The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-29

Jdpdu. MOSl LII tue WHtLcS WuOSt
 homes bordef on the Pacific ocear
 have been forced to protect them
 selves from Japanese immigration
 British Columbia excludes Japanese
 much more vigorously than We do
 and Australia will not have them
 True Canada and Australia adopted the only proper procedure, that based on treaties, to do what California and Washington later were forced to dc for themselves by the American gov. ernment's indifference and refusal
 but it was done thoroughly
 Ard the argument used by these whites has a similarity that makes white opinion unanimous. We have all advanced the very good economi- cal reason that the Japanese, with lower standards of living and lower requirements for living. must not be permitted to compete with whites who have higher standards and re- quirements else the whites would either be driven from. their own land 5 or else be dominated by foreigners who have no right to hold us in sub l jection.
 They Discriminate, Too
 The fact that Japan does not per init an influx of Chinese and Ko- reans although the racial relation be- tween them is infinitely closer than with the whites, has sometimes been used as an argument in favor of the restriction of Japanese immigration here At the very least it is used as an answer to the Japanese when they open the subject to debate.
 You discriminate against us" the Japanese says And the American reply is: "Yes, but you discriminate against the Chinese and Koreans" There are those who argue that this is beside the point. that the thing under discussion is American exclusion of Japanese and not Japan csc exclusion of Chinese and Ko- reans.
 To be true, here is a point of view that is not without it's logic. We. do exclude the Japanese and that ex- clusion is an issue between us. The other is not. But we must not forget that the reason that prompts our ac- tion is the same reason that prompts the Japanese action. Our farmers can no more compete successfully with the Japanese. than the Japanese farmers can thrive in competition CSrtv nd for the same reasons. We do add that the Japanese will not assimilate with us and that we do not want him to assimilate with us. There is no such argument open for the Japa- nese.
 Thus, Japan not only recognizes the impossibility of forcing the open door in our country for her peoples, but she does not want, the door to open.
 These are some of the economic aspects of the question. There is, too. an interesting political feature of the whole matter that should not be overlooked by us.
 The California question is chiefly useful to Japan as a means of ob- taining decisions in other matters, and for purposes of laying a smoke screen to obscure policies and tac- tics in other directions. as we'll as for whipping Japanese public opinion into such a state of patriotism that actualities are lost sight of, and any demand made is readily and en- thusiastically accepted and granted.
 |,,.. s4 Reveal shrewdness
 Japan used the question of racial equality, with a shrewdness at Yer sailles that it was almost uncanny, to obtain her concessions of Shan tung. Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda had won a notable victory in committee by vote of II to 6 that guaranteed "the maintenance of the principle of the equality of nations and of the just treatment of their nationals" or racial equality said in another way.
 declared that the Japanese had lost m the ground that unanimous ap- provaI was required The delegates from Tokyo did not press the matter but it became evident later that they had ;. won a strategical advantage when they presented their Shantung demands. s AZ
 President Wilson alone opposed the Japanese demands, for Shantupg, while "Clemenceau and Lloyd George. embarrassed by their consciousness of the secret treaties, suggested post. ponement and delay" 1t is recorded. It was then that the council was pre- scented with the ultim3tum that either President Wilson withdraw his nuuQsitton to the IapaneSe grab of