Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 4 | The Japanese Question

THE JAPANESE OUESTION. H On the Pacific coast the Japanese H question has been revived by the an- ' H nouncemcnt of the Japanese commis-' H Kton in Paris that Japan will not join H In a League of Peace which does not' H recognize the race equality of the Aal-! H If by race equality Is meant unre-' Bj atrlcted immigration, says the Seattle H San, then the Pacific coast states will ' S resi.-l such a declaration. Viscount B Ishii specifically denies that the de ' mnd for equality rtfWI to Immljtni- tion, but says it Is for equal and Just treatment of aliens within tho boundaries boun-daries of tho signatory powers. This Japanese question is being made a bugaboo by a few papers, but the great majority are dealing with th subject on broad lines. Tho Japanese make desirable resl dents of the United States when they ' are kept within certain restrictions. They could be accepted without reser- i vatlon, if It were not that their centur- , les of training places them on a lower plane of living which cannot be al-lowed al-lowed to operate In Industrial compe- j tltlon to the disadvantage of those up-1 holding the standard of the American 1 home. Whenever Japanese social condi-, tions demand that which Is required at an American fireside then Japanese Immigration will be freely accepted,' but not before. Also, because of racial difference, there will continue inequalities In our laws, described as miscegenation, which is made to apply even to the American negro. The aim Is not to discriminate against Japanese, but to preserve the white blood strain, which I is a privilege similar to that claimed ! by any country seeking to retain its I j national characteristics.