element in the population. of the
world and very excellent type of
citizen in this country.
The French who have came to this
country are worthy of being classed
with LaSalle, Joliet and Father
Hennipin. Valient defenders of
personal honor. they have had a
strong influence upon the morals and
personal manners of the American
people.
Wherever you go in the United
States you will find Irishmen. No
matter what particular portion of
the country's history you read you
will find that the Irish had hand in
the making of it. OF the Irish in
America Professor Ross of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin says, in the
April Century: 1T Is certain that
no immigrant is more loyal to wife
and child than the Irishman. Out
of nearly ten thousand charity cases
in which wife was the head Of a
family, the greatest frequency of
widowhood and the least frequency
of desertion or separation is among
the Irish. In only 18 per cent. of
the Irish cases is the husband miss
ing; whereas among the Hebrews,
Slavaks, and Lithuanians he is miss-
ing in from forty to fifty per cent.
of the cases.
The Scotchman
1t can be truly said of the Scots
that they have greatly benefited this
country by their example of sterling
personal honesty. This is the prin-
cipal trait of Scot character. We
find more Scots of high integrity
than men of other nationalities. The
history of this country is replete
with the names of Scots of high
character. Andrew Hamilton, Jas.
Otis, Patrick Henry, Witherspoon,
Alexander Hamilton and a host of
other great Americans were Scots.
Carefully analyze the elements
composing the present stream of
immigration and you will fnd but
few components that compare favor.
ably with the earlier class of immi-
grafton.
The Germans. Scandinavians,
Irish, French, Scots and Dutch have
done their full share in making
these United States the greatest,
grandest, noblest country in the
world. They have fought in the
country's wars, pioneered the great
western wilderness. developed the
resources of the country and took
their places with honor in the affairs
of government.
The economic injury the today
type of immigrant inflicts upon the
country is not so important as the
blightlng effect his influence will
have on the future welfare of our
political institutions. Presidential
primaries, election of senators by
direct vote, the initiative and refer
endum and other expansions of the
right of franchise require greater
degree of intelligence and moral in
tegrity than most of the immigrants
possess.
Japanese Question
The states on the Pacific coast are
menaced by tide of Asiatic immi-
grafton. California with splendid
courage has taken the lead in arrest
ing the encroachments of the Asiat-
les. The Japanese are endeavoring
to force the Californians to permit
them to share in the natural wealth
of that great state. They have
made themselves obnoxious. They
even threaten at times to throw
down the gage of battle. Who are
these Japanese? Is there Yellow
Peril? Let us look into this matter.
An examination of a map of the
Eastern Hemisphere. reveals east.
ward off the coast of China group
of islands. The Japanese Islands.
Looking westward off the coast of
Europe we find another group of
islands. The British Isles. Some
what similar in their geographical
relation to the mainland.
The people of the British Isles
have scattered out over the surface
of the world conquering. colonizlne
and establishing governments where
in measure of political freedom
has been perpetuated.
During the long period of time
that the people of the British Isles
were spreading the gospel of free
dom, advancing the frontier of pro-
gress and enlightenment over the
surface of the globe, the people of
Japanese Islands remained inactive