The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-07
japanese Inyssion.

japanese lnYAeS4On.
There is to be a japanese invasion
into the United States. This dec
laratiOn at first startles many who
have entertained the idea for some
time that Japan was preparing to en-
gage in a war with the United States.
But. luckily. though there would
not be the long-drawn-out trouble
Russia had with the laps. that is not
the sort of invasion announced.
There IS nothing military about it.
Instead. colonies of these energetic,
thrifty. intelligent people are TO be
established In the Mississippi valley.
il news dispatches are correct This
invasion is proceeding already at
surprising rate. but so quietly that
it is scarcely observed. and is being
done without objection or protest by
serve its progress and realize it's sig
nificance
At present Bay City. WIS. a small
town on the Mississippi river about
ninety miles below ST Paul. is the
raIlying place of the Japanese. There
a small colony has bought several
hundred acres Of land on lake
shore. including practically all OF the
beach and the point making out in
to the river. and locally famous as
one of the best fishing places on the
upper Mississippi. A score OF Japa-
nese have been at work for several
weeks cleaning this land and the
beach. and in the spring a landscape
gardener will arrive from Japan and
lay out the property in true Japa-
nese style, making of 1t a beautiful
and unusual summer resort.
But the Japanese are not to be
content with an industry that is
profitable only in the summer. They
have bought the Bay City roller mill.
and are negotiating for other prop
critics in and near the town. evident
~ with tho purpose of establishing |
a manufacturing centre, II Is likely /
that the first buildings put up will /
be a canning factory and u picking .
house. These Will he some distance
from the resort.
. DR.. T. Kuma, who is at Bay City !
wit hhis wife and children. is direct
ing the work He is well-educated |
Japanese of middle age and engag-
ing manners Last September he
went TO Bay City to deliver an adj
dress in a lecture course. and re-
NAMED several days, ostensibly for
no other reason than that he enjoyed
the rest. But a few weeks later he
returned. began negotiations for
property, and made several purChas-
es. Then several young japanese
came and took up their homes in
houses DIR. Kuma had bought. Sow
there are more than score OF char
industrious and re'i-
cent japanese in the town. Evident
ly they are well-eduCated men, of
good families, and the Americans In
the town have received them cor
daily. Among the newcomers are
several Japanese who had worked as
bellboys in Minneapolis and st. Paul
hotels for many months, learning to
speak English, and some of them
studying in the schools or colleges.
1t is understood that the Bay City
colony will number at least 200 next
summer and that DIR. Kuma intends
to establish other colonies favor
able points in the upper Mississippi
valley when this one is well under
way. He appears TO have good fl
backing.
This is Information of a most in
teresting nature to most all the peo-
pie of the United States. It seems
not at all strange that the Japa-
nese question under the circumstan-
ces is somewhat under agitation
Perhaps. 1t is we'll it is, that the ad-
Visibility of permitting such an in
vasion may be intelliEently deter
mined and he met with the proper
,ction ~