On the other hand it is impossible to be blind to the fact that the growing intrusion of coloured races into the affairs of the nations constitutes, if not a real danger for the white man, at least a severe blow to his pride and a warning that he will have to adjust his methods to meet the new competitor or lose the supremacy which he has hitherto been accustomed to regard as his birthright. January, 1907, found the relations between America and Japan strained almost to the point of rapture, The segregation policy adopted in California towards Japanese school children gradually enlisted the interests of every politician in the States, and the wildest ra-incurs as to the number and purpose of Japanese immigrants were pro-gated with such rapidity and swallowed with so much ease that, at the beginning of Februasy, President Roosevelt found himself obliged to intervene in order to check the war scare. Since then feeling in the United States has grown calmer. Time, and the semi-official visit of Mr. W. H. Taft to Japan last October, which was intended presumably to clear the ground for future understanding between the two Govern ments, counted for much. The Trust Campaign and the finanei: crisis counted for more, by providing abundant material at home for the attentions of a nation which is notoriously apathetic towards foreign affairs. Finally it may be thought that, in the discussions which preceded the dispatch of the Fleet that is now on ite way to the Pacific, American temper found an outlet which was quite in accord with the expectations of Presideng Roosevelt. With a want of tact, which is less surprising than regrettable, the expulsion of Japanese stewards from the Pacific fleet was left until the very eve of its departure. But it is noteworthy that the actual send-off was not made the occasion for any renewal of belligerent outburst: for which moderation the repressive efforts of President Roosevelt must be duly thanked.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.