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H KA HST’S SINDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., Sl’NDAV, MAY 4, 1913
I “UNCLE SAMURAI!”
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have hud MHtiv « if*** i if lie himself
had not been one of the most em
phatic of the House members in vot
ing; again* the larger navy, which is
the only basis upon which this Gov
ernment could possibly defend the
rights of the State of California In
•use of war.
A Handicap.
As Representative Sisson was re
garded less effective in his utterance
by the handicap of his previous un
patriotic attitude toward the ample
navy railed for in the national plat
form of his party, so would Uon-
aressman Kent, of the First California
District, be handicapped when h«*
pleads for an aggressive support of
California's State's rights and con
tentions. V
And so will all those Representa
tives of tlic Far West and tile Pa
cific Coa0t who did not have at that
lime the vision and the broad states
manship to foresee the constantly re
ar ring dangers to the Pacific Coast
and the absolutely necessity fora navy
to defend those tights and conten
tions
It will lie tintei.v before tills mat
ter is over to call the roll of those
\mcTicans who preferred the pork
barrel to the patriotic defense of the
country. It is to be hoped that the
present nearness of our country to a
serious foreign complication will
*trik< the scales from the eyes of this
narrow statesmanship in the West
and in the South and broaden the
vision of the Sixty-third Congress lo
h comprehension of the absolute na-
essit\ of our country for prepared
ness against any warlike eventuality
with Japan or with any other nation.
Vigorously Applauded.
Barring these limitations, Mr. Sis
son’s speech was emphatic and im
pressive and was vigorously applaud
ed at its conclusion. Mr. Sisson’s
speech bristled with criticism of the
Japanese Government. The Federal
Government, he contended, had no
right, by treaty or otherwise, to at
tempt to abrogate the land laws of
any State.
• The highest obligation of the Fed
eral Government is to protect the
States in their rights," shouted the
Mlmistrlppian. “No citizen of any
other country has i rii:'.L to own mu
in Japan. They !<• • it. hut the titl<
of land will never pass from a Jap
anese to a subjc t of another nation.
It ill becomes Japan now to protest
against the enactment of similar leg
islation by the people of California.
“The American farmer,” said Mr
Sisson, “has the right of protection
against tile Asiatic, who can live on
what our farmers throws away. Rath
er than surrender the rights involved
In the California controversy,” thun
dered Mr. Sisson with dramatic force,
“I would be willing to vote the last
dollar in the United States treasury
for the defense of California’s right
to control her me red soil. I would
spend the last life in the Republic
and the last drop of my own blood,
and would rather impoverish our
country for a hundred generation;
than surrender th* right of a single
State to the arrogant Japanese de
mand.
Alternative Pre&entsd.
“What would Washington sa> if lie
was confronted with this alternative
of war or submission? Shall the Jap
anese enjoy our prosperity, the fruit*
of our land and the learning of our
institution*', and vet not he forced to
defend and sustain our institutions?
“The treaties of a nation,” lie con
tinued, “should never Interfere with
the rights of a State, because the de
pt ruction of Shite rights by treaty
means the destruction of the federat
ed nation." Mr. Sisson declared that
if the United States yielded to Japan
it would have to yield to every other
Government. “China would Mend her
hordes here if this country is hu
miliated in acceding to th« v Japanese
demands."
Said Mr. Sisson in conclusion: “It
Is the duty of every loyal citizen of
all our States to stand for California
and her rights in this fight for her
own citizens and for their descend
ants. The coercion of the people of
California in their rights would make
a precedent on any coercion, how
ever grasping, when in the future tin
demand may he made by a powerful
Government.
“It will he a miserable piece of
cringing cowardice for our Govern
ment to yield now and sacrifice Cal
ifornia.
"If we must hayo war or submit to
this indignity, then 1 am for war.”
California Acting Right,
Believes Speaker Clark
WASHINGTON. Ma> 3.—"I am
very strongly of the opinion that Cal
ifornia or any other State has the
right to regulate the ownership of
property within us borders,” was the
answer of Champ Clark, Speaker of
the Houfir of Repreaentutivea. to
request from The Sunday American
for a statement on the Japanese sit
uation.
