Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-24
THE Jap QUESTION

~ ACIAL questions are generally rabd in
* their beginnings as well as their end
ings. To forbid the entrance of the
Orientals into the United States has been
mooted question for a full half-century. 1t
is particularly a question of color. And 1t
was a question of color which precpitated
the Civil war of the sos but the epidermis
Of the African was black while the Chinese
are yellow and the Japs a brownish tan
color.
Never shall l forget the magnificent
speeches made by Senator Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, when we took over the Philippine
Islands, and bought race of people that had
no affinity for the Anglo-SaXon especially
to color He was defeated, but his argu-
ment was then, as now, unanswerable. His
entreaties before the United States senate to
take counsel with experience in the slavery
issue which eliminated in the secession of
ten sovereign states, make admira BILE reading
He was staunch aboitionst, a thorough
paced Republican, on the slavery issue and
he rung the changes taking over race
of people in a quasi-condition of slavery
many thousands of miles distant from the
United States Of America. He could glimpse
the trouble that the future would bring to
with such foreign and entangling alli-
ances.
We, in the south seemed to be willing to
buy the Philippines, with the ignorant popu-
lation they contained They are clamorng
for independence at this time. They cost the
taxpayers twenty millions of dollars paid in
one check to Spain. Spain was glad to get
the check, because we had taken the West
Indies from her grasp and she had lost out
in that Cuban war.
When you and 1 are dead and perhaps
forgotten i'll our graves, the warnings ut
tered by Senator Hoar will read like the
prophecies Of Jeremiah. 1t resembled re-
opening of the African slave trade. We
bought 'em.
We made treaty with Japan in the late
sos. We sent squadron of ships over there
and introduced ourselves as visitors. We in
Vited the Japs to come and return the
courtesy, which they fastened to do We
made and signed commercial treaties. We
had also made the famous Burlingame
treaty with China. In the sos congress alb
rogated the treaty with China. The Chinese
were delighted to come to the Pacific slope
Their labor made it blossom like rose The
Dennis Kearneys didn't like them. They
worked too cheapy China had no pep, no
spunk, no power to resist We spent millions
in mission money to Chrstianize China, but
We put the toughs Of California on these
Chinese who thought we were humane Chris
tians. We knew they were killed and driven
out. China is not Japan. China is still
humble because she cannot maintain any sort
Of freedom over there. Japans war with
Russia tells the story of Japans prepared
ness and Russia glad to Save her face
by quitting even. President Roosevelt en-
gineered the famous Portsmouth treaty.. He
was the peace maker. 1t will be shining
star in the history of Russia and Japan to
illustrate the good will of the United States
to both countries
will write again on the present issue of
Jap exclusion. 1t is hazardous. 1t is unwise
at this time. We are following wild legisla-
tors. They are venomous. The end is not in
sight.