Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-09
FRIEND SEES WAR
!. SHADOW IN EAST
Exclusion Of orientaIs Deemed
Menace by Columbia Uni
yersity Professor
cuINAs EYES TURN TO U. S
RI a stor Correspondent

-. Nav. N. j., July 9.--"1n our
.,.s;on q; the Chinese and Japanese
,.or, our shores lies the ultimate and
last terrible menace OF world conflict
.nd the destruction OF permanent
80 - /" declared J. Russell Smith, pro-
- of industrial geography, Column
~. University, before this morning $
s,ovded session Of the second day OF
A.. rr;erd's general conference on the
uunicipal auditorium pier.
,Jf we believe in this sort Of special
,r,,ilese dependent on force, exclusion
s,r,ied with needless brutality, and are
unwilling to let the Chinese, the Jap
...so and the Hindoos come freely into
sh;s s,t'S country. we belong to the exclusion
..rtv ~. TO the fundamental war party,
pal" nor 10 the fundamental peace
marty" he continued.
".s,be tendencies and temptations
..nJ uar during the next half CEN
,uw .rv are and will be stronger than they
luz luz over been at any time we know,
a. has snite of the fact that wars repulsive-
nsss has never been so great,
1--WE are, of course. opposed TO war,
h,t the trouble is that we have NOT
srficient spirit of self -effacement TO
endure A real brotherhood OF all men.
Too many Of us believe IN specia, privi-
leges. modern imperialism ana o.her
fundamental causes OF war.
CbIns's Eyes Turned Across Pacific
Gland hunger, which has from all
tir,e smashed up the world. is probably
shorner across the narrowing Pacihc.
With those hundreds of millions OF
hungry Chinese crowding their land to
tbe waters edge and looking across to
those mere handsful of white men IN
the United States, British Columbia
and Australia. A.
"on our Pacific coast we see the
love Of racial particularism causing the
white peoples Of the United states to
exclude the Chinese. This is done Tor
the most natural reasons, The simple
living standards of the Chinese, their
law wages. their terrible diligence, have
shown that they can come to Can-
fornia. buy the whole of It. and con :
vert il into an outpost Of Mongolia
that may spread no one knows how far.
"The Indian in America would have
stopped the white men If he could. so
while we can, we stop the Chinese while
they are weak in military power.
1.-THE tendency toward a Chinese
avalanche Is stronger across their border
than the recent avalanche over the Ger :
man boundary, but the Chinese are at
present unorganized.
Question TO BE Faced
,,o g .,,o o,,oo,;o,s uo must face
l. .G Hne y, ,at .ne tbo Cbineso continue n
10 tiis' us. Co.. tbav hoya The he !.
gnnings of a western military system
already-on account on OUT lnposl.ion
and interterencs' or win e,;.;a, le Mt :,
tionai trade anu eauul Vppo,,un,es a.on ,,oaoo "
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iully az nome Ill spi'e Vi '"e '"n0
munger. .,.. r.;.a,, ,;,o;n,os
we pelleVe tna' az .i pu1a X.
are good tor wnat ans !ne ~o.Io' In
Gtudlhg ns ptesrn. ., ntonut, Gsnto o,tnnr
we KNOW .nas tne nat;on h,net'f suor, ,uoy m,a,
was 'ua'rn'ai nrHu h,,t that tha tnnnt;sti,
ior .ns mo'M , ou. ~ nJ os .ho 90 ~
.snsu'I @ sni;a a,heu tne +Ln ' na;nIoss % "onl
tn sVoa f feraant nnnt;,ant anu 'ne p"'n'e'' cup
'".r "Jmnor;ai;sm y" rEI;s ;s bore 70 stav un,ess
49,. anpe' "n 'a.,sa oh IT. h ~ o,a. r g.,
Ub;cb tboro ;s as yot M b;stor;caI nrece =.
don't :
''Tbo Jrr;tod states EpgIard J.nar
and other nowerful nations have firmIy
set their hand m be ruling neonjes and
they are making tbis clearly manifest
~ j.. a." 80 as th or,5 LIE, ~ '""e''
Professor Smith said IL seemed bard
to exclude the Chinese and that It would
be equally as hard to admit them and
live with them. The present situation
he referred TO as the essence of Tac,...,
civilization, =
Basic causes OF war
In a further ANALYSIS of the causes n,
war he mentioned economic jealousies
the struggle for expansion and raw ma :
terial, love of power, group conscious.
ness, ancient hates. and appealed for IN
increase of knowledge about the causes
Of war among all peoples in order that
1t may be more effectively prevented.
brotherhood will solve all the evils