Japan and America.—The action of shutting the Japanese out of the public schools of San Francisco is still causing a great deal of talk, and some see in it even war between the two nations. The contention of the San Francisco people is that no action has been taken detrimental to the Japanese, that the majority of those who wish to enter the primary schools of San Francisco are twenty to thirty years of age, and that in such cases even white men would be shut out from the primary schools. The message of the President to Congress has spoken very decidedly upon the question. He asks for fair treatment for the Japanese, as fair as for Germans, Swedes, Frenchmen, and Italians. We take the following from his message: "I recommend to the Congress that an act be passed specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become American citizens. One of the great embarrassments attending the performance of our international obligations is the fact that the statutes of the United States are entirely inadequate. They fail to give to the national government sufficiently ample power through United States courts and by the use of the army and navy, to protect aliens in the rights secured to them under solemn treaties which are the law of the land. I therefore earnestly recommend that the criminal and civil statutes of the United States be so amended and added to as to enable the President, acting for the United States Government, which is responsible in our international relations, to enforce the rights of aliens under treaties. "Even as the law now is, something can be done by the Federal Government toward this end, and in the matter now before me affecting the Japanese, everything that it is in my power to do will be done, and all of the forces, military and civil, of the United States which I may lawfully employ will be so employed." This position has caused more or less discussion and not a little criticism, especially on the part of the anti-Japanese. We hope for an amicable settlement of the difficulty.