Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-23
THE JAPANESE AND HAWAII.

japanese in Hawaii have no reason to com
plain Of grievances committed against then
BY the white citizenship; nor is there any goot
reason for the note of irritated luminosity
sounded in the speeches of last nights mass
meeting.
If any element in Hawaii's cosmopolitan
population has been given utmost opportunity
equitable treatment, broad-minded cooperation,
IL is the Japanese Not even their leaders can
be unmindful of the facts, and those facts do
not warrant such statements as these:
s.For what we have done for Hawaii we should
be respected nd esteemed. but we are not When
the white PEG pie here want anything, sucn lam
tern parade a water carnival. they come to us
When this 10 over they pay no attention to u.s. they
remain ignorant OF our conditions The stopping OF
the aviation eet Is fair sample Of the feeling the
authorities ma I've towards US.
Taking ali Of these things into consideration We
cannot expect cooperation with the white people"
Hawaii is preeminently the country of social
interminglihg, and racial intolerance is nm
Known. tits the country that typifes at its
best an American spirit of equality of treat
ment for all races. ass h
In Hawaii there are no anti-alien land laws
IS there are in California and II many other
states; no such violent legislation against the
admission of aliens as Canada has recently
sponsored.
In Hawaii the Japanese meet and mingle
With all other races in business in education,
Ia religion, IN beneyolence, in public service,
ii amusements, in sports, in professional life.
In Hawaii the Japanese, together with other
0rientals, almost control many branches of
trades industry. Their contractors bid fire.
1uenfly--afld often with success with white
contractors for federal as well as for private
construction work Their banks shops, i'm
porting and exporting houses are part of the
business life 81 every city tIili 6ys Their
physicians practice freely and several hold
membership ii the Medical Society their at
.orneys are admitted to the bar and carry ON
|he profession Of law on the same terms as
For the education of the japanese children
and youths Of Hawaii, the territory is spending
..1dfeds Of thousands Of dollars The children
81 The Japanese are admitted to Hawaiian pub
rs schools on the same terms as children of any
and every other nationality Private schools,
institutions, homes have been built and are
01'1iained generously for the Japanese and
Ton other aliens. For instance the Mid Pacific
Institute to: educate Oriental children; for In
rance Susannah Wesley Home, to shelter Jap
|nese and Korean women and children. The
list Of such institutions is q long one.
II was stated by one speaker last night that
The Japanese have been in Hawaii for forty.
Years and have been large factor in making
the country what it is but that their hopes OF
with the community have failed.
n Is true that there have been Japanese here
|or forty wears, but the helmingly larger
proportion Of them have come within the last
''fteen Or twenty years. And we think the.
|6cts cited above will show to what extent the
.'.panese have been assimilated here and have
become part Of Hawaii's community life.
Hawaii has meant to thousands of very poor
Japanese future Of assured economical COM
Tort. usually great prosperity as compared to-
heir condition IN Japan 1t has meant the edu-
cation Of their children at government expense
an education freely and gladly bestowed on
|hese little citizens, many Of them future voters
II Hawaii. Hawaii has meant opportunity,
wen. wealth. The uncountable number Of small
owned BY japanese in Hawaii is
..,fficient proof Of the opportunity that this
|erritory has opened to the arriving aliens.
When the Hawaii touriI party visited
|apan last spring, it was asfreqOent experience
81 .1ananese who formerly lived here but had
..tnrned to their own country to voice the sim
ere wish that they could return to Hawaii.
Is speeches, in private talks, in newspaper ar
|;hles. this sentiment vas often reiterated:
(. Hawaii. has done wonderful things for the
.s,,anese II has welcomed them. It has done
So - .,l,af axar their own country could |