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made Ambassadors. The yellow
peril" formerly "A meaningless phrase.
now began to excite apprehension.
Some cursed us because We were a
warlike people. Others even suspected
that the army and navy which VIC had
prepared for our own defence would
De used to carry out "a policy of agrees
sion. Some nations began to cast
obloquy upon Ms. Among the nations
the change of attitude on the part of
America was especially Significant.
America has been our friend for dec
AIDES. and the relation between us
was very friendly indeed. The Ameri-
cans especially offered their sympathy
TO us when We were lighting with RUS
STA.
But the rapid development Of our
country since the war with Russia has
become the cause of thcr- envy. or
perhaps our policy does mot harmon
ize with their own. Their former attt-
tude Of sympathy a suddenly
changed into one of envy and su4pi-
cion. They tav rudely insulted u
and cursed us for a warlike people.
They say that We are a menace on the
Pacific ocean.
The yellow peril" is now becoming
q japanese peril" The. Washington
Government suddenly Increased IT.
naval strength under the guise Of pro
lection for its Pacific Islands. They
strongly urged the importance Of has
,ening the completion OF the Panama
Canal. japanese studeras were FOR
hidden to attend their schools. and
japanese immigration wss declared .
he unconstitutiona under the laws OF
the State Of California. al because, -
they say. OF our racial inferiority.
They showed their hos tile attitude
toward us on almost every possible
occasion. The construction Of the
Panama Canal was therefore FASTENED.
The American navy was enlarged. In
fer.or to ours before the Russo-Japa-
nese war, i, now became almost twice
as large. By one act She became As
strong a. Germany in naval power n
now ranked in second place among The
world Powers.
Moreover. a large military post was
erected at Pearl Harbor, sn the Hawai-
AN Islands. The ports of the Philip
pines have been strongly fortified. es-
pec.ally At C"rrcridor. Important
ports have also 'hepn created on the
iSl.ndS of GS'in and Samoa.
Meantime the attitude of the .Amcri-
can people and their officials has daily
become worse. Tn" insults and OPP
preston hoaryd upon our people IN
California have been most cruel. Some
Of the law c"ur;, have even ordered
that those Japanese Mn w"r" killed
Toy trdmW4yS u. railroads should Ice
compensated for As if they were so
many eats or dogs. ieCasisr the ,Japa-
mes" there htd No municipal rights
and could not hc treated as ordinary
human beings in the eyes Of the law.
Furthermore. according t. the state
ments of professional students of the
law the newly raised question of land
ownership rights Of our people in that
country ~ obviously contrary to the
AmeriCan-Japancs" treaties. The
rights OF uur l,uul. already obtained
through treaties are t. be ,tolen from
Us, America sixty wears ago com
p-llcG US with force of gul.s and
swords to open the door for them to
come in, entirely against our ~people's
Will. llut now tAev are trying to
lock M thoir own country and drive
as away. vthnu; any legitimate
reason.
The ,;uvovnur IF calrnrnUa declared
orcn'v ON tho da on which this same
irl MS passcd \ its Leg Stature. "
ar. now abl, 10 ,Nu.l the w,rlike bsr-
hlrians." II Was in Iced an insult to
our lmnerjal Government and "A
breach of international c,ialIette. I.
: now evident that the much pro-
claimed principles of "Liberty. free.
dom. ~iehtcousu.ss and humanity"
are an more theories
AmoricaIs have invaded other M.
tons with cunning methods or high
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