Mr. Clark was 'emphatic in defin
ing his attitude. He put himself clear
ly on record as a believer in the
right of the State to work out its
jw n problems
“My attitude is consistent with the
policies I have always advocated,” he
t*aid, "since 1 have always* been In
favor of reducing Asiatic immigration
to a minimum. It was I who, per
haps more than any other, helped to
shape the last Chinese exclusion law
“I fought the light of the Califor
nians then and the belief I then held
has not been changed. It is a deli
cate situation that now presents itself
in California, and I should not be,
.surprised if it became even more deli
cate*. '
"It is a. question If the National
Government ha.» a right to negotiate
treaties which interfere with the tin
deniable right of the* State to regu
late* ownership of its land. That point
depends on interpretation of the Con-
siuatlon, but to my mind California
is within her rights in fixing what
ever reasonable restrictions .she deems
necessary upon the ownership of land
by aliens.”
National Treaty Cannot
Affect State, Says Works
WASHINGTON. May :: -Asserting
the rights of California to enact laws
prohibiting aliens from holding lands*.
Senator Works, of California, issued
a statement in which he said that if
the National Government makes a
treats infringing upon this right the
State is not bound thereby. He sug
gests that the treaty obstructing the
tights of the States be abrogated as
nne solution of the difficulty which
ae maintain*' is now to be settled as
x matter of policy.
Senator Work's statement follows:
"Bvery State In the Union has the
right to provide by law who shall hold
ind own lands within the State and
to except aliens from th» right. A
number of the States have already
lone so. The National Government
oaa no right, to enact any law or
uake any treaty that will donv or
mpair that right on the part of a
^tate. Thvreft
he Legislature
the Governor and
the State of Uall-
withm their rights
when they Insist upon enacting an
alien law whether it exclude?* civilians
of all or only of one foreign nation.
If the National Government has made
a treaty which infringes upon these
rights the State is not bound by !t
and may enact such a law notwith
standing. On the other hand, the
President is strictly within his rights
in endeavoring to persuade the State
to waive its rights and respect a
treaty made with a foreign nation.
Then it becomes a question of not one
of right but of policy. 1 am .‘lire the
State of Uulil’orola has no disposition
to do any act that will be a violation
of such u treaty if done by the Na
tional Government.
"But neither our Government nor
a foreign nation has any right to
coerce a State to prevent lawful leg
islation by It, and no self-respecting
State could submit to any such co
ercion or dictation from either source.
"The people of the country and the
Japanese Government may just ^ as
well understand once for all that such
subpect? 4 of that nation as are com
ing to (California are extremely ob
jectionable to our people, and that
their permanent ownership of land in
tin Stale will not be allowed.”
i POCKETS 00 if
HELP BRUT
! ROMAN FARM UNEARTHED
BY DORSET EXCAVATORS
| Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. May 3.—Excavations at
Rockbourne Down, Dorset. have
brought to light the remains of a
Delegates to Southern Sociologi
cal Congress Scoff at Theory
Advanced by Upton Sinclair.
ROT AND FOOLISHNESS
“Not a Suffragette, but He Is
Wrong,” Declares Mrs. E. W.
Cole, of Nashville.
small Roman farm inside a low earth
en lnclosure.
The extent of the farm was K6 acres
and the buildings were inclosed w ith a
ditch, which surrounded a quadrangle
150 feet by 39 feet. There are a
dwelling houw, a bake house and a
granary, with what remains of a good
deal of torn.
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tormer Californian
Tells of Yellow Peril
Inieresing infoiiuaiion i onccrmng
the question of tbe owifcrship of land
in California by aliens is given by a
former resident of San Francisco,
who is now living in Atlanta. He
said:
“Residents of States east of the
Sierras have not the least conception
of the conditions whiel h;tv* ir1s«-n
out on the Pacific Coast of late years,
more particularly in California, as a
result of Japanese immigration and
settlement.
“The objection of residents of Cal
ifornia and other Pacific Coast States
to giving Japanese the legal right to
own land is but one phase of a ques
tion which is so important and far
reaching as to affect not only those
States but every State in the Union.
It is a matter which concerns not
alone the commercial interests of
American citizens but possibly may
affect the future of the republic. It
Is a case of America for .Americans.
America for Japanese
to a small extent. Gradually they
began to crowd upon Caucasian resi
dents and interests.
Farm Laborers.
