Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-27
JAPANESE AGENTS
FINISH MISSION
win Urge Citizenship Rights for
Mikade's Subjects in
United States
REFUSAL TERMED UNJUST
Or. Soyeda and Kamiya Issue
Statements on Eve of Their
Departure for Hons
REFUSAL TERMED UNJUST
IRY La ! Maill

L.
in the Imperial Japanese government,
and Tadao Kamiya, honorary secre-
Il tary Of the Toxic Chamber Of Com
merce, the two commissioners sent to
the United States by the Affiliated
Il Chambers of Commerce of Japan to
investigate conditions relative to the
i anti-alien land law agitation. have
completed their mission and will
start on their return TO Japan tomor-
row. They viii go direct to Vancou-
yer and spend several days investigat-
! ing conditions of their countrymen in
British Columbia, and on the 18th
/ will sail for Japan They go on the
same steamer as General Felix Diaz
and his suit
In a statement at the Fairmont Ho-
i tel last night, DR.. Soyeda and Ka-
| miya summed up the results of their
stay in the United States. The COM
! missioners arrived In San Francisco
lSn May 26th last and during their
j nine weeks visit have travelled over
nearly all the eastern states and made
q thorough survey Of washington,
Oregon and California Their report
i to the Japanese. people will include
Il tue lOllOWluS CC8Gulldd PO1lAl61
| Points to be Covered.
The land bill passed at the last SEES
sion Of the California legislature is
discriminatory III spirit.
II diplomatic negotiations fail to
prevent the law being put into effect,
the Japanese residents here must be
left to smooth their way with their
own hands.
That the Japanese Central govern
ment endeavor to secure for its peo-
pie the privilege of American citizen
ship, 50 as to overcome the discrim-
nation Of the law against them
That the general sentiment of the
country is friendly toward Japan but
that by one pretext or another citi-
zenship has been denied Japanese inn.
migrants and thus placed them in an
unjust position.
The commissioners said they con-
sidered the California question local
unpleasantness and that it would have
no appreciable effect on the CONNER
cial relations between the two coun-'
tries, or upon Japan's plans to parti-
cipate at the 1915 convention.
DR.. Soyeda's statement follows:
General Feeling Cordial.
| The general feeling toward our
country we ascertained was very COR
dial and the general sentiment among
Japanese living on the Pacific coast is
also satisfactory to our idea. There
seems to be fine degree of patience
and forbearance that is striving for
an upward movement mentally and
materially, stimulated by the unhap-
py occurrence of the passage of the
California land bill.
Our people at home are also wait
ing for the ultimate solution with
forbearance. Perhaps you have heard
sensational reports coming from ia
pan, but the bulk of the people, the
thoughtful and influential people, are
taking very sensible attitude about
the situation, and so long as the peo-
pie Of the two countries keep their
heads and try to understand each 9TH
er there is nothing to fear. There is
no need of being pessimistic about
| the future"
I'VE have been telling our people
to strive for the good, and think they
are determined to do so. We hope
that the public opinion Of California
viii be enlightened by so powerful an
organ as the Chronicle in order to
give no mistaken ideas to the people
IN other states, because we have found
that the views of the rest of the Unit
ed States are influenced by what is
heard from the place where the ques-
ton is conferred.
Under and above all we go back
with a very good impression OF the
Republic and her people, with conf
dence that the Japanese in America
are able to smooth their way out by
their own hand. We are sorry, it is
true, that we cannot go home with
nice and concrete presents in our
hands, but we are very confident
about the future.
Better Understanding Results.
The recent unpleasant situation
has not been without its good results.
The people of Japan will know more
about your country and your people.
they will know more of the constitu-
ton and laws that regulate your DO
ltical conduct and national and in
ternational relations. You viii know
more about Japan. am sure it has
done no harm to the American people.
saAAAh ~ 10 IiHlc lOI your people TO
realize that they are too serious over
this question, and hope that our peo-
pie will, on the other hand, take this
question seriously, and that both
through fairness and justice seek the
best solution.
We hope that the law passed re-
Gently at Sacramento will never 60 in
to effect, but if it does, you may rest
assured that the Japanese will regu-
late their conduct to comply with the |
law, while at the same time striving |
to enlarge the permanence of their
residence here"
kamiya spoke more directly to the !
point and touched more closely the
local conditions He said:
We have reminded the Japanese i
residents in this country that they /
must always be on guard that they do |.
nothing to excite unfavorabie COM
ment or antipathy, and to try more !
and more to live up to American WAYS. /
Many Americans. especially those out