The Delta independent., 1919-04-11

of the trench very deep to hide myself
in And don't have to consume two
pounds of beef steak at one time to
keep me going nor will it take SO
many yards of cloth to keep myself
in comfortably and so, in a word, I'm
built economically small and believe
that can live up to the very motto
of war time, that is, saving. So econ
omically speaking. a tall chap can't
stand very much show for saving with
out comprising himself and and he
can't help but feel i'll at ease and un-
comfortable too. So the dimension OF
ones physical constitution does not
prevent him from becomintmandrofec
prevent him from naturalizing him.
self as hyphenated American. II not
by statutory privision which prohibits
some particular kind of foreigners
from taking out naturalization papers.
! NV people being classified as branch
of the Mongolian race by many Amer
lean authorities come within federal
statute of this country which prohibit
us from being admitted to the citizen
ship of the United States. A very
noted English anthoropologist by the
name of Sir Ashton made a great mis-
take very detrimental to our people
when he stated that we are of the Mon
golian race. Captain Brinkley. we'll
known historian of the Far East, de-
MED that we are of the race that in
habit the interior part of Mongolia and
our historians and anthoropologists
are silent on this racial question ex-
cept that we are kind Of Dukes
mixture of both oriental and occidental
races, and so the question is still un-
settled But the race question Is not
so vital as to settle the superiority or
inferiority of our nation and we think
that our race is just as good as any.
other The league of nations proposed
by President Wilson and heralded
from one end of the world to the other
and sanctioned by every leading ma
ton. must of necessity interfere with
every nation to remove whatever the
statutory provision based upon the
racial problems and the democracy
must be supported by every human
being all over the world. making the
war impossibility.
While the whole nation is discussing
the propriety of the league of nations.
we have witnessed the queer phenom-
enon right here in this state. One OF
my most esteemed friends advised us
to buy some real property in this part
of the country so that we can stay
here and be successful in our under
taking But few days after this kind
advice, I saw in one of the Denver
papers that bill was introduced to the
State House of Representatives. af-
fecting the amendment of a certain
passage of state constitution as regard
real estate and its interest. under
stood that this bill was soley
aimed at our people in the Arka- -
Valley to eliminate them or cleck
their future growth. do not care
much about making comment upon
what motive this bill was introduced
to the house thus all OF sudden. but
in the very bottom. there may have
been a dastardly feeling of racial pref
udices against our farmers in the val
ley. Overlooking population of n
nation must find its exit for the sur
plus. Hence the immigration. Men
want equilibrium, and immigrants pour
in from the thickly populated nation
into whatever nation that has room
enough to receive them and 1t is but
very natural phenomenon and men
are unable to check this on-rushing
tide of human procession. One must
live as long as life lasts. One might be
successful in excluding particular
kind of people at first, but in the end.
the survival of the fittest shall claim
its own even though the war may be
conducted slowly against them in
peaceful ways such as enacting laws
whose purport and province is to dis
criminato certain others. And still.
the time will come soon when the
racial problem can no longer be a
question and universal fraternity
reigns all over the world and men can
enjoy their Heaven-sent privileges
without hindrances. Under the hypoth-
esis, that Is, II I'm an American. and
given a seat in the House. shall en-
deavOr to show the world what stuff
the real Americans are made of and
try to give an equal opportunity right
and privilege to these people whose
mother country had Joined the Cru
sade OF the Twentieth Century togeth-
er with her friendly nation. the United
States.
But believe l have stepped out Of
my topic. and have lost my track l
have no qualifications as yet to talk OF
the political law nd discuss upon its
Legislative wisdom. so ] had better
TO talk about something else under the
hypothesis. II I'm an American. I'd
like to make a little remark to the
fashion-mongers OF this country for