“In the country they at first hired
out as farm labor, rs! By degrees
they rented small patches of land,
which they cultivated, selling the pro
duce to whites, but buying front Jap
anese only. Then they sought to
lease plots of land for farming and
other purposes and succeeded. What
ever was possible they bought from
their fellow countrymen. They con
tributed nothing to the support and
welfare of this country, but sent their
American dollars to Japan. Like
leches, they sucked and are still
sucking all possible from America
in
»tnlni
iilingnet
ti.
all laboring men, union and non-un
ion. The exclusion act passed many
years before and aimed at the Chi-1
nose did not protect them from Jap
anese cheap labor competition because
by treaty with Japan the United
States permitted Japanese who came |
under the guise of 'students’ to enter
this country unhindered, with the re
sult that shipload after shipload of
Japanese ‘students’ landed at Sap
Francisco, thus swelling the hordes
which had preceded them.
Wormed Into Body Politic.
“Gradually, and in true Oriental
fashion, they quietly and unostenta
tiously began to worm their way in
to the white body politic. At the
University of California and at Stan
ford University Japanese students ap
plied for admission and were accept
ed. Then, in pursuance of the deep
laid plan of the Japanese Govern
ment to acquire a foothold for Us
subjects in this country, admission
to the public schools was sought for
Japanese children.
“Then the whites turned. In San
Francisco, where the Japs decided to
make the test, the whites determine-
ly refused to accept Japanese chil
dren as pupils. The row which fol
lowed is history. The Government
at Toklo protested to tlie Government
at Washington, but in the end it was
decided that the Federal Government
could not interfere With the city’s ad
ministration of its personal affairs,
and the Ja)>anese abandoned their ef
forts for the time being.
“Unfortunately for California this
movement is not unanimous on tlie
part of the whites. The reason for
this is the selfishness and pecuniary
greed of those who would suffer
through retaliation on the part of the
Japanese Government and people if
California Legislation were adopted
directed against Japanese in that
State. Among this section of the
white residents of the State are some
manufacturers and other business
men who have extensive commercial
relations with Japan. If Japan
sought retaliation California exports
to Japan would fall olT to the extent
of millions of dollars a year.
Yellow Peril Here.
“Tin* yellow peril we have heard
s.» much about la not coining. Ii is
here. It is in tin* Philippines, where
it has been shown that the sinking
of the great Government dock near
Manila several years ago and the se
rious injury to tlie other dry dock in
course of construction at Corregidor,
near Manila, were due to Japanese
spies. The yellow peril exists to
day in the Hawaiian Islands, where
there are more than 10,000 Japanese
trained soldiers who fought in the
war with Russia. They wear their
war medals constantly, and I am
told by friends in Honolulu that while
on their way to and from work in
the sugar plantations and elsewhere
on the island of Oahu and other is
lands in the Hawaiian group they
keep up their military efficiency by
drilling, using their tools in place of
rifles.
“In San Francisco, in every city,
town and village in the State, in
Oregon, in the State of Washington,
in every settlement, large or small,
in every State in the Union where
Japanese are. there are to be found
Ja panese spies.
No, as I have said, the
is not coming. It has arrived
you venture to suggest
War Certain to Find U. S.
Unprepared, Say Experts
Army and Navy Heads Declare Nation Lacking
in Many Respects if Hostilities Should Begin.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Appre
hension Is felt in official circles over
the woeful lack of readiness of the
l'nited States in the event of war
with Japan. Secretary of War Garri
son concedes, in a statement to-night,
that the American army is .so scat
tered into small units it would be
difficult to mobilize it for coast de
fenses.
A New York high ranking officer
of the army, going further, declared
to The American that only 140.000
troops would be available for coast
defense, and that these are so poorly
organized that their efficiency is open
to grave doubt.
One of the highest officers in the
navy, who has achieved distinction as
a sea tighter, told The American that
the navy is ill equipped to face an at
tack by the Japanese. He explained
that there are not enough battleships
and not enough men for those w<»
have.
The Plight of the Navy.
Here is the situation as respects the
navy to-day. as explained by this of
ficial
It will require not less than 66,000
men to man the ships on a war basis.
The enlisted strength of the navy
is only 17.700 men
These 47,700 nun are merely suffi
cient to man the war vessels in com
mission.
The law allows the navy to
enlisted 51,500 men, and for various
asons the navy is still about 4,000
available, the railroads would have
to be utilized, but even then the coal
could be carried only to the coast.
“No one in the navy, however, be
lieves an early success by Japan
would give her a lasting foothold. If
hostilities occur. Congress will be
forced to spend money freely, if a lit
tle late.”
Situation in the Army.
Here is the situation in the army,
as outlined by one of its highest
ranking officers:
“The United States holds the Phil
ippines with 12,000 troops. The island
of Corregidor, at the entrance to Ma
nila Bay, is but partly fortified. In
Owaliu we have about 5,000 troops to
protect Pearl Harbor and Honolulu.
