Show I 1 JAP JAPANESE segregation 1 the san francisco call says the japanese capanes q at seattle have announced their t beir intention to provide private schools tor for their children the plan Is isane cne that may be unreservedly corna anen mended leO because be use it removes a dangerous cause of friction which in san francisco has already brought about pleasant consequences japanese students in the grammar schools are objectionable on more than one ground they are for inq instance tance mostly of adolescent or mature years and are therefore scarce scarcely fy fit companions tor for children of tender age but this plea is not accepted in some eastern castern quarters I 1 the new york tribune discussing the separation argues nevertheless it must be regretted and disapproved as antagonistic to tile of american institutions and as akely to entail undesirable results one of the OF most admirable traits of the american social and ana political organism is its immense capacity for assimilation simi lation immigrants of adult age generally become americanized to E omo degree while their children do to a degree so complete that their alien parentage is scarcely perceptible this result so highly desirable Is ig unquestionably effected largely and cli chiefly lefly through the agency of the pw lie ile schools schoola in which children of alien parentage and perhaps alien birthard bir birth tharo are taught by american teachers and ada associate on terms teris of perfect equality with american children in both sudy study I 1 aej sports the of separate schools on racial lines will largely chock chck ch ck this assimilative proc process eiss the japanese children who go to japanese schools and are taught there by japanese teachers and mingle with none but japanese children will remain almost as purely japanese as though they had been born in or had remained lit in japan itself there Is 14 no such american capacity for assimilation pf af A the chinese W who ilo have been here for half hair a century are just as much chinese as the day they landed jn A political and social gocia 1 sense the asiatic must always continuo to be a disturbing element on this continent because in the last desort thra abe re will always be an able antagonism of the races we shall not attempt t t to 0 justify or explain this condition but it exists as universally as race prejudice prevails at tho t no south and it Is a fact act that must bo reckoned with in one case as in the other |