The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-18
THE GOVERNOR
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say that the japanese will not assimi-
late, if they are not given the oppor-
tunity?
81 have not, as yet, arrived at any
positive opinion regarding the news
from Washington, or what it's signif-
canoe is. We were not consulted or
asked for advice upon this matter by
the authorities at Washington, and un
til further advices are received, I will
hardly be able to form any definite
idea regarding the situation. In 1904
when the protest was first made in
California against the Japanese going
to the Coast from Hawaii, we forsaw
the gravity of the problem. we
suggested, as a compromise, that they
be prevented going to the mainland
from these islands. The action that
has been taken by the Senate i'm the
present matter has been along similar
lines suggested by us at that time. The
President did not himself then think
that the conditions would become seri-
Gus as they have since done.
when that suggestion was made we
We're confronted in these islands with
the condition of being deprived of
our only source of supply for labor.
That was Japan, and there was no way
that the conditions could be righted
without a very great readjustment of
affairs here. Naturally it was desir-
ed to prevent any such thing. But
since that time conditions have chang
ed. Other sources of labor have since
been developed and the conditions that
prevailed at the time that the SecTe-
tary and myself suggested the COM
promise Of keeping the japanese here,
no longer exists.
"I do not wish to implv that I am
opposing the immigration of Japanese
OF these islands nor do I wish to give
the impression that I desire the orient
alization of Hawaii. Do you suppose
from what you know of Japan that
they will be apt to flood this country
with laborers and depress the scale of
wages? I hardly think that such a
thing will result.
do I think that the planters would
stop securing labor from other sources
If the japanese are allowed to come
here and prevented from going to the
mainland? Well, I have not talked
with any of the planters, so I am UNI
able to state what they would do. But
I do know that they did not restrict
| themselves to any one class of labor,
when they had Unrestricted Chinese
immigration here They brought the
Portuguese to these islands then, and
after that they went ahead and sccur-
ed the Japanese. After they secured
| the Japanese they brought other class
es of labor to the islands
The big question presented is what
effect the proposed change in our inn
migration laws will have upon the flu
ture of the country? We will not stop
the attempt that We have been making
to Americanize the islands and to bring
permanent settlers here, and l believe
that will yet succeed. I have not, as
yet received any advices 'egarding the
situation"
| Governor Carter suggested that pos
sibly the realization that Japan might
start a war on the United States over
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TO take the present action that he has
done. The Governor expressed the op,
inion that the United States was prac-
tically at the mercy of Japan in the
Pacific ocean and that it would be pos
sible for her to send fleet TO the Pa
( cihc coast cities, and levy indemnity
to prevent the fleet bombarding them
The Governor further expressed tn,
opinion that Japan could carry on &
war immensurably cheaper than coulC
the United States and it would cos
practically nothing for Japan to star
such a war on the United States. II,
thought there We're a number of places
where she could secure the financia
backing to inaugurate any war He
credit was better now than it had eve
been.
AS to the ability Of Japan to conduc
a war indefinitely against the Unitet
states, he did not express any posi-
tive opinion.
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