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Show nese engineers were found . sketching', the fortifications fortifica-tions around Manila.. v , The truth is that the purpose of Japan: is to control con-trol the manufactories and " trade of - China, Manchuria Man-churia and Korea. "When they get all ready they will find an excuse to quarrel with the United States.. They are begin: ning upon a settled policy even now. Japanese children chil-dren by the laws of California are separated In the common schools from white children. Over this Japan is protesting. We think it was a silly, prejudice preju-dice sjo pass the law,. but it is the law of the Golden State. '.If the Japanese children ""have just as. good schoolhouses, just as accomplished teachers and. the same books, it seems to us the Japanese Government has not. much to kick about. The "favored nation" clause does not extend to society rules. If the children chil-dren of the parents of any other foreign nationality have better houses, teachers or books than are supplied sup-plied the Japanese, then their kick , is legitimate, otherwise there is no occasion for it. ' Japan's victory over Russia though Japan was much nearer licked than she ever acknowledged gave her a chronic case of the big-head, and that together to-gether with her determination to rule the Orient and draw most of the profits to her .own coffers, may make her a troublesome neighbor, until in the end a collision may come. But she will not gather in the Philippine islands or Hawaii just yet, and swelled as her head is at present she will hesitate a good while before she undertakes un-dertakes that little job.' If she only becomes so angry an-gry that she forbids her people to come to this country coun-try we will all be grateful to her. |