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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Idaho shipped I41 cars produce
out of state during week ending June
2.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Mrs. c. A. Stevens entertained at
dinner last Sunday for her whole fam
lily, the following being present: Mr.,
and Mrs. Arthur Stevens, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Reeb, Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ny Barber and Mrs. j. ], Jaggers.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Miss Helen Scott, teacher of Eng
fish in the Mountain Home High
School, left Wednesday for Seattle,
where she will visit a short time with
friends before going to Berkeley, CAL,
where she will attend the University
Of California for the summer.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Twin Falls Amalgamated Sugar
Co. distributes checks totaling s22,-
OO0 to local farmers as advance pay
ment of 70 cents per ton,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Miss Esther Pence arrived home
from Salt Lake City last Friday,
where she had been attending col
lege.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-06-16

Elville wilkins, accompanied by
Miss Ada Mckee and f. C. Delap, mo-
tored to Boise Wednesday on bust
ness interests.
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
RANCE EsNDANGERS WORLD PEACE"
the Parliament and the
People Are Fanatically Determined
to Go Through With Their Great
MILITARY Adventure

said that the Premier could not
now turn back IL he wished-that
Parliament would unhorse him.
Behind these two forces--the
Administration and the Parlia-
ment-cut off by the barrage rep
resented by their control Of ma
ticnalistic publicity, the small tax
payer maintains his simple faith
in military solutions.
After the war the peasants were
assured that taxes would not be
raised, since Germany would be
obliged to pay. They have never
forgotten this. and as the taxes
have mounted. while Germany
failed to pay, their anger has In
creased. They have laid every
thing to the politicians. When /
left Europe the French people
were saying, III the politicians
would stop meddling and let Foch
DO it, we would get. the money"
It was this belief which broke two
ministers, Clemenceau and BRAND.
1t was this belief which M. Poin-
care encouraged through all the
days Of his struggle for power.
The French peasant still has
a feeling that IL ,Foch goes into
Germany with an army. he VIII
1880 hn1f, --skA .o,,oYsnT Nall1Snva
dollars in his pocket. M. Pom
care has capitalized for quite diff
fcrent purposes this intense de-
sire of the French peasant for
relief from taxation.
II, as It seems, the plans of
the French government would
have been upset or delayed by
publication of the Bergman repa-
ration offer, just as the war plans
Of Parliament In 1870 were threat
ened with disappointment by the
withdrawal Of Prince Leopold, we
can understand M. Poincare's re-
fusal to receive the German pro-
posal in january last. We can
also assume that public opinion
will have little effect on events
in Europe until it is sufficiently
aroused to insist that our Govern
rent take some kind of positive
action.
Perhaps the Bergman incl
dent will open the eyes Of those
who still belive France simply
a defrauded debtor seeking pay
ment. If so, the Hearst papers
will have performed q great
service.
French policy is driving to-
ward a climax as dangerous for
the peace Of the world as the
intrigues Of July. 1914. Here in
America we seem as blind to the
real meaning OF these events as
we were then. The newspapers
can wake up the nation.
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
War-Mad Leaders

IF an indemnity Of per cent
of her national wealth imposed
an almost impossible burden on
the credit and resources Of
France, 1t is silly to claim that
rs per cent Of Germany's wealth.
or even 43 per cent could be
collected, or that anyone thought
it could. Is it not fair to assume
that the French insistence on
these ridiculous payments was for
another purpose--to furnish an
excuse for military aggression?
Turning to the French parlia-
ment, the discussions In that
body have from the early ar
mistice days been very warlike
and aggressive. Even while re-
sponsible members OF the admin
istration were assuring me that
no one in France wanted to an
mex the Rhineland, deputies were
repeatedly breaking out in Par
lament with speeches as to the
best method, Of persuading the
Rhinelanders to accept France.
The .Frontier on the Rhine" was
a commonplace in parliamentary
debate.
The present temper OF the
French parliament reminds one
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
Disastrous Delay

