The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-14
new YORK HERALD ON
FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN
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| even consider his act a criminal one.
I'VE are not allowed TO attend Japa-
nese schools, Old or young.
1--WE are only permitted to reside in
certain sections
"Such a simple thing as sailing a
private pleasure boat is restricted. We
cannot leave the treaty port unless with
a permit, ana it is next to impossible to
secure such a permit. The japanese go
anywhere desired but a foreigner can
not enter any port of Japan Except the
regular open ports) from the water
front
"At the theatres the japanese rate is
sixty sen. No foreigner is admitted
under two yen GOO sen)
The hotels are ON similar basis.
1T is a known fact that justice cam
not be had except i'm the higher courts
and every case against a foreigner is
carried to the Supreme Court before
justice is given. The Legation at To-
kio knows this point only too well.
In taxes fore. gners pay double the
rates paid by the japanese.
THE treaties state positively that
foreigners shall not be subject to war
taxes or duties. They were levied just
the same, and we did not think it wise
to raise an objection. But the facts
are as stated.
THE simple fact is that the Japanese
do not want foreigners here, and are
doing everything within their power
/ to drive them from the country. The
reason the true facts are not generally
known is that every foreign resident
| is watched and it is not policy for him
to state such facts for publication.
Permit me to repeat conversation
heard several days ago which really
prompts this letter On the last steamer
for San Francisco, the Nippon Maru,
about eighty soldiers embarked, Din
ing at a tea house I happened to oc-
cupy a room adjoining the banquet
room, where about one hundred Japa-
nese had assembled. During the dim
ner a major of the regiment the soldiers
belonged to made a brief speech, part
of which 1 jotted down at once.
He stated that while his comrades
were leaving the land of the rising sun
they must always remain loyal to their
Emperor and they must remember that
the late war had given them a grand
education in how to handle an enemy.
They were told not to forget that Ha-
wall was but a stepping stone to the
mainland, and that when they reached
the mainland they must not forget
that the Pacific belonged to Japan; that
while the United States pretended to be
friendly with Japan at present it was
only because they We're afraid of Japan.
In conclusion he adjured them to re-
member that a good soldier in the land
of the enemy was worth ten at home
at is needless to write more This
expresses the thoughts of these people.
ut is common talk that the Japanese
will ultimately control Hawaii even
without military conquest. They can,
if necessary wait until enough children
born in the islands become of age to
vote, if Japanese are not allowed the
right of citizenship beforehand. If al
lowed the right of citizenship, with
privilege of voting, they will then send
coolies over by the thousand,
"I might take up other points, such
as the house tax, recently decided in
favor of the foreigners. The United
States decided not to enter this dispute
stating they considered the japanese
were right. But the japanese press
wrote many uncomplimentary remarks
about us when The Hague finally de-
cided in favor of the other countries
and the United States then came in and
asked for equal rights under the favor
Ell nation clause. The other Powers
went to all the expense Of fighting, and
had it not been for their subbornness
we would now be paying upward OF
200, 900 yen annually that would have
been contrary to treaty.
please do not decide this japanese
} ]question too soon. The United States
within the next twenty years will real
ize that Japan has upward of fifty mil
lions of people and that it can spare
half of them. II we leave our doors
open to them Il viii mean a loss to us
of the entire Pacific Coast,
"a copy of this letter has been sent
to Washington It viii be indorsed by
the majority of the foreign community
residing in Japan, not as showing their
dislike for the Japanese, but Of the one
sided manner in which the japanese
are acting. Foreigners in Japan stand
. all of these inconvenience, while the
Japanese kick when they have the
least Drovocation.
zone point seems to be misunder-
stood in the United States. There is as
p much difference between the Japanese
of the Eastern States or those in the
universities and those who are crowdng
to the Pacific coast as there is between
the we'll bred negro of the North and
the common routabout or field hand of
the South, who is worthless filled with
debased ideas.
'"The above is written purely from a
patriotic standpoint, from one who
knows these people only to well and
their Unborn dislike for everything for
eign, unless it means something to their
own benefit"