Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-16

his opinions by the present
minister in Washington.
An American Citizen.
We're seriously onended

were seriously offended at
the \ se which | took In my sim
cere ~.I1orts to avert international
trouble and to put these subjects OF
came on here when the delegation
came from san Francisco to see Pres
ident Roosevelt, and L have remain
ed here practically ever since. The
ambassador and his crowd at the en-
bassy do not like to have me here.
1 see the stories in the newspapers
which they inspire in which they sug-
gest that L am a person without any
standing, and that L am the agent of
the so-called progressive party In ia
pan. 1t has even been suggested that
the American authorities can have
me run out of Washington as a for
eigner disturbing to the peace.
Now l want to have 1t distinctly
understood that L am an American
citizen and have been since 1906"
Here DR.. Miyakawa produced a
bunule of certificates and the orig
inal credentials of the half dozen de-
grees which he holds from American
colleges. The first citizenship papers
appeared as having been taken out
in the United States circuit court of
the southern district of New York
in 1908; the second papers in the
Monroe county circuit court of In
diana on the 9th of October, 1905.
In these papers DR.. Miyakawa re-
nounced his allegiance to Japan and
swore to support the American flag.
These papers were taken out before
the passage by congress of the recent
law creating a board which passes
on applications for citizenship by
alien Japanese.
Not a Trouble Maker.
There are many Americans who
are willing to give their lives for
~ lya xye.
but there are not many men of Jap
anese birth and rearing who are will
ing to give their lives for the United
States in a war with Japan. l say
| am willing to do that. | propose
to stay in Washington and in 80 far
as l am able shall continue to expose
the double dealing methods of this
pack at the embassy. They pretend
one thing and are doing another
What you Americans need is more
knowledge of the Japanese language
and methods. / was official inter-
prefer for the imperial japanese
army in Manchuria and l have good
standing in my country. l have sery-
ed the emperor in war and my stand
ing with the present administration
in Japan is good.
ut is not true that 1 am the agent
of any political factionists who are
attempting to stir up trouble. The
embassy charges me with tranSlatlne
dispatches in Japanese newspapers
and giving them to the American
press. Well, then, what of that? Does
the embassy think that the secret!
! of the Japanese newspapers should
be confined by the Japanese language
and hidden in Japan?
Defles His Enemies.
II will continue to translate Jap
anese newspapers and to tell th'
American people what they contain
will continue to expose any dou
BILE dealing which l find going on IL
Washington. L shall not be driver
| out of town by the embassy"
DIR. Miyakawa, who apparently i
| about 80 years of age, has lived II
the United States on and off for eigh
years. He is best known as the au
thor of a work on constitutional law
a copy of which he presented L
President Roosevelt a short time ago
He holds several college degrees
speaks English, with the usual Jap
anese accent, but fluently, and claim
that his principal business is tn
writing of text books on law.