The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-18
CONTINUED From cur Last Issuel
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Now I como 10 my last chapter
and see IL nehulous before me
stretching before me like tho days
which must come before tho end.
before the end when ! shall finish
my little tale, And I find myself
able 10 say:
'tor unto me the book OF Fate was
never weary, never stale
My trembling fingers only wait 90
turn the page and close the
tale.
Thank God Tor that. thank God
FOR that"
Very clevcrly Mary had arranged
that the news Of the Jap spy plot
should como upon tho country like
clap of thunder-and that Il
should appear in every newspaper
simultaneously. which last was no,
difficult.
And like thunder IL was-with the
lightning following the thunder.
have said that We won the war
without hlling, and that is true.
But there were some killed. altho
we had nothing 20 do with the XIII.
ings. except In the indirect way OF
hGing responsible for tho news OF
sfhe spy plot Lynchlnss are not
nice matters about which TO write,
Mostly. people read their papers
with feelings OF shame. Except on
the Pacific Coast. that Is. on tho
Coast the attitude was that Of told
you so. For years these people had
been fighting against the Jap men.
ace. and as hard 10 fight, II not
harder. had been the indifference OF
the rest OF the country. When
California protested against tho
sitting OF grown Jap men on the
same school bench as their little
girls. the rest OF the purhlind coun'
try thought Il joke: and when
the Coast states passed laws agains,
the laps holding land. tho rest OF
the country said that the 'greed''
OF the Coast people would before
long involve America In war with
Japan.
And now all that the Coast had
predicted and fought against had
come true. But what a difference,
Whereas II tho Jap matter had
been handled properly years before
when the Coast first began the agi.
tatlou Il could have been settled
more or less easily and without IN
due suffering to the Japs them.
selves. now Il meant the eviction
OF a nation-two.thirds OF which
had been born In America. For
the same lack OF brains that had
failed to see the Jap menace years
before now reacted as X might be
expected to net. There was no mid.
mo course. And altho this course
agreed with the plans OF Mary.
for one-and there were many OF
us-eonsidercd IL too drastic. Be-
cause stunned almost By the roar
that rose from the country. the
president was compelled to so be-
fore congress. And this was what
occurred:
An ultimatum was sent 10 Japan,
as follows;
All japanese In the United States
or her possessions must leave Al
once. The time allowed for this
departure to wherever The japanese
government may decide shall be
such time as ~ necessary for en-.
barkatlon. and no longer A lenieut
Interpretation win DO given 10 the
word embarkation. which time shall
depend upon, available shipping. Yet,
II there Is to be found one Jap,
either American or Jap born. OF
one half.breed OF Jap blood-ii
within 80 days from the Issuance
Of this utimatum any such shall
be found in America. exclusive OF
tho ambassadorial staff. war shall
be considered as declared"
And In the meanwhile America
prepared for war with all the sx
petition used against Germany. And
japan and the world at last and for
once saw the United States was In
deadly earnest. The guest within
/our borders had been found TO be =
disease germ. planning 10 ruin US
as so many had long believed: and
this germ must go.
II Japan wanted fight America
was ready. and rather than allow
even one OF this deadly and treach
erous breed TO remain in America
America would fight-to the last
man and the last cent
And Japan, after voluble protest
backed down, and the work of de