The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-20

| 0HbH MS W lOklOg HOltHNDA
Shiga of Waseda University gave an
interesting account of his recent visit
to Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of
America, which was published in the
Japan Times as follows:
Professor Shiga reports that in the
Pacific Coast States of America the
Japanese settlers working with com
paratively small capital are meeting
with good results, and in agricultural
work particularly the Japanese are
successful. In Hawaii the professor
was deeply impressed by the work that
the japanese residents are carrying on
upon an extensive scale. He is con-
WINGED that the results that the Japa-
nese emigrants have reaped hitherto in
America and Hawaii are satisfactory
enough to deserve all the support and
encouragement that the people of this
country can give, and hopes that the.
government will afford every possible
facility to those educated and ambi-
tious young men who are looking for
| big work abroad.
"And when those enterprising young
men get there says Professor Shiga,
'flet them be all naturalized; because
that is the only way of securing home
steads. Forego the old idea that when
a Japanese becomes naturalized in a
foreign country he is no longer
Japanese in any respect. Let not pa
triotism argue against this. The spirit
of the nation and love of the country
inherent with our people are rooted so
deep in their hearts that no outward
circumstances can alter or unroot
them. The Japanese emigrants or
colonists, whether naturalized or not,
will remain as true and loyal subjects
of the Emperor as ever. The truth of
this statement was proved when the
news of the Emperor Mutsuhito s i'll
ness reached Hawaii. All the Japanese,
both eniigrants and those who had new
er seen their mother country, united
i'm the unanimous prayer for the
speedy recovery of His Majesty. The
demonstration of their loyalty and love
of the Emperor was as sincere as 1T
was general, And from what | wit
messed during my stay in Hawaii, 1T
is not difficult to know how profoundly
| grieved they were when they were told
that their beloved Emperor was no
more
During his tour abroad, Professor
Shiga was particularly struck with
the fact that the so much talked-about
racial hatred is no more than form
less bogy.
Warning Unnecessary.
"When / was to depart from this
country by foreign liner said the
professor, 81 was warned twice by a
customs house official that / should be
badly treated aboard foreign vessel.
The official gave me the warning out
of good will toward me. I>went aboard
expecting cool and i'll reception and
} treatment by the passengers and crew.
But that fear was quite unnecessary.
was never snobbed or sighted or left
out of account, because L am an orien-
tall One evening fancy ball was got
up among the passengers and officers OF
? the ship, and / was invited to be pres
ent- Having no material to dress my
self IN fantastieal fashion, l dressed
myself simply in summer clothes, and
hakama and piece of red tape was
Ecmployed as headgear. AT the ball l
was requested to explain my dress, and
| said ] was the daughter of the Land
of the Rising Sun ON the way to the
country of the stars and stripes In
search of a husband, because Japanese
folklore says that the sun marries the
stars. NV explanation was performed
in dreadfulIy bad English but my
meaning was easily understood by all
They all shook my hand with sincere
| enthusiasm. Then 7 felt that after all
understanding between entirely dIher
emit races is not impossible.
""An illustration may suffice to show
! that / was not left out of consideration
, for the reason that 7 am an oriental
On the day before the steamer arrived
at San Francisco, a committee OF the
passengers came to me and handed
paper for my approving signature
II The purport of the paper was to fre'
a l7-year old Chinese girl from her Gus
: todian, foreign woman missionary wht
constantly inflicted brutal treatement
and physical abuse on the Chinese girl
and / was to sign the paper as witness
"Coming to Honolulu, from toul
in the Pacific Coast States, | came upoI
, a scene that went very far in convinc
) ing me that racial hatred+or distinction
lis only superficial | witnessed such {
lscene on the Fourth of July, which
! celebrated in the island. The place OF
/ ceremony and iubilation was decorated
altogether by Chinese ladies residing II
} Honolulu The gathering for the cele
l bration of the national holiday was pre-
| sided over by Portuguese, a Chinese
r Hawaiian preached sermon on tn
5 occasion, japanese girl read the De
Q claration of Independence, and an Amer
t can orator concluded the program
} Do you stil speak of racial distinction
or enmity or hatredg
e Is Deeply Impressed.
son my visit to the Hawaiian Island
| was deeply impressed by another fact
In every island or islet / paid yisi
: to found many shrines dedicated t
Japanese Shinto gods or deified heroe
a of yore. To speak nothing of sue
: popular gods AS Inari, Kurozumi,. Kiyo
a masa, and Hachiman, | found gods $
!, insignificant that they are known onl
+ to minority of our people honore
;, with respectable shrines in the foreig
/ soil For instance, how many Japa
nese know or have ever heard of sue
gods MS hl,iinja-a local go
of Shikoku or Ichihata'yakushi-a go
worshiped only in small locality i