The real meaning of the Ruhr
invasion will be revealed with
even greater clearness by an i'm
partial examination of the his
tory of Frances reparation de.
mands. The treaty Of Versailles
called for payment of 100, 900, 000,-
900 gold marks ($25. 200. 900, O0O) j,
plus as much more as experience
proved Germany could pay.
Under the terms OF the treaty,
the additional amount to be paid
by Germany was unlimited and
was not fixed until a year and a
half after the armistice. This un-
certainty had disastrous effects.
1t was a threat. 1t discouraged
initiative and enterprise. It
steadily undermined German
credit and reduced her final abil-
ity to pay. With no outside
credit, a disastrous initiation Of
her currency was inevitable.
Then. in May, 1920, the total
indemnity was fixed at approx
mately $4,000, 900, 900. In 1908
a celebrated British statistician
estimated the total wealth of
Germany at $4,000, 200, 900. The
best estimate I can obtain of
Germany's wealth in 1914 puts it
between $4,000, O00, 900 and $780,
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

irresistibly Of the irresponsible
chauvinism of the same body
during the exciting days OF 1870.
when the issue <of peace or war
hung in the balance. M. Olivier,
the then premier Of France. tells
of the outrageous abuse he was
subjected to by parliament and
press on July Is, when the French
minister showed an inclination to
accept the withdrawal Of Leo
pold's candidacy as q settlement
of the dispute with Germany,
France had insisted that this can
didacy be withdrawn. The King
of Prussia, who wanted peace, de-
fled. Bismarck and secured the
withdrawal. M. Olivier describes
the rage of the chamber Of depu-
ties, cheated of its hoped-for war
with Prussia.
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

tive-born Japanese to farm land
under lease in California. The
case was that Of Habeas Corpus
proceedings instituted in behalf OF
K. Okahara, who was arrested for
alleged conspiracy to violate the
land law.
North of San Pedro above men,
toned as the port Of Los Angeles,
in the Palos Verde Hills. there
has been for sometime a small
farming and fishing village. Re
Gently at Whites Point, directly
under Fort Macarthur, there was
a concentrate movement to estab-
lish a japanese settlement under
the head Of a pleasure resort. The
land was to be leased to the Japs
by Roman D. Sepulveda, wealthy
descendant Of one Of the first
Spanish settlers in the West. 1t
comprised ten acres.
SENATOR CALLED IN.
The San Pedro chamber Of COM
merce asked Sepulveda the rea-
sons why he was permitting this
lease to take effect. But he was
defiant in his reply. Senator
Hiram johnson was called in, and
with District Attorney Thomas
Lee Woolwine, undertook to stop
the completion of the thirty-three
years lease. The Los Angeles
grand jury investigated the mat
ter, but before they had taken
official action, Sepulveda, through
his attorney Clyde w. Smith,
withdrew and announced to Sena-
for Johnson that the land would
never be leased to japanese.
Tn Belvedere, a suburb Of Los
Angeles, a. twenty-two-year old
jap girl bought a house and lot
and a. large family Of Japs
moved in. The real estate agent,
,yno was said to have sold the
nroperty, had been warned that
he should not sell to Japs. But
according to developments, he
disregarded the request Of resid-
ents and told the owner Of the
property that If the deal were
not closed, he would sue and
collect his commission. The girl.
Tomeya Soto. a university grad
nate, then told residents that II
the money were paid back to
her, she and her family would
move out. The seller agreed to
return his cash but the agent re-
fused. Then the president or
the Japanese Association OF
Southern California visited G.
w. Perdue of the Sheriff's office
and assured him that no more
Japs would go to Belvedere and
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
Frances Real Purpose

Thus, these three elements of
French power with their mixed
and differing aims look at their
army-the most powerful ever
seen in Europe in peace time
and close their ears to every
outside influence. They will.
believe. keep them closed until
disaster comes, or until powerful
outsiders awake to their own
danger and use their power.
You say that your readers are
open-minded to facts. 1 will re-
late briefly the personal observa-
lions on which the opinions I
have expressed are based.
In 1920 l had an unusual OPP
portunity, to observe M. Poincare
at close range. He was at that
time chairman OF the PREPARATION
Commission. Throughout a series
of very intense discussions sat
near him. I studied him with
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
History Repeats Itself

