reach San Francisco by way of British Columbia.

It is doubtful if they will be any more welcome here than they were in
Hawaii, and it is probable that means will be found to prevent them from
landing, if they come in large numbers.

We did this with the Chinese, and there is little doubt that we will do
the same with the Japanese, if they begin to trouble us.

There is at this moment a little trouble about the Chinese, and that you
may understand it fully, we will go over the whole matter.

In the early days of emigration to California, those days when the
wonderful discoveries of gold were attracting adventurous spirits, the
Chinese were among the first to go there.

At first they were welcomed and kindly treated, but after a while it was
found that Chinamen would work for less wages than white men, and
therefore obtained employment when the white men were left in idleness.
From this the pioneers came to distrust John Chinaman, and then to dislike
him.

In 1877 there was a serious anti-Chinese riot in California, and five
Chinamen were killed by the mob.

The rioting and the feeling against the Chinese became so serious that
California at last asked Congress to interfere.

The result of this trouble was that a Chinese Embassy was established here
for the protection of the Chinamen, and our Government took steps to