Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-19

lea a most important lesson. Hawaii
is often said TO be orientaliZed. Thin
brand OF talking through ones hat
would make US Yankees out there
tired If IL were not so laughable a
display of ignorance. The strongest
social force in the world is the Amer
can spirit There Is no one whom it
cannot permeate. Mainland Ameri-
cans know this in the case Of Carl
Schurz or a Mary Antin, but 1t is
equally true of the men Of any race.
| have lived in New York, Chicago and
San Francisco, but | know no more
truly American center under the stars
and stripes than Hawaii. How did it
become such? The sturdy Puritanism
Of 100 years ago which sent its HES
sengefs by the score to ChristianlZe
the then called Sandwich Islands,
wrought the miracle. You can find no
place en- earth more saturated with
twentieth century Puritanism than
our lone territory in the mid-Pacific.
The American spirit dominates there
and transforms the, overwhelmingly
prepcnderating Asiatic population.
More than cne-half Of the people in
Hawaii are Asiatics. But they do not
long stay Asiatic at heart. They meet
the spirit of America, and that
changes them, The Japanese comes
to make money and to return home,
but 10 years contact with American
democracy and American liberty re-
creates him SO that If he returns to
his native. land he is not content to
stay there, but hack he comes to
make America his permanent home.
japanese and citizenship.
= Hawaii does not fear Japanese citi-
zens. 1t already has some 10000 born
On its SOIL and, therefore, citizens OF
the United States These are mostly
but soon wiliHvote and out
number US whites of American ,anees-
try. We do, not fear them BECAUSE
they are intelligent. Out of the grad
yates OF the three chief high schools
and three largest grammar schools In
Honolulu during the past few, years. |
30 10 per cent of the Japanese reach |
ed the rank of A, or 80 to 100. Only |
I3 2-10 per cent of the white Amert- |
cans and north Europeans did as well,
whole of those who attained the stand
ing of B, or from 80 up, the percenr
tages were "a for Japanese graduates
and S01S for the whites. These jap-
anese children beat our children in
bur best schools. Second, they are
attached to America. To
say that a Japanese will not be true
10 his adopted country il he should
change his allegiance shows lament
able ignorance Of the Japanese nature
and ideals. Long ago feudal Japan
worked out the moral ideal in the
1rebiem of shifted allegiance. Third,
he Japanese is true independent;
ne will not vote en- bloc as a race, Tut
to his convictions OF politi-
,aI duty. The study of Japanese po-
itical parties tells us that. Hawaifs
experience in dozen or more wears
will show larger demonstration OF this
aith. " H.. ,--..s
rhe Prospect OF an influx.
A large influx of laborers on the
Pacific coast from any Asiatie country
would work great hardship and injus.
ice. And after the war, with an open
Panama canal, California may find ny
Iad experience that the same; Is true
Il European laborers. For this reason
t is imperative that Congress should |
AXE up the question and settle II def |
litely, not only as 1t applies to Eu-
one, but to all countries At present
We have with Japan the "gentleman's
greement," which absolutely excludes
III Japanese immigrant laborers. Blu.
UGH an agreement is not in thes ma
ure of permanent policy. Hence
he value of such a suggestion as was
made last spring by DIR. Quick, to lin |
t immigration to 5 per cent of the
citizens and natiye-horn
hildren of immigrants from any J
ountry. Such a law would practically T
xelude Asiatie laborers and restrict
immigration from Southern European
ouptries, which send to us those
rhom 1t is most difficult to American
ze. This proposal should have the
Enthusiastic support of organized Ia
or, as indeed it has already won. the
ssent of senne of it's leaders. Such
measure, together with the extern
ion of the privilege Of naturalization,
Tould end forever the discriminating
egislation which has so irritated Ia
an, and at the same time satisfy the
emands of the Pacific coast The
all of today is for some such con.
tructiye program of, International
tatesmanship. Once carried cut our
aticn would need no warlike arma-
rents on the Pacific, International
would guarantee peace, and
o far man has devised nothing but
that can do that. -
ditoriaiIy Indorsed.
Under this title the, Herald says
The facts brought out by DR.. Scud'
er, in another column, deserve seri-
us consideration Two peoples facing
he Pacific ocean, who have every rea-
on to be lasting friends, are becom.
lg more estranged every year. We.
o not want European conditions to
revail in the Pacific world. We are
ct ready for q foreign war, that If
nee joined would be the bloodiest
ur country ever knew, and all Tor
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