He compares especially the out
rageous inflammatory appeal Of
a leading deputy, Paul de Cassag-
nae, with the same mans dis
claimer after the Franco-Prussian
war had been lost. On the 18th
of July. 1870. Cassagnac in the
PAYS" wrote sit is inn
possible! And the Emperor can
not leave us longer with our heads
In the dust it is five
days now since France decided to
fight" And again" Three O'Clock.
The back-down is contaminated.
The Ministry, through M. lie due
de Gramont as it's mouthpiece, an
nounces that France is content
with the dispatch Of Prince An
thony of Hohenzollern. This min
istry will henceforth have a name
The Ministry of Shame"
Olivier quoted him again: I'm
April, 1880. this same Cassagnac
said, in the Pays: You should
have been content with what was
strictly necessary with regard to
the national dignity. Now, what
was strictly necessary was Prince
Anthony's withdrawal. Nothing,
more was needed. The honor Of
France was satisfied: her inter-
ests were no longer impaired.
Even with formidable armament,
you would have been blameworthy
to desist.'"
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

that as soon as leases expired
on farm lands near there all the
Japs would move out. But >"
many promises have been made
in localities from time to time
that the residents take little
stock In them.
In another instance. q Jap &C
quired a valuable piece Of property
in the heart Of Hollywood. and
took out a permit to erect n bum
galow court for Japs on the prop
erty. Residents protested and
asked the building department to
revoke the permit. They offered
to buy the land and give it to the
city as a park. The jap finally
consented.
Then again, on November {. nine
days before the Supreme Court rul-
ing, a plan was formulated to colo
nize Japs on $50 acres near the
army balloon station of Arcadia.
Public opinion and Justice Suther-
land blocked the scheme.
INVASION BLOCKED.
Public opinion seldom goes IN
needed by the little yellow man.
This was especially 50 at Rose
Hill, near Pasadena, where a ban.
ner was strung across the ROAD
reading, "Japs. don't let the sun
set on you here. Keep moving.
This is Rose HILL" Japanese resi-
dents called the police. who tore
down the Sign. as It was on public
property. It was Immediately
erected on private property by resi-
dents, who had learned that the
Japanese association contemplated
buying up all available property
in Rose Hill, and moving In. IN
great. numbers. '"The Invasion
did not take place
If Congress will seriously con-
slider the proposal Of the assem-
bly, Of California, hacked oy the
legislature Of many other West
ern States, we may hope to see
before many months 30 by, rigid
immigration laws Of the type that
Secretary Of Labor Davis claims
will be the only safeguard to
American labor on the west coast.
And though new Federal amend
ment Is unlikely because Of the
pressure which big business In
forests can bring to bear IN the
Orient, 1t Is quito possible that
California has set a new mark
in its land ownership problem
which will bring into being
stringent naturalization laws of
a protective nature and do much
to strengthen the cause Of the
American working man.
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

there were almost imperceptible
gradations from the fair blonde to
the swarthy brunette. Some Of
the latter, he claimed, were. dark
er hued than many persons of
the brown or yellow races. Hence
the adoption Of the color test
alone would result in a confused
overlapping of races and a grad
ual merging Of one into the other
without any practical line of sep
aration.
CAUCASIANS MEANT.
He then showed that since the
decision Of Judge Sawyer in 1878.
the Federal and State courts, in
practically an unbroken line have
held that the words white per-
son" were meant to indicate only
q person Of the Caucasian race.
AS far back az 1890, the first
naturalization act provided that
ANY alien being a free white
person might be admitted to
citizenship" This was SUISSE
quently enlarged to include aliens
of African nativity and persons
of African descent.
The act Of June 20, 1908. re.
quired that before an alien could
bs naturalized he must be able
TO read, either in his own
language or the English language,
and 70 speak o. understand the
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

