The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-13

Justice behind their demands, ana
seneraliy a mob Is easily frightened.
The men with Hammond we're alto
rether different That they had JUS
t,ce With them they knew beyond
question. and they could not 10
frightened. And the county officials.
who were no fools. f0rcsceing some
thing OF tho sort and realizing that
no troops would have an easy Job
altho the troops. called the National
Guard san. were all OF japanese de-
scent and could be depended upon by
the offieials-had arranged to cir
cnmvent the men OF the Legion
HE Ia not here asserted the
sheriff with quiet emphasis.
That's a iiei- shouted chorus
-lf l open tho door and allow a
committee chosen by you to search
the Jail. will you promise me that
you will not hborate any other pris-
cners. or start a rough house ?" aues-
toned the sheriff.
Hell. mol" shouted enc impetuous
person
shut upi- commanded Hammond,
"Boys." ha went on. its not this
Guy's fault N what no says a true.
II simply means that other tina
county bosses guessed what We were
going 10 do. or else someone gave ua
away. We're pretty certain that Il
wasn't the last. 30 it must have been
the first Now. TIA no uss pulling
any rough stun. n Carlson isn't
hsra We didn't come bore fox that
purpose. Am l rightr-
SURE shouted tho men
Then I viii choose six men. who
win so into tho jail with me and
look. The shsriff don't mean any
funny work. but you men can stick
around Just ~ IL hs did. | believe
he's telling the truth: because there
wouldn't be any ssnse In bis inviting
~ into the jail n he wasn't And II
they've whiaked young Carlson away
70 Lind or Connei. or maybe Ephrata.
re no use us trying to mad him.
Because we cannot search every jail,
and thsy'd be ready for IN ~ ws
tnsd to. Am ! rtghtT
Again the chorus OF assent
90 Hammond chose SIX Of his
fssndA and the sheriff opened thu
dcors Of the jail without argument.
hut Jack Carlson was not there.
where hs Was the sheriff would
naturally not tell. and the men OF IN.
y Lesion. being Just. dsd not sry 10
s6mpsi him They recognized tho
4 fAct Il his b~iug merely . pawn In
u gamA . COG IN the machine: ono
Who hssd his lob because hs did what
- 49, to,A what Takahira ordsred.
let's appeal TO washinxtoni de-
uandsd che axaspsratsd Individual
Al this thsrs Was . laugh Appeal
- washinston--to the pre1dsnti
About . county CASH Yet the sort
q hopeless feeling that prompted the
rsmark--a remark akin 20 that Of
- child Who crfss ttag n VIII tell
~ fnfhsr - nmned perhaps bstter
nan anything sles could havs done
~ situation IN the state For tho
STATE was bsassn- The citizsns Of Jap
anses descent controlled n absolutely.
fhs dream Of the sippsr Of to had
come trua. 20 far ~ that part OF the
Uu1ted States vas concerned
Ana yet In spite Of the natural
animocty Of white men exiled. ~ u
ware, from their rights. II had 20 Be-
admitted that in general these citi-
sers Of Oriental descent worked the
land a. wall. and TO its benefit. a.
white men could have done. Only
when the gresd for lAnd--ths orders
from Japan---ciashed with notions Of
good citizenship did men IKE old
Takahira forget ali Notions OF ethics.
And he was compelled 10. Inbred In
him. Hike . religion. was his fidelity
TO his emperor. II II well TO look on
both sides Of whatever We wish to
understand
So. helpless. the men who had re-
sponded TO the appeal Of Hammond.
who had come to rescue Jack Carl
Nnou, disbanded. and went back TO
their homes. OF courss Jenkins. NJ
Jacks attorney. could demand knowi-
edge Of his whsreabouts: but he
could not do that In the middle Of
ths night: whsis from the legal side
he had TO admit that the sheriff had
done the right thing. Mob law was
not law. however justified that mob
might BE-. Even II Jenkins had
known the truth--known that Uren
Takahira was not dead--ths proof OF
this. by producing him alive In court,
was the legal remedy. And Jenkins
knew nothing Of this He believed
that Uren was really dead. or the
plot 10 get the last two whites Off the
land only Mary Hammond had re-
somewhat sarcastic George bad
guessed something of the motive.
And 20 Il seemed 70 Jacks friends
that his case was hopeless. Jenkins
would tight 70 the last ditch; but his
trouble was that his first ditch
looked a. II II was his last All the
evidence pointed 70 the truth Of the
accusation There was only Mary
Hammond TO give evidences In favor
Of the accused. and her evidence was
- slim a. to be negligible. Besides.
she was his sweetheart. And yet.
wnen Hammond reached home and
reported the failure OF the men Of the
Legion, the girl did not seem "a do
~fressed as she had been before the
attempt to rescue Jack had been
made Indeed. she was almost cheer
fuI. Her intuition comforted her.
Ana 1t might be well for oil Of us 70
pay more attention to that great sea
o. Intuition that surrounds us. than
20 haughtily 70 take our stand on
the tiny islands OF our experience.
Daddy" she exclaimed. as Ham
rnond kissed her. II feel much better
about Jack. After I said my prayers
something came 70 me" She hesi-
tated with that innate shyness which
comes 70 the surface when one would
speak Of things racred. But she
wanted 70 share her feeling Of com