Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-04
HOW ABOUT JAPANp-IX
From the st. Louis Republ.,
by FREDERIC j. UASKIN

4 llon or thosc we already have with us
On me other hand. the Japanese immi-
grafton would be cut down TO next TO
,othlhS az all. AZ the same time,
FOOTING with the rest OF the world
ana thus their pride would have moth.
ing 10 take ofcnse at The nil of OK
eius'on would go down sugar-coatcd
summary, our Investigators have de-
'otch themselves to discussion OF the
value OF the Japanese IA y residcn,
iheH nave photosra phed him picking
Strawberries. they have complied sta
.is'ica on ms earning capacity and his
treatment OF the soil and his brc.cbo.
OF contract They have anulyzcd III,
poiitical prcjudices. his economic status
anu MS domestic morality. Their con-
c'uslohs arc very valuablc-but we
must not forget that they apply TO tho
problem Of the Japanese In the United
states, not TO the steadily rising pres.
sure or Oriental millions that make the
real immigration problem.
Both Certain of Right.
lhat problem. like the Chinese uue.-
ton, represents d Fundamental comic,
OF policy and principle. II rs a case
"hcre each side sees itself in the ripbt
where each sid. feels that national
! wcil-b"inE, even national exist.nc.
may depend on the triumph OF it's con-
tennon. The Japanese must have room
me United STATS bars the way-must
'H' Wv way III we interests OF self
prcserNa,ioiI--to the very room thev
want
II is II part of the ironic international
tahSlc which brings our broadcast prin-
cio!es INTO conflict with those of Japan
] '.i"r : no ngain even against our will
'hai tie United States should stand
OUT or All the Western nations as the
one with whom this Immigration prob-
lem must be settled. There is much
more land, and land much more thick
~ settled. in the vast British dorninions
or Canada and Australia Obeyiny tho
naturai i."s OF race movement. the
Japanese would turn TO these lands
before they turned TO our Pacific COAT
But complicating the natural laws OF
race movement, stand the British navy
ana the Anglo Japanese alliance More
over The Japanese feel that the Brit.
ISM colonies are only following the
lead OF the United States in the cues
ton OF exclusion: that TO strike thu
root OF the matter they must deal with
II In the United States
An even more natural fold for la.
rancse expansion lies TO the south OF
,E. ir Central and south America, n,
we'll as in hf.xico Japanese arc noyy-
Ing slowly but stcaj:ly into these re-
rcns, where they arc not excluded
/ They have not yet assumed the pro-
portions OF problem. but il seeing In
cvitable that they will What will be
ne up$hot uf such n situationc
The first South American country IN
exclude the Japanese will come into
conflict with Japan. To whom will
South America look for support in tho
unequal conflict? Suppose Japan re.
sorts TO force. What OF the Monroe
doctrine, then?
The collision OF necessity and OF prin-
cipie arises at every turn. The problem
is not one TO settle itself with time
II that calls more ln,,5Iy fo,
settlement as time passes. II is not
only our national problem, II is a
world-problem. Certain 1t is that japan
must find her outlet. She is one OF
the great nations OF the earth; she
must have room to live her lifo and
do her work in the world. On the
other hand, we cannot let the road OF
her destiny lead over tho ruins OF orr
| principles and our institutions. II is
q very real dilemma. and until il l..
solved we must he prepared for any
contingency.