Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-24
PACIFIC COAST IS PUZZLED
 REGARDING STAND HARDING
 WILL TAKE ON JAP ISSUE

This incident Is now being recalled out here by -some to prove" that President-elect Harding has no we'll defined Japanese program already mapped out.
 Believing the influence of President Roosevelt is still upon the C.. O. P, both sides to the Japanese contro- versy are now searching the sayings of the immortal Teddy for a grain of cheer. So far it has been a draw, or very nearly a draw, though the pro- Japanese claim Roosevelt was on their side.
 Roosevelt's Message
 America and Japan, by Col Theo- dore Roosevelt" is pamphlet which Wm. D. Wheelright, of the Oregon state child'S welfare board and one of the most enfluential men in the northwest. is using in his fight for the Japanese.
 Doesn't any sane man know that Japan's friendship is the best asset we can have in the Orient" Roose- welt is quoted as saving in 1918 when he told of persistent attacks" on the Japanese by means of propaganda. The message" as he called the con- tents of the pamphlets, was written to counteract these attacks.
 "A good understanding between her (Japan) and the United States Is es- f sential to international progress. Roosevelt declared. and 1t is a grave offenSe against the United States for any man by word or deed to leopard 'ize this good understanding" And again: K
 "One of the cardinal principles of our foreign policy should be to secure and retain her (Japan's) friendship. respect and good will. There is not the slightest real necessity for conflict of interest between the United States and Japan in the Pacific"
 Opponents Quote T. R.
 Leaders of the Exlusion League of California likewise quote Roosevelt, out of his autobiography, 1;
 There has always been strong feeling in California against the i'm migration of Asistic laborers," said Roosevelt. T believe this to be fun. damentally sound and must be insist. ed upon. and yet which can be insist ed upon in such a manner and with such courtesy and such sense of mu- tual fairness and reciprocal obligation and respect as not to give any just sense of offense to Asiatic peoples. In the present state of the worlds progress it Is highly inadvisable that people in wholly different stages of civilization, or of wholly different types Of civilization. even although both are equally high. shall be thrown into intimate contact. k
 This is especially undesirable when there is difference in both race and standard of living" \
 Old View Revived
 lnasmuch as the feeling is strong among chambers of commerce. busi- ness men and many others on the coast that Harding may borrow a leaf from his illustrious predecessor in the c. O. F., the following. much quoted out here nowadays, has re-beoome news:
 The Japanese" wrote Roosevelt. would not tolerate the intrusion into their country of a Nass Of Americans who would displace Japanese in the business of the land. I think they are entirely right in this position. l would be the first to admit Japan has the absolute right to declare on what terms foreigners shall be admitted to work in her country America has. in insisting that the Japanese should not come thither in masses, that there and must insist upon. the same right.
 The people of California were right should be no influx of laborers, or small tradesmen-in short, no mass settlement or immigration"
 Here it is believed. may he the key to the Japanese policy of the inconh ing administration.