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' 1 D H KA HST’S SINDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., Sl’NDAV, MAY 4, 1913 I “UNCLE SAMURAI!” <'up)rigkt. 1013, International New* *»»!£*, Continued From Page 1. 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. JUNE WEDDINGS I)o not delay longer in placing orderB for engraved invitations. Our samples represent the very latest shapes and forms that have been accepted by refined and fashionable society. We do not follow—we LEAD in originating artistic effects with fine ma terial. Our prices are the lowest. Send for sam ples. which will be supplied free of charge. J. P. STEVENS ENGRAVING CO., Wedding Stationery Engravers, 47 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. 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.” mm nWEEKj Tenth Anniversary From May 5 to May 10 Introducing Latest Models in the Nemo Hygienic Corset Specialties Approved by the Nemo Hygienic-Fashion Institute, N. Y. T (NON-ELAS *5— N»506 IN-ELASTIC The ONLY ELASTIC FABRICS in existence that DON’T GIVE OUT Original Patented Inventions Used ONLY in OUR CORSETS in men short for the actual needs of the ships in commission on a full com plement basis. A great shortage of coal supplies exists in the Pacific Ocean territories or areas In which the operations against Japan would occur, especially in Manila Harbor, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, San Francisco, Puget Sound and Guantanamo. The navy has not at its command enough coalers to send coal around the Horn in event of immediate nec essity. Coal of Highest Importance. The problem of coal is of the first importance. At all of the coaling stations now under control of the United States there is a store of 280.000 tens. In each of these sta tions, according to this authority, there should be 100,000 tons of coal now. but instead there is but 40,000 • yellow peril tons in store. rrlved. but if] ft requires 200.000 tons of coal each month to keep the existing fleet mov- will laugh at j :ng. At the available Pacific stations nne people w ho i Oen* is hardly one month’s supply •As cquence t the nav f these U offict i "Using vessels have j escorted by her poorer vessels of war Japan could in two weeks disembark on the island of Luzon, in the Phil ippines, 50.000 men, seize Manila and proceed to reduce Corrigidor. but twenty-eight miles away. In Full Swing in Three Weeks. “In two weeks her fleet could teach the Hawaiian Islands, into which we will have been unable to throw rein 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 be free to harry our Pacific Coast and meet our fleet East or West." In his statement to-night Secretary Garrison n»*ged the importance of as sembling brigades and divisions peri odically in times of peace. "As v result, in a large measure, of the necessities which in the past may be said to have been vital to the development of our country, the army is stationed in many posts and in many commands,” said the Secre tary. “This scattered condition pre vents that practical training of brig ades and divisions and their com manders and staffs which is so es sential for war purposes." “Until some *■ uch plan can be worked »ut. it will readily >*»* how important it is that the larger units ne assemble raiily to. tbe purpose of w be tailed war trustling." MISER LEAVES FORTUNE HIDDEN ABOUT HIS HOME ROME, May 3. Antonio Romeo, a miser, who has died at San Stefano. near Messina, lias left a large for tune hidden about his home. In a cupboard stuffed with rags were found large bundles of bank notes for $100 and $200; gold coins worth $60,000, and government stock representing $100,000 were found in old chairs. Bank notes and money were also found in boots, clothes and pots. 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