said that Germany could pay 20
per cent land afterward 4S per
cent? of her total wealth as easily
as France paid 4 per cent.
Furthermore, in 1878 France
could not have paid the indem-
nifty but for her credit, which was
supported in every way by neu-
trails and even by Germany be-
cause Of her need Of the money.
On the other hand, from the very
day of the armistice, the policy of
the allies has tended to destroy
German credit.
In 1878 the French paid their
4 per cent indemnity by borrow
ing, and more than half OF the
loans came from outside Of
France. She paid with her credit
and was never thereafter able
to repay the loans. Gabriel
Hanotaux, q French minister of
foreign affairs, writing many
years after the event, said that
the 1850, O00, 900 francs of debt
contracted by France for the
indemnity and the war still
weighs upon the future Of
France" He said further, Gin
the course OF thirty years (the
debit has not been lightened; on
the contrary, the further CONVEX
sions have further increased the
capital"
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
Califor1ians, Harassed BY Encroachraent i'm Violation
of Law, Block Proposed Invasion" BY Billboard
Warning japanese To keep Moving

a population Of 116, 100000. An
area Of 6,329 square miles less,
but over 100 100000 more people.
If over 80 per cent Of the TILL
able land of these European
countries were owned indirectly
by peoples Of nation which was
none too friendly to them, they
would have cause for alarm.
But our neighbors across the
Atlantic are far too clever to
permit such q thing to take
place.
ALERT FOR EXPANSION.
We know that Japan. which by
sheer audacity and far-seeing
ability. in little more than a gen.
Grafton, has won a place in the
forefront of world affairs, with
a population Of 100000 is
keenly alert for any manner or
means Of territorial expansion.
And we know. too. that the
Western front of the Continental
United States as comprised in the
three great Commemorative Of
Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia. has an ocean shore line
of approximately 5000 miles ex-
tending from Canada to Mexico.
The Sierra Nevada and the Cas-
V0AnINnfot~
veritable Gibraltar for the West
coast of America. But the
Gibraltar of the majestic Pacific
is a granite barrier two miles
high and 1000 miles long. in.
stead OF a mighty rock ruling the
entrance to the pigmy Medtter-
ranean.
Following the Supreme Court
ruling, the legislature of the State
of California has been exerting
energy to draft new amendments
to the anti-alien land law. The
amendments were reported in the
State senate and assembly on
March 26, and were to the effect
that Japanese and other aliens
not eligible to citizenship could
not acquire additional lands by
direct sale, lease, or through
cropping contracts. United States
Attorney General Webb was ap'
prised of the amendments, by
reason of which he is permitted
to bring escheat proceedings.
On January 16, arguments were
submitted on the right Of . ma
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

On December 80 of last year. it
was rumored on the West coast
that, because OF the Supreme
Court ruling, entire farming COM
munities Of the Japs would mi
CRATE to Mexico. On March 3 Of
this year, the Mexican govern
ment refused to permit the Japs
to enter their country for the
purpose of colonization.
BIRTH RATE MOUNTS.
After this occurrence, it was ex-
pected that there would be a great
rush to take out citizenship pa
pers, SO the American Legion in
vestigated. They learned that the
Japs had ample land to last for
some years to come, and that they
had acquired enough so that they
could take 1t up whenever they
needed any more under cultiva-
ton.
The land question and Japanese
ownership by subterfuge are,
therefore, prevalent in California
today. And no wonder, In the
little city of San Pedro, the port
Of Los Angeles, 10 per cent of the
population is JAPANESE! This per-
centage is larger than that of any
other American city. Twenty per
cent of the births in San Pedro
last year were Japanese. This
number doubled that of 1921. The
birth rate, then, increased 100
per cent, more than that of the
whites.
On January 81, 1923, figures for
last years birth rate for California
were announced. The number of
Jap births had decreased s per
cent. Nevertheless, it was found
to be three and a half times
greater than that Of the Caucasian
race. There were 63 born to everv
1000, and 10 born to every 1000
whites. In 1922, Sc, 3S3 whites and
5,O93 Japanese were born in that
State.
The three Pacific slope States.
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
mia, have an area OF 324,123
square miles, and a population
Of 5,566,871. The United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland.
the German Republic, Belgium
and Holland combined, have an
area of 317.7S4 square miles, and
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

