The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-29

has on her hands II must be stated
there were great many Russians resid-
ing there who came from America
THESE desiring to escape from the United
states when the prospect of being drafted
into service was pretty good managed
to leave our country with foreign pass-
ports (mostly Russian), tried to get
INTO the interior of Russia, were.turned
BACK at Nladivostok or Hardin and
hna!ly lodged in Yokohama. where they
were making desperate efforts to prove
they were not Russians but Americans
ever producing their first papers and in
some cases their final ones in support OF
their claims
The American Consul was In an en-
oarrassng situation and was Obliged
to regard them as of the status In which
they had left our country-aliens--an
could not give them permission to re-
turn without first cabling to Washing
ton. Several thousand have come to
yokohama In this manner many are
still there.
Dangerous Lot of 500.
The attempts to merge them into the
l'ie OF Japan were various, Some of the
more enterprising gravitated to the
business Of rublc selling and made large
sums OF money in selling rubles to our
hed Cross and army officers en- route to
siberia and selling American dollars to
those OH theit way home. one shipload
or these desperadoes, some 30O-odd on
their way to Japan, forced the captain
OF the ship to send a message OF con-
graduation to the I. W. w. Headquarters
IN Chicago, and kept up a continuous
demonstration. singing revolutionary
songs and holding meetings. declar-
ing themselves against all govern
ment. These are the fellows who
nave congregated in Yokohama and
who have been spoken of by our public
men as awaiting the signing OF the peace
treaty and the removal of passport re-
strIctions that they might return here.
Just how many there arr in all the
| cities of the Orient in this status II
would be difficult to estimate; but il
Yokohama is a sample there must be at
least 5000. Life for the anarchist is
not very promising In Japan: somehow
the people don't seem to welcome such
individuals, and they are chafing under
the enforced good behavior system of the.
Japanese police organization. While this
| has become a real problem for the Japa-
nese. 1t hardly seems Just for us to solve
it by admitting them back here Both
Japan and America would be better Off
Russia, where they could work OF some
| OF their anarcEistic tendencies and ex-
perience life such as they are clamoring
for.
In Japan the workers are very pooi
| and the general unrest is taking hold
and showing itself here and there. If
the people OF America could see the con-
ditions under which the Japanese live,
could realize how cold the average fam
| 10 In vft,eA
view the struggles of the masses and
then understand how happy they arr
and how grateful for n merciful Proyi-
dence which binds their hearts together
into one great family all pulling for the
preservation of the home, the nation and
their traditions. there might be less
abuse and more of the Christian spiri,
manifested toward them.
Theirs is an awful problem the posi-.
| bilittes of livelihood made increas ingly
difficult each year. the cost of commod' +
ties the highest in the history OF Japan
and the population simply too great fol
the territory to support The indomi-
table spirit OF these people has been the
element which has made them progress,
in spite of all hardshipss II has caused
them TO put before the world a Cheerful
front; 1t has prevented them from telling
of their needs OF assistance; Il has un.
the agitator the whip to use on them ir
holding up to the world the spectacle o.
the unconquerable militarist OF the East
In other words the Japanese by al
unwillingness to place himself in the rol,
OF charity seeker anxious to demonstrat,
his acquisition OF western modern eff
cheney, able to earn his support anC
friendship. has unwittingly placed him
self in so glorious a position before TIL
world that the world in turn has come t
fear him. many even going so far as 4
brand him the Hun of the East
Unfair Attacks on Japan.
am not making a plea for pity no
do l suggest a paternalistic attitude
There is before us duty to perform
We should forthwith call the attention
of thinking people-thosc among US VIII
still cherish the qualities of justice an,
fair play-to the fact there is abroad il
this wonderful land of ours a destructiV
force which will rob US of our ideals
our happiness and II undated plung
us into difficulties of n most serious char
acter.
Already this has taken possession o
J some of our brightest minds. Publication
, calling themselves journals OF the Fa
, East have resolved themselves into anti
| japanese institutions they no longer AT
tempt to give US news OF the East w
! are not told one single thing about IN
economic conditions or the trade pros
- poets; we are fed up week, after weeI
: with carefully edited material all de
signed to place Japan in the role of III
robber. the milltarist, the tyrant. tn
/ defaulter the country without honor
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