Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-22

AGAINST JAPS
CALIFORNIA LAW LEADS JAPS
- SIX REASON FOR
iNTAGONISN.


lapan over The California land bill
stirred up u Japan widespread dis-
cuss.1n by publioists and preachers
of The broad subject OF the future OF
Japan Boz asr relations with the
countries Of the west
This 90 ssion showed an earnest
effort 10 EEK the causes OF the dis
elimination against japanese 10
California and In other places. In
Guiding Canada and Australia. Some
ron.ermti newspaper criticised
Ahat they .laimed % boz the prac.
tice Of N Japanese authorities In
California encourlgiir the regis
tration OF aldren born of japanese
parents o. uture subjects Of the
Japanese Empire. instead Of allow
INK them Oh become as they would.
citizens OF fH- United States
Consider bic publicity Is given
her 10 an article by Rev banjo kbi-
ma. q Christian pastor and editor-in-
chief of o., shiniin magazine. The
clergyman rgued that the question
between japan and the United States
was not one that would end with
those two Countries. but one that
would develop eventually between ia
pan and Canada. between Japan and
the countr.ss Of South America In
deed. anyV here where the japanese
might flour b. lie declared that
the great cause Of Japanese Isolation
was the boz stencc upon ancestor
worship and contended that the
great solution Of the whole question
was q patient campaign 10 obtain the
right OF naturalization IN America
Must the Japanese live every
where a. s0lourners.' Or. Ehina
asked. i've syerywhere O sstrangers
and foreigners. everywhere except
whore they have conquered The
development Of our race demands
that this should not be- 20. B."
The Abandonment OF ancestor
worship and the adoption Of a COS
mopolitan faith were needed to en-
able the japanese 10 assimilate
abroad and thus open up new uni
verse for the Japanese race through
out the world.
Unity of Thought between East
and Wcst Is pleaded for Ia the first
annual report OF the Association
Concordia of Japan. which includes
some of the eadlng men Of the En-
pire IN educational, scientific aud
business fields The association de-
clares that, although IN It's more
superficial aspects the intercourse
between the east and west is growing
increasingly intimate and their sci-
sutific interests are becoming wider,
there Is STIR sad failure on each
side to APPRECIATE The deeper things
ot the spirit which uuderly the life
of the other. without any doubt the
removal OF causes Of irritation az
regards political and commercial az
fairs Is an imperative duty but the
creation OF reciprocal sympathy
q equally urgent Il Japan and the
United States would lay secure foun-
lations for international peace and
good viii.
The report contends that hence
forth no nation can maintain Us life
apart from the onward movement of
th, world thought and that the
worlds civilization will hereafter
Glow in ON, strong current.
lnasmuch as such problems as Inn
migration and colonization compll-
cate relations and endanger the
peace and progress of the world by
unduly emphasizing national and
racial difference. the association
holds tina, It Is imperative 10 foster
mutual Nmpathy and sense of
common interest II will strive there
fore 20 promote deeper sympathy
and respect between the two great
civilizations.
This work will take the practical
form of the publication OF review.
with the object of guiding the cur
rent thought. the establishment OF
lecture courses. lnterchanging OF Wis
20. of distinguished scholars repre-
seutng best though OF east and
west. and finally OF international
congresses The association will also
cooperate with various international
bodies of similar kind In facilitat-
ing uy,stigatious and In accelerat-
iug friendly intercourse among ma
'eus
Mr. Soroku Elara. who was sent
% California by the governmental
ulrtt o.. Japan sent home a report
IN which he declares that despite
numerous strong points In favor OF
fho Japanese abroad. they sim re-
tain their peculiar traits which pre-
vent them from associatiug with
people among whom they live tic
strongly urges the japanese 10 pay
more heed to this point, as other
wise be- fears for the future OF d, o.
panese BOO foreign land.
The international Association Of
Mlchinists has begun a movement
for the establishment OF the eight
hour vorkday for machinists throu-
ghout the country.