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They have granted. as they were advised by.Herbert Spencer. only bare commercial privileges. and it has inured to their great advantage. because they have preserved the purity of their race. and they are in the arts and in manufactures triumphant. and as a fighting people they rank with the best. I will read this paragraph from the letter of Herbert Spencer. and then ask. if there be no objection. that it be published in full in the RECoun. because it is not generally known. He says: I have. for the reasons indicated. entirely approved of the regulations which have been established in America for restraining the Chinese immigration. You see. the Chinese immigration was an older problem than the Japanese immigration. We barred the Chinese about 1879. and the Japanese did not come along until about SS5. and then they. came by way of Hawaii. and they have crept in. making blut little noise. and in a.land where the Chinese were barred the Japanese were permitted to come until their character was determined. and then there was this opposition upon the west coast to the Japanese as well as there had been in a previous generation to the Chinese. so Herbert Spencer says: I have. for the reasons indicated. entirely approved of the regulations which have been established in America for restraining Chinese Immigration. and had I the power I would restrict them to the smallest possible amount. my reasons for this decision being that one of two things must happen : If the Chinese are allowed to settle extensively in America. they must either. if they remain unmixed. form a subject race standing in the position. if not of slaves. yet of a class approachIng to slaves. or. if they mix. they must form a bad hybrid. In either case. supposing the immigration to be large. immense social mischief must arise. and eventually social disorganization. The same thing will happen if there should be any considerable mixture of European or American races with the Japanese. You see. therefore. that my advice Is strongly conservative In all directions. and I end by saying. as I began. keep other races at arms length as much as possible. Japan followed that advice .and when we bar Japanese from the land. when we restrict their immigration. we are simply doing what Japan herself is doing and has successfully lone during the last half century. She will not admit Koreans nor Chinese where they compete with her own people. and if we but follow Japans example we shall be absolutely right. And how can Japan consistently object?