Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-06

assembled ~ his mansion a rHMher
OF religious leaders. both Japanese an /
foreign. and l"qua>trd them t. ,o"sil-
tv the means by "hiCh 20 lnl the
way Out Of the dilemma "Thr japan
es+ question in Amer ca. he said "a
that occasion. is Question which
cannot be solved by diplomacy alone.
much less 10y fore" Cf arms: it is a
question which involves the vital
problem Cf the spirit. ANA suOuld be
dealt always with that fact in view.
That .!aUan C.ded 10 participate
in the Panama-Pac.fic Exposition as
soon as the new cabinet was organ
lied is a strong Indication tA1t Count
OkuTa means TO b" friendly towards
the United States. He tries to do
what is just in dealing with :oH" IN
nations. It is. therefore. quit" natural
tor him to expect other nations to do
what is just and right in dealing with
Japan. 1t is fair play and a square
deal which he would uphold in con iur:
ing the foreign affairs of the empire
Nothing. perhaps. is more Indicative
of this stand Of Count OkumI'S than
csc immigration. II DO not in any
way" he says. "sympathiZe with the
idea that, by sending abroad emgraufs
who may Became a cause Of trouble in
the country OF their destination. the
rights or honor of a great and civilized
people. such as ours claims to be. will
be served" At the same time. the
count contends that "WhPn a trpatv
power seeks to enact a law restricting
immigration from one country. the
terms of such restriction should be an
aloRoUs and even identical with those
applicable to the peoples Of other great
pCWers or civilized countries" Let us
hear what he has 10 sa" in a~0thqr
ESSAY: Il am VOL aware thpt be
hind the anti-JapaneSe sentiment in
America there EXISTS various circum-
stances which deserve cons Iteration
However. in so far as our peOp'p are
GiSliked simply because they a~c Jap
anaSe, there is nothing rea2OHah1a or
logical in this hostile feeling. Such a
passion or sentiment arises solely
from 4 narrow and biased racial pre-
JUDGE on the enc hand. and from m $.
conceptions born Of competition among
the labOriHg classes on the other To
reason against and remove these pre-
jndices and misconceptions is mutual
duty deVClving as much On our people
as on the western nations"
Political Situation Clear.
This, then. is the existing condition
Of politics in Japan. There is nothing
puzzling Or mystifying about it. The
sOCalled Oriental mind works much
the same way as the Occidental mind.
With steam and electricity breaking
down the natural barriers between off
ferent countries. racial ference
mental, economic, and political. must
inevitably dwindle. Especially is this
true in the economic world. With
the monstrCus chimneys of huge fac
can't fields, Japan no longer enjoys
the peace CT Arcadia with the cost OF
living low and where no one need
work strenuOuSly. In fact, the west
ern travellers today find Japan rath-
er disappointing, chiefly because the
in that country have become a lictiGn.
Slowly but steadily the world is tend
ing towards uniflcation. And the
opening of the big ditch" will have
the effect Of facilitating this unifying
tendency. After all. this revolving
planet OF ours. does not seem such a
big affair