This island is but partly fortified, and
the least number of troops that has
ever been calculated could hold it
against attack is one division of about
20.000 men.
“In the United States we have a
partly trained militia of about 120,-
000 men of all arms and corps, a mo
bile regular armv available of about
32,000 men, and a coast artillery force
of about 15.000 men.
“This last would be needed in the
seacoast defenses,* so there would re
main for defense about 140,000 mo
bile troops, all badly organized, the
majority of which arc half trained.
"Using vessels of small tonnage.
A woman who has no pock
et*? In her clothes is not a
competent person to exercise the
ballot. She has not learned to
think for herself, as opposed to
the man who makes her clothes
without pockets. The pocket
less woman cannot concentrate
very long on a subject. Thought
of fear that she will lose the nu
merous things she ts compelled
to carry in her hand constantly
haunts and taunts her mind—UP
TON SINCLAIR, author of* “The
Jungle.”
Thomas Carlyle, out of his Sartor
Resartus. might well have prompted
the debate on "Pockets and the Fem
inine Intellect” on which several
prominent delegates to the sociologi
cal congress in Atlanta last week
had something to say.
The debate was sprung by a widely
published statement by Upton Sin
clair, author of "The Jungle,” that
women are non-thinkers because they
are pocketless.
With one accord the prominent
Southerners whom the Sunday Amer
ican interviewed on the sifbject said
that the brilliant Mr. Sinclair was
for once wrong, dead wrong, and
even foolish.
Dr. McKelway Laughs.
Dr. A. J. McKelway of Washing
ton. D. C., whose figure has been the
most prominent in the Congress—if
such a statement can be hazarded,—
was certain that Sinclair’s opinion in
this Instance was foolish. So much
so, that when he was confronted with
the author’s utterance he merely
laughed. That was his answer.
"Well, now, what in the world do
pockets have to do with it?” asked
Mrs. J. B. Chatfleld, uf Montgomery,
Ala. "We get along very well with
out pockets. In fact, we don’t want
them.”
rihe is one of the founders and
former President of the Alabama W.
j C. T. U., one of the South’s most
prominent workers for home missions
j and charities, and a powerful force
in her State. She was appointed a
delegate to the Congress by Governor
f O’Neal, of Alabama.
I Mrs. Chatfleld made so bold as to
say that the talks before the Con
gress by women were the most in-
] teresting of all, and the most signifi
cant.
“Women can think without pockets
and with their hands full of things,
too,” she said. “Women are think
ing and working every day here in
the South, and along lines that really
count. The World is hearing from
them. The idea that pockets
count! ”
And Mrs. Chatfleld laughed too,
just as Dr. McKelway had laughed.
But Dr. W. D. Weatherford. of
Nashville, Tenn., international Y. M.
C. A. worker, did not laugh.
Rot and Foolishness.
“It is rot: It is foolish.” he said,
“People don’t think with their hands.
Mer don’t have to stick their hands
in their pockets to get along in this
world. This proposition of a link
between the hands and the pockets
and the mind is about the most fool
ish statement I ever heard. It’s sil
ly.”
Mrs. E. W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn.,
whose brain inspired the Congress
and who is directly responsible for
Its being, saw the statement of Up
ton Sinclair. The phrase about the
woman and the ballot caught her eye.
“I’m no suffragette,” she said, “but
even at that I can say that I think
he is wrong.”
Like the two others, she smiled.
“What connection is there between
the pockets and the Intellect?” she
asked.
And nobody else could be found to
agree with the bold author.
So the very interesting theory of
Mr. Sinclair could not achieve a se 1
rious audience among prominent
Southern men and women. • A poll
of a dozen or more men and women
revealed one opinion about It. Tf
they had been of another stratum of
life, they would have said simply:
“Forget it.”
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A great shortage of coal supplies
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The navy has not at its command
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In Full Swing in Three Weeks.
“In two weeks her fleet could teach
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forcements. owing to the delays of
concentration and the Impossibility «uf'
obtaining transportation. In three
weeks such troops as Japan may
deem necessary will have landed, and
her fleet will have a naval base and
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In his statement to-night Secretary
Garrison n»*ged the importance of as
sembling brigades and divisions peri
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"As v result, in a large measure,
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may be said to have been vital to
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ROME, May 3. Antonio Romeo,
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In a cupboard stuffed with rags
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