The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
JAPANESE THINKER
FOR RACE BARRIERS
Hits Prejudice at Republican
Club-ApprOves Watch
ing Nations Doors.
NEGRO SPEAKS BITTERLY
Says His People Can No Longer
Depend Upon Even the
Supreme Court.

The Republican Club had speakers from
talent AT it's Saturday discussion In the
clubhouse on West Fortieth street yester-
, day.
The subject was How Can Race Preju.
3. dice BE Dispelled and the Spirit OF
Brotherhood BE Made TO Prevail In Amer
lear
DR.. Toyokichi Iycnaga, professor Of his
tory AT Chicago University, evoked
much applause when he gave new YER
sion OF the feeling Of the Japanese people
In regard to prejudice in this country
against oriental peoples
Race and religion are the barriers that
separate man from man." he said. when
We were fighting against the Russians
they called us yellow pagans' The term
/, exactly expressed the two ideas which the
Russians believed differentiated them
from the foe.
Thinks Prejudice Strongest Here.
Race prejudice IL far more pronounced
IN America than among Europeans. This
- but natural. because OF the bitter ex-
n perience they have had In the past.
cans. Still less is IL the monopoly OF the
Californians. II has existed among the
Greeks. Hebrews. Japanese and other
peoples. l am inclined to think Il IL a
God given instinct to preserve the purity
OF blood In a race.
There is an inequality among races
AZ there is an inequality among individ-
uals. II is but just that a strong race
should guard itself against deterioration
and that the stock should not be de-
graded.
Approves Racial Safeguards.
"Who can blame Americans for enact
Ing proper legislation for the purpose of
protecting their race. their civilization
against the dregs OF European or Asiatic
peoples
Il am fully convinced that the Japa-
nese, race Is In every respect on par
with the white man, but the simple fact
OF the existence of difference in race
between them makes me welcome the die
tum Of eN-President Roosevelt df may
he permitted to utter that name here
without giving offence) that a japanese
emigration ON large scale should he
avoided AS matter of fact. there is
now no such emigration whatever.
above all. let us remind ourselves that
we are living IN new era. Since the
dawn of history. all the nations OF the
world meet for the first time face to face.
The various efforts to unite the world
have hitherto proved failures.
81 was only When the Franks and
Anglo Saxons. following the brutal in
s;inct OF the Mongols looted and sacked
the summer palace Of the Chinese En-
perpr in 1860 that out Of the ashes there
gradually rose the spiritual temple Of
worlds Intercourse with the four hundred
millions of China. II was only when the
Americans. after they had peoped this
vast continent, spanned the Pacific and
knocked at the door Of Japan that this
once hermit nation was brought into the
family Of nations. II was only after
Japan. with her awakened energy.
demonstrated her ability 10 cope against
mighty Russia that there began to dawn
upon the world the consciousness OF It's
oneness
Negro speaks utterly.
Butler r. Wilson OF Boston. a negro.
said that none had suffered more from
race prejudice than his people. and none
had seen less OF the spirit OF brotherhood
Such prejudice followed his people from
the cradle TO the grave. Congress the
President and the Supreme Court Of the
United states that used TO stand guard
over the negro can no longer he relied
upon by the black man, he said.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulman. rabbi
OF Temple Bethel. opened the discus
sion.
Among the other speakers were Thomas
Hughes. general secretary Of the Inter-
collegiate Cosmopolitan Club; Prof. II. c.
Mel. u. s.. LII. r.. Chinese, and sec
rotary OF the China Society of America
and the Rev. william Carter.