The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
N|PPON'S LEADERS
FEAR SPREAD OF
HOSTILITY ABROAD
Effort to Seek Causes of Dis
crlrnination Manifested
in Discussions IN
Island Empire
SCHOLARS PROPOSE
EDUCATIONAL MOVES
Soroku Ebara Admits Coun-
trymen in America Retain
Peculiar Traits

TOKYO. July 19.-The negotiations
between the United states and Japan
over the California land bill stirred
up in Japan widespread discussion by
publicists and preachers of the broad
subject of the future of Japan in her
relations with the countries Of the
west.
This discussion showed an earnest
effort to seek the causes Of the dis
elimination against Japanese in Cali
fornia and in other places, including
Cana da and Australia.
Some conservative newspapers criti-
cised what they claimed to be the
practice of the Japanese authorities in
California in encouraging the registra-
tion of children born of Japanese par
ents as future subjects of the Japanese
empire. instead Of allowing them to
become, as they would. citizens of the
United States.
Considerable publicity is given here
to an article by Rev. Danjo Ebina. a
Christian pastor and editor in chief of
the Shinjin Ma agaZine.
question BROADENING
The clergyman argued 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
Japan and Canada, between Japan and
the countries of South America-in-
deed anywhere where the Japanese
might flourish. He declared that the
great cause of Japanese isolation was
. the insistence upon ancestor worship
and contended that the great solution
of the whole question was a patient
campaign to obtain the right of natu-
ralization in America
Must the Japanese live everywhere
as sojourners." Doctor Ebina asked.
live everywhere as strangers and
foreigners, everywhere except where
they have conquered? The develop
ment of our race demands that this
should not be So
The abandonment of ancestor wor-
ship and the adoption of a cosmopoli-
tan faith were needed to enable the
Japanese to assimilate abroad and thus
open up a new universe for the Jap
anese race throughout the world.
PLEA FOR UNITY OF THOUGHT
Unity of thought between east and
west is pleaded for in the first annual
report of the Association Concordia OF
Japan which includes some of the lead
ing men of the empire in educational,
scientific and business fields.
The association declares that, al
though in its more superficial aspects
the Intercourse between the east and
the west is growing increasingly in
innate and their scientific interests are
becoming wider, there is still a sad
failure on each side to appreciate the
deeper things of the spirit which un-
derlie the life of the other.
Without any doubt the removal of
causes of irritation as regards political
and commercial affairs is an imperative
duty. but the creation of reciprocal
!
and the United States would lay secure
foundations for. international peace and
good will.
LIFE APART IMPOSSIBLE
The report contends that henceforth
10 nation can maintain its life apart
from the onward movement of the
worlds thought and that the world 3
civilization will hereafter flow in one
strong current.
Inasmuch as such problems as immi-
grafton and colonization complicate re-
lstions and endanger the peace and
progress of the world by unduly en-
phasizing national and racial difference,
the association holds that it is inn
perative to foster mutual sympathy and
sense of common interest 1t will
strive therefore TO promote a deeper
sympa thy and respect between the two
great civilizations.
form Of the publication of review,
with the object of guiding the current
thought, the establishment of lecture
courses. the interchange of visits Of
distinguished scholars representing the
best thought of the east and west and
finally of International congresses
The association will also cooperate
with various international bodies of
similar kind in facilitating investiga-
IN fr,o
tercourse among nations
RETAINS PECULIAR TRAITS
Mr.. Soroku Ebara- who was sent TO
OF Japan, sent home a report in which
he declares that. despite numerous
strong points in favor of the Japanese
abroad, they still retain their peculiar
traits which prevent them from asso-
ciating with people among whom they
live. He strongly urges the Japanese
to pay more heed to this point. as
otherwise he fears for the future of
japanese in foreign lands.
The Japanese. he asserts. enjoy high
repute in labor circles in Hawaii and
give satisfaction to their employers in
general, but even in Hawaii some signs
are already visible of the exclusion
of the Japanese in the future.
For instance, the land owners in Ha-
wall every year senu over ioi Adpoiels
from Portugal and Spain and give them
higher wages than the Japanese.
Mr. Ebara cites the report of the
Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce. in
which it is alleged that the Japanese
- -ct care to fraternize with the Ha-
waians and cling too much to their
own customs and habits.
The report claims that the Japanese
settlers do not take any interest in the
welfare of Hawaii and it would be
better for Hawaii to replace them by
Spaniards. Portuguese and Filipinos.