Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-10
THREATENS WAR
IF JAPANESE ARE
DENIED rights
Takao 0zawa of Honolulu, In
Plea for Citizenship, Outlines
Conditions for Peace

That great war will be brought
about between the Asiatic and Faro
pean peoples" II the United States
does not treat Japanese fairly in the
matter OF naturalization, is a declara-
ton made by Takao 0zawa, a Homo
lulu Japanese. I'm an argument which
he has fled I'm circuit court in sup
port Of his application for Raturaliza-
ton as an American citizen.
Ozawa says that the United States
will vain nothing by humiliating the
Japanese whom Uncle Sam assisted to
become one of the five great powers. -
On the other hand, he says, II the
Japanese are fairly treated In the mat
ter Of naturalization. peace viii exist
forever between Japan and America.
Ozawa says: ~.
The act Of May 6, 1882, chapter 1876,
section IL, declares that hereafter no
state or court Of the United States
shall admit Chinese to citizenship and
all laws In conflict with the act are
hereby repealed. Thus, ty special law,
all Chinese are prohibited from nat.
uralization. But the term Chinese
used here meant the persons belong
Ing 20 the empire Of China. now called
republic Of China. Hence the term
Chinese does not include all other
nationalities In Asia.
Therefore to apply this Chinese
prohibiting law upon other nationali-
ties Is decidedly unjust.
Since there Is no law prohibiting
japanese from naturalization and there
Ia no supreme court decision against
Japanese, and also there Is no social
ed 'gentlemen's agreement between
the United States and Japan. and
again, as stated before, the term
white person was used to include all
people except black people, and also,
according to the modern color classi.
fication, japanese belong to one Of the
four white races, believe am fully
entitled to be to the United States to
whom am 80 attached that the de-
sire to go back TO Japan is entirely
left out from my head.
What viii the United States gain
by humiliating Japanese whom our
Uncle Sam assisted to become one OF
the uNe great pOWeTb!
THE. United States viii gain moth,
ing. She viii only create bitter feel
Inc IN the mi1ds Of Japanese against
the United States. thus transforming
q good friend into enemy. She. only
make Japanese To disrespeet American
people. AShe will only create ill-feel-
ing In the minds Of japanese against
the so-called European race.
what viii be the Anal result? The
final result win be the greatest war
betwesnsthe Enropean and Asiatic peo-
pies. What then? Hardly necessary
to explain. On the other hand II the
United States treats Japan fairly, what
will she gain? Japanese VIII surely
respect American people as ever before
Peace between the United States and
japan win forever continue.
peace between the European ano
Asialac races viii also continue. What
then! The people Of this world may
be able TO live much happier than
they are now.
AUS. q greatly different result
shall be obtained by humiliatiRg and
ny treating fairly The fair treatment
Is what the Japanese wanted more
than anything else. For the safety and
honor or the United States ] sincerely
hope that the United States viii treat
japanese fairly