The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-26
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WILSON SlYS N
TOXIC Professor
Professor Shioa Says Japahese
Naturalization Favored by
the President 4.

II .HaN - /.
That President Wilson is in favor Of
granting the privilege Of naturalization
70 Japanese Is the word that Prof. Juko
sNgal has taken 70 japan, after having
visited the President recently at the
White House. II s5ta /, sE@5 .get'
Professor shlga has visited Honolulu
several times aud IS very well known
here. His recent mission to the United
States was to place tablet on the site
Of the Alamo as the tribute Of the
saniufai OF Japan to the safnurai of
Texas Vs. aE,-
The Toxic collegian has been contri.
tuting a series Of articles 60 the Asahi
ShinbunN probably the leading paper
of Japan on "Tho Future Of the Anti.
Japanese Issue In California ! his sec
ond article dealing with the share Presi.
dent Wilson may be expected to play
in the question. The writer compares
the President sxfthea famous historical
parsonage in Japan, Nickname Suga-
wara, the upright prime minister of
many centuries ago and who has been
deifed rs the Tenjin Sauna. sE
Professor Shiga expects President
Wilson 20 do the upright thing by the
Japanese Awould that Raj Sanyo
were living today exelaims Professor
ShiRa, .1for then / would accompany
him 70 Washington and tell him that
there Is the Kind Of man he prayed for
in his poem.
Center Of Admiration - (.
Professor Shiga as taking the place
of Raj Sanyo describes President Will
son ia the most eulogistic terms and
says that the American President els
the center of admiration of the Amer
lean people, and especially of the wor-
ship Of the young Americans and Is
likely to be spoken Of In the same
breath with Washington and Lincoln. y
But while Washington was chosen from
the wealthy class, and Lincoln from THO
poor farmer 5 class, Mr.. Wilson was
chosen from among the intelIectuals and
he tries to apply what he learned by
study To Professor Shiga what Presi-
dent Wilson has done so far in remov-
ing a tariff Of IL l-6 per cent on wool
70 the betterment Of the conditions Of
the plain people, in reducing the tariff
on sugar even though il was not calcn,
lated to please his native South, in
agreeing to the British claim regarding
the Panama tolls, in opposing the in;
crease Of afmaments, and many other
things were simply acts Of justice which
President Wilson considered his duty
as an upright man. NJ
All theed praises Of President Wilson
by Profe4 III s6higa form the preface
10 what the professor had in mind,
namely that president Wilson, is de.
,termihed 10 see that the Japanese are
given the privilege of naturalization.
Nut President Won is going to work
for that end not. because he regards it
as clover political or diplomatic move,
hut because he thinks II is unjust that
the western races alone should enjoy
the privilege of Citizenship to the ex
,elusfon of the 0rientals, that it Is
against the American principle and an
unreasonable and shameful thing to
do" ct A.EE Seh .t.sfS' IN
President Wilson, Professor Shiga OBJ
serves, has not listened to those /" gov
ernment-paid scholars who in their
cat.mewing English told him that
Japan will no longer send any imni-
grants to America, but rather listened
to such Japanese rs a certain Christian
preacher who from his Christian prin-
ciples appealed to the President 5 sense
of justice. There IS no doubt, he con
siders, that President Wilson will make
determined efforts to give citizenship
to japanese. Under such circum-
stances, it is a wise plan to keep silence
on the anti-Japanese issue in California.
But the Tenjin Sauna is an upri yht and
honest god. japan has promised 10
return Kiaochao 10 China after the
war. Should Japan do otherwise, l. will.
enrage the upright one. We, therefore,
should be careful and be prepared for
any emergency that may arise under tn g.!
circumstances. ~