Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-04-29
THE JAPANESE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
An Industrious People, Mind
ing Their Own Business,
Although Imposed on by
Paid Delegates of the La.
Dor Unions.

Paid Delegates of the La
Dor Unions.
(By G. A. Lisle)
To read the eloquent editori-
ais in some of the papers de-
picting the horrors to follow
the invasion of this country
by the Japanese and Chinese,
one might be led to suppose
that California is really in dam
ger of being aborbed by the
Mongolians. The troubl 9
seems to be in the minds Of the
leaders of the various labor
unions who fear that their tat
and easy jobs might be imperil-
ed by the honest and energetic
work done by the little brown
men and women. / have been
on the street where the city
authorities permit the wind
TANNERS of the unions to bawl
out their incendiary and trea.
sonable vaporings to q crowd
of loafers but / have not seen q
Monaghan with the gang!
While the loafers are busy list
ening to this rotten stuff the
little brown people are busy at
useful work. And there is the
cause of the trouble. There
would be no trouble however,
if it we're not for the fact that
the loafers vote and the work
ers do not, because they are
not allowed this privilege.
There is no danger Of this coun-
try ever being seriously injur-
ed by the japanese for they are
industrious and intelligent,
while there ia serious danger in
allowing lazy and ignorant
loafers to congregate on the
streets to listen to the mouth
ings of the enemies Of govern
mant.
In this connection | was very
much interested in an editorial
in "The Japanese American
News" published in San Fran
cisco. The paper is all printed
in japanese except the editori-
ais intended for the readers Of
English. l think the Times
readers will be interested ID
the editorial the same as I have
been and it surely is worth q
careful reading:
Editorial. from the japanese
News, entitled
"The japanese Case in China "
Half q century ago Japan
knew little Of foreign trade,
cared nothing about colonial
expansion, and never bothered
herself about weltpolitik. En-
joying Arcadian peace for al
most three centuries, the Jap
anese were we'll satisfied with
conditions then prevailing in
their tranquil islands.
But the Western Powers
thought that they knew the
business of the japanese much
better than the Japanese knew
it. So they sent formidable
warships to japanese waters
and turning their broadsides to-
ward the defenseless coast, told
the islanders to open the doors.
Especially was the United
States insistent that The Mix
ado should remove the bars put
on her gates chiefly because Of
California commerce which had
suddenly become important ia
in consequence Of the discovery
of gold.
What could the poor Japan
csc do, but obey the stern man
date uttered, as it were, from
the months of the guns? Un-
der such circumstances Japan,
willy-nilly, entered the comfy
of nations. Finding that the
only way to resist further en-.
croachment of the alien in
truders upon her rights was to
equip herself as Europe and
America were equipped, japan
forthwith adopted the ideas
and systems and machinery
which she thought made the
Occidental Powers strong and
powerful. Almost in the
twinkle of an eye the age OF
golden leisure was gone and
The iron age of hurry-scurry
was upon us. From the small
assortment of novelties lin
including fire arms and fire wa
ter) which Commodore Perry
unpacked at Yokohama before