South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-22
START TWELFTH
SEASON TUESDAY
Knife and Fork Club Hold Aus
plCiOuS Opening at the
Oliver Hotel.

Members Of the Knife and Fork
club opened their twelfth season at
the oliver hotel Tuesday night. Or.
Smaller Matthews OF Chicago univer-
sity. and James A. Schermerhorn.
editor Of the Detroit Times. were
the speakers OF the program a. r.
Erskine president Of the club and
POSTMASTER Of the evening an
nOunced that the club opens the sea-
son with "A mem bership Of 700. The
POSTMASTER made a plea for the lo-
cal welfare drive and urged all
memb ers of the Knife and Fork
club 10 attend the meeting Of all
clubs OF the city at the oliver to-
day. Rev r. Everett Carr.
vicar If ST. James church. asked
the Invocation Messick's orchestra
furnished music during the dinner
In discussing The United States
in the orient" Dr. Mathews traced
in detail the histories Of China and
Japan and the problems arising over
immigration laws. He said in part.
Pride I'm History.
We can take pride in our dip
lomatic history with the Orient II
was our tact backed by guns that
opened that nation 10 MS and the
western world 10 was Commodore
Perry who won the respect and adj
miration Of Japan for the United
States
1T was Representative Townsend
Harris who proved reliable and
conscientious councillor to Japan in
the early stages OF our trade.
Japan. always appreciative OF
Services. now seeks the friendship
of the United States and nothing
more. As an Illustration of this
when the United States was at war
in 1868 and when that war was con
cIuded the United States owed an
indemnity Of $500 900 10 Japan and
when this indemnity was repaid i'm
1889 with interest the diplomatic
relations were assured
Feeling Against Orient
The spec ker traced in detail the
feeling OF the United States against
the Orientals and cited an example
of their belief OF our imperiaHstic
tendencies when we took the Phil
ippines. These stories OF the Inn
perialistic tendencies of the United
States were possibly fostered by Ger
man propaganda in Japan in 1918
Ia. He said however. that hotl.
China and Japan have looked to the
United States as big brother.
In speaking OF the relations of
China and Japan ne said. The first
differences between China.and Japan
arose in the nineties over Korea. But
after the settlement OF these dinicul-
Ties Japan never gave the world an
idea Of her militaristic prowess UNI
til 1894"
In speaking OF the immigrs ton
question and the legislation Of 1918
"a in the United States the speaker
took occasion to say that the dem
ocrats forgot the states right pro-
viso and sent the silver mouthed
Bryan TO discuss proper legislation
lie admitted however that real
legislation was finally enacted.
Want Equal Rights
Japan" ne continued. wants 10
he treated the same as Great Britain
" any bAIlfi IAllOl. AUtA Go not
care about our immigration laws
only. i'm those laws. we must not
discriminate against them. 10 has
now reached the point OF am issue
and We cannot leave the immiEra-
ton law tn IT'S present form. IT we
are Co be a melting pot VIC must say
what Kind or metal must bc melted
I'M our melting pot
When the war of 1910 broke out
Japan through the treaty with Eng
land entered the war and captured
chou Chow and claimed the Ger
man possessions i'm China China
entered the war and claimed AN of.
rho concessions given Germans and
Joined the side of the allies.
Return Shantung.
Japan. in 1915. agreed with
china to return Shantung To China
provided She was given absolute
possession of German concessions