The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-10
,JAPANESEPLEA.
FOR FAIR
PLAY
Editor sheba Of Hawaii shinpo
Reviews Recent Events and De
clares That Japanese Residents
and Japanese Americans Are
Not Given Christian Treatment
in This Christian Land.
Anon suaakyy AaveFtisef. J

tirt HtSh" fDhhueJ HuhtfttutIsl
An appeal to the American people
or justice toward the Japanese resi-.
ieut in Hawaii, of both Japanese and
American firth, is made in today 3 is.
pe Of his paper by S. Sheba, the editor
u the Hawaii Shinpo. 'fCommodore
Perry he says, in concluding strong
'rgument for lair play, "baeked his
piea with the Japanese to open the
ioors with the weapons Of war and
orce. now implore you to
meet the Oriental races ON equal terms
and in true Christian spirit, and
back up my plea with the weapons of
5eaee and conscientiousness, of justice
md humanity and the common sense OF
he American people,
Mr.. Sheba heads his signed editorial
Unfriendly Treatment Of Oriental
Races, = and says:
When Perry Threatened.
off the Democratic party had not
ontrolled the general election Of 1883,
md had not Franklin Pierce been elect.
Cd to the Presidency of the United
,tates OF America, Japan would have
altered the control of her independ-
VhVc W DC put intO Jeophfuy NJ tue
hands Of Commodore Perry t"
President Fillmore had already given
lis sanction TO the plan Of occupation
n the Loochoo Islands and an Ameri-
an squadron, consisting of the Snsque-
hanna, the Mississippi and the Sara
oga, visited the port Of present Naha
n 0kinawa Prefecture, and would have
lad planted the Stars and Stripes on
he island had not the administration 8
Ioliey undergone a sudden change with
he return to power Of the Democratic
,arty. A mailed fist was plainly shown
% the weak and lettering Shogunate
government, and finally Japan kissed
he rod before Perry 3 cannon. Perry
said to Japan that it was all for the
AXE Of humanity, friendship and inter
iational comfy.
The "Heathens. {"
ffSixty years since the advent Of
2erry's visit to Japan, the world has
wrought wonderful changes, and, to.
Jay, the United States wants to close
her doors TO us. Ask, and We shall be
iyen; knock, and we shall enter, says
he Bible, which is being forced upon
the iheathens Of the Far East, BY
american missionaries. We humbly ask
5or equal right and equal treatment at
he hands Of the United States, with
European people, some of whom are by
10 means superior TO US in their intel
ectual attachments and refnements.
We ask, but the door is not open to
rs; the more we knock, the closer ii
shuts. The door Of immigration Is now
almost closed to us. Even those, who
wish to enter the United States in pur.
suance of knowledge and learning, are
barred out from the shore, enlightened
With the light of new civilization and
'efnements. t
Constitution Denied.
Even the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution are now denied to the ORR.
entail races under the name of domi.
ciled aliens. A step further, even
those who are American citizens by the
right of their birth are barred from
the enjoyment,of their rights and privii
leges by the recent ruling of the de.
paftment Of labor, which ignored the
birth certificate, issued by the territor.
al government Of Hawaii, contrary to
he usage hitherto prevailed. refer
o the ruling of the department of la
Dor in the case Of Nobuichi Ekita. We
knock because that sacred right Of
equality is denied to citizens Of Japa-
nese descent. l fIN
Ekita was born in the Territory Of
Hawaii after its annexation to the
United States, and he has eertifcate
IF birth issued by the territorial gov
eminent pursuant TO legislative act
Of 1905, which makes such certificate
a prima facie evidence in requirement
of franchise. The boy left for the
States to enter certain college, but
was rejected at and deported from the
port of San Francisco, upon the sim
pie reason that the certificate is no eyi.
dence to prove his citizenship outside
Of the Territory. A State ignoring the
act of another government under the
federal powerl
1.-THE issue was taken up by the Sec
rotary of the Territory, but the depart
ment of labor sustained the contention
of the immigration authority at San
Francisco. This ruling practically ties
to corner of the United States all
American born JaBaHeks, and they can
not travel to the mainland, because the
mainland immigration officials will pass
only those Japanese who come with
passports from the Japanese govern.
nent, according TO so-ealled Gentle.
men 8 Agreement, and these passports
he American.born Japanese cannot get,
IS over them the Japanese government
vas no Jurisdiction whatever. These
BOYS are born under the American flag
and on American soil, but they cannot
ravel within their own country. Fur
thermore, they are made more miser-
Ible, being deprived of a flag and q
government that will protect their in
erests. The letter of the Constitution
oses practically all its meaning under
the contention Of the. immigration Of
icials as sustained by the department
If labor They are made American citi.
.ens without rights and without privil-
'ges. Common sense seems nowadays
lwfully lacking in the treatment of the
Japanese race BY American immigration
Ifiicials. a.te
Loves the Land Of Freedom.
81 have lived within the jurisdiction