Show THOSE SENSITIVE JAPS 3 Regarding ing the treat treaty with Japan tho the Now New York Sun Suii thinks it it- seems seem's seems to have be been ll for forgotten b by the a it Tors on the Pacific coast who who asi li the time pro- pro t jj posed treaty that Japan at at the p p is living living liv liv- ing irig up ill to rc a a gentleman's agreement to keep her lien coolies or gr r laborers out of the tUe continental United States That I there is is' no exclusion act to prevent pre pro vent the admission of the Japanese yet by refusing to issue passports the government at Tokio puh itself in much the same position as China whose Iab laborers ers are barred out ont by a statute Right Eight there we would like to ask the Sun what fairness there is in barring out the Chinese who are aIe an un honorable people by statute and leaving it to the sense of honor of the most treacherous race iaco on earth whether they will come in or not Y The rhe Sun says The Time J Japanese chafe under a prejudice prejudice dice and ask that it shall not be rubbed in h by treat treaty Our last treaty with Japan contained the clause that its stipulations do not in iii any way affect the laws law's ordinances or regulations with regard re gard to trade the thic immigration of laborers police and 1111 public security which are arc re in force or which puny may hereafter be bc enacted in either of the two counti coun coun- ti tries trieR ics II That is left out through deference to the sensitive tive thc Japanese Continuing the Sun says The American people have ha trusted the Japanese government govern govern- mell ment for or three years ears and have no cause to deplore the confidence Certainly the American people may d upon the representation of the Japanese government go in solemnly negotiating a new treaty that agreement entered into to allay the irritation excited by br demagogues to serve their own ends shall be the settled policy of Japan so long as the new treat treaty r endures Of course the time Sun trets all opposition to anything anything any any- thing thug the time Japanese want to do 10 in th this s country as due lile to time the agitation of demagogues and like most eastern papers the Sun discusses it from the standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of its own assumed wisdom when in tr truth th it ln mows nothing of the time real facts that govern And naturally the final conclusion of of the Sun is that this tins treaty looks like a happy stroke of diplomacy c opportune and most honorable to a great nation Perhaps it is but if we were to advise the Chinese government we would tell it to insist upon the same condition for the Chinese people Certainly they are more worthy than the Japs the they certainly arc are area arci a i bolter race of men than the Japs and they have this advantage o over oer er the J Japs when Japs when the they r make malic an agreement they stick to it whereas when the Japs nuke an agreement they stick to it just as long longas as it is to their interest and then they think no nomore more nore of breaking it than would so man many z zes c s. s |