Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-14
APANESE TO
TAKE MATTER
TO Washington
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visit Mr.. Eitake this afternoon and
present their case.
The application of a little more
commons sense in the handling of ar
rivals at this port by the immigra-
tion authorities is suggested by lead
ing Japanese residents of Honolulu
as remedy for the evil which they
maintain exists at the present time.
Previous inspectors Satisfactory.
3 From what was reported in the
morning paper, Mr.. Halsey stated
that he was acting according to his
instructions from Washington" said
Editor Sheba of the Hawaii Shinpo
this morning. but we think that it
is an injustice to those Japanese who
make their homes in Hawaii and who
are detained at the immigration sta
ton for three or four weeks follow
ing their return from a visit to Japan.
We are not upholding the cause OF
any undesirable Japanese, referred to
by Inspector Halsey with a short and
ugly name, but of those Japanese who
are bona fide excursionists. If In
spector Halsey is not to be blamed for
the treatment which these excursion
lists have been subject to at the
hands of the immigration officials,
then 1t is for US to appeal to Wash
ington through our ambassador in
that city. Personally believe that
little more common sense should be
used in carrying out the immigration
regulations, not only with regard to
the Japanese, but to other rationale
ties. When Messrs. Brown and
Bechtel were in charge of the local
federal immigration station We had
no trouble, and the Japanese always
were treated fairly. They used com
mon sense in carrying out the regu-
lations, and am afraid that Mr.. Hal
sey does not"
The four Japanese newspapers have
combined into unit to agitate the
question of the treatment of the Japa-
Hese excursionists through the me-
dunn of lengthy and bitter editorials
deDouncing the actions of the immi-
grafton officers.
Editorial Denunciation.
The following editorial is from the
Japanese Chornicle, and is headed:
"AntiJapanese immigration Officers"
THE attitude of the local immigra-
tion officers toward the Japanese has
been censured very often, but since
one local Japanese paper attacked
the condition in the immigration sta
ton and put the check to the mar
rage of the picture brides and de-
priycd number of the employees OF
the station of special incomes. the at
titude of the officers has changed
more and more beyond our under
standing, and lately they have been
dealing with us with a seemingly anti
Japanese attitude Since the begin.
ming of this year the number of Japa-
nese who have been barred from the
territory on different pretexts has in
creased tremendously. We wonder now
at their attitude toward the five ex-
cursionists who are, according to their
ruling, barred out There is no ques-
ton but what the members of this
regarding their domicile in Hawaii
There is no necessity of asking the
question as to whether or not these
excursionists desire foreman perma-
nently in Hawaii. In view of these
facts, the rights of the Japanese are
ignored, and peace is disturbed, and
it seems that the local immigration
authorities are the forerunners of the
anti-Japanese attitude in Hawaii,
which attitude is detrimental to the
cordial relations between Japan and
America.
1--WE may be outspoken when We
say that the local immigration off,
GERS are the destroyers of the peace
full relations, but in the Hawaiian is
lands the Japanese and the Ameri
cans are enjoying very friendly rela-
tons. Under these amicable relations
industry and business has grown up,
and never in the past has there been
any anti-Japanese agitation.
The immigration officers are the
only ones who are today against the
peaceful Japanese population of the
territory, and that is the reason why