But the United States District
Court In Hawaii didn't agree with
him II held that having been
born In Japan. he was not eligible
to naturalization under section
1859 Of the revised statutes.
Ozawa was not TO be outdone.
He brought his cause before the
Circuit Court Of Appeals for the
ninth circuit. The same decision
was rendered The Pacific Coast
States sighed with relief. for a
great load had been taken from
their minds.
But Ozawa. backed by the Japa-
nese government. thought he
would settle the question once and
for an. SO the case was appealed
to the highest court in the United
States. =
The Supreme Court considered
A. many months. Elaborate briefs.
tn which the meaning Of the
words white person" was die
cussed with ability and at length.
both from the standpoint Of 1udfc>
ta1 decision and from that OF the
science Of ethnology. were pre-
scented.
Bot Mr.. Justice Suther1and's re.
Fly stipulated that the test AZ.
forAed By the mere color Of the
G1dn Of each individual was i'm.
practical as there was a great
difference of color among persons
q ths same race, He pointed out
that even among Ang10-SaxOns
The Washington times., 1923-04-08
POinc0re's Fear

Before we are through with
this nightmare America will I'M
Questionably be obliged to step
in and save the situation, but we
can never save it with converse
ton. On the other hand. a first
and very necessary step is to
brush aside the smoke screen Of
sentimentality and remove the
narcotizing arguments Of selfish
ness and SNUG indifference with
which interested partisans at
home and abroad have beclOuded
the issues.
To your question, "Why win
not American public opinion at
feet the French plans?" my
answer is simple. Although the
evidence is clear and complete,
plain facts and cold reasoning
regarding the Franco-German
feud are likely to be drowned in
the deluge OF sentimentality and
plausible half-truths which Andre
Tardieu and his fellow propa-
gandists- have poured over this
country these four years past.
The simple fact is that the
three great elements Of power in
France-Poincare, the Parlia-
ment and the people-are deter
mined, fanatically determined-to
90 through with their great mill
tary adventure. Their motives are
not the same. The skiIlful Poincare
has played on the ambitions and
passions Of the Parliament and the
people until these, each from its
special angle, have come to sup
port his plan for the ruin and dis
memberment Of Germany.
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

English language and that he
must intend to reside permanently
IN the United States.
Our Supreme Court, therefore,
contended that thus construed,
the act Of 1906 conferred the
privilege Of naturalization, with.
out limitation as to race, on all
desiring to become citizens who
fitted under Section 4, which
included honorably discharged
soldiers, those having five years
residence prior to admission,
minor children born in foreign
countries, certain classes of sea-
men. and barring alien enemies
and unassimilable white persons.
In all naturalization acts from
1890 to 1905. the privilege of
naturalization was confined to
white persons and Africans.
And the intention Of all these
laws was, It is assumed, to con-
fer the privilege of citizenship
upon that class Of persons whom
the generations before have
known as white. The trainers OF
the past acts must have been
thinking of the brown and yell
low races of Asia when they
made the laws which are ap-
plicable today.
JAPANESE DISPLEASED.
So the decision of the Supreme
Court went down on the statute
books. But the Japanese did not
like 1t at all. They evidently re-
scented it equally as much as the
famous anti-alien land law of
1920. They have lodged it, as
they have lodged the land law.
BY this I mean that the same
smuggling over the border and
along the seacoast continues, and
the land acreage of the west
coast is alarmingly japanese con-
trolled.
1t is interesting to note a pro-
vision of the alien land law which
reads as follows:
"(A). The term Trustee as
used in this section means any
person. company, association or
corporation that, as guardian
trustee, attorney or agent. has
the title, custody or control of
property, belong to an alien
mentioned in Section 2 hereof.
or to tho minor child Of such
The Washington times., 1923-04-08

I'm answer to your telegram
last Saturday requesting An
u expression on the German
offer of settlement, which was
suppressed in Paris, wired: II
do not believe that American
public opinion will have The
slightest effect on the plans of
NJ. Poincare." You now ask me,
'why?" Before I answer this
question permit me to say that I
hope your readers did not mis-
understand my telegram. be-
lieve that the Hearst papers are
doing wonderful service in STIR
ring up public opinion in this
country to look at the real facts
underlying the relation between
France and Germany.