Show S I f FIRMNESS IS NEEDED N exhibition of firmness just now flOw on the part of ol J AX President ent Wilson ilson and Secretary Bryan may f savo savu them a n great deal of annoyance in the tho future A display o of oC arrogance whenever it is safe safes iu is s a Japanese characteristic and it must bo be admitted I that tho course of the tho administration throughout the limo agitation in California has been such as us to invite the I contempt of the Tokio Toldo government It i is not too toolate J late Inte however cr for Mr 1 Bryan Brsan to explain patiently and andI I slowly to Amb Ambassador Chinda that no derogation of treaty rights is intended or is possible under the California law and that therefore our national go government gov gov- t has hns lost all interest in the matter S t I Tho attitude of President Wilson Tilson is not I with that of President Roosevelt during tho the prior Japanese anti movement in fn tho the Golden state On this latter occasion sion the school board of San Francisco 5 contemplated an action that would have been in plain derogation of tho tim rights guaranteed the time J Japanese S residents under the treaty with that country Colonel assumed a firm finn attitude and rightly so I since as President it was his duty t to insist upon tho the discharge of such obligations tho the federal as government govern govern- 1 ment nent lied had incurred It was not n a question of being iron gentle tie with tho the haughty J Japanese or of being void of I offense it was wan a matter of national honor t S I In thiB this instance howe however er thero thoro has hns been no ques- ques y tion of repudiating treaty obligations The Tho law finally fi finally Ii- Ii I nally enact enacted d by California sro states stites s that aliGns aliens ineligible I ble to citizenship shall enjoy with reference to land lanel landownership I S ownership p only such privileges as are guaranteed I i them by treaties It grants them everything to which they they arc nto entitled and no more since sinco tho Japanese I resident in America are aro only here on sufferance c an anI and andS S I have no rights except those they are specifically givenS given gion S t by treaty they can ask no more If the time federal govI government government gov- gov S I ernnt nt will make mako this plain to Ambassador Chin Chinda a I there ought to be no further occasion for di discussion f It is characteristic of the Oriental mind that it itS S regards mild and tolerant treatment as an evidence evidenceS S of fear in n the off far-off eastern castern sons seas the only rule rulo universally uni uni- I respected is that of might The Japanese T c expects to find it al also 50 prevalent in the time western world f. f t md it unfits him to understand diplomatic courtesy let there be bc no further temporizing at Washington S t |