Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-04
Hawaii ANDPACIFIC PEACE IS ;:
DIR. SCUDDER'S TOPIC TALK ON -
JAPANESE PROBLEM INNEW HAVEN

country. IhCr" - nothing like y IN
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nation ca earth ~ more SwaNrd b.
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al H,c jde IL ~ hi,li nlve stirred Japan
fer centuries * the reIerrntIal d,vo-
tiJn due r~rm pupil u = teacher Ia
ran has vrgar,ird America a. her great
Teacher. ever snr,' the 'Gns OF the last
century. We opened that nation To
thr iam.N lite o. the world We pour
II IN missionaries and teachers. vel
coined Young Japanese 10 our colleges.
IrgnIiatcd fair tire tiles. sent the pick
Of America to represent us as .dlplU-
Wars. favored "JrlA abolition OF extra
rcrrituriaIity. rrtUrned the ShinosekI
indemnity. applauied every step 81
japanese advance ana gave her the
great support Of oar moral Influence
in the war against Russia. No nation
had ever treated 4 weak sister power
with such noble ana unselfiSh iriendli-
ness.
We of Hawaii are glad t0 bear tes-
timCnv To the fairness with which
the government OF Japan has treated
the entire question in dispute between
the two nations during the pas eight
wears She has sent her leading Ctti-
zens TO Hawaii and TO the Pacific
coast to caution her emtgrants To
learn American ways, cultivate Amer
fCan customs, obey American laws ana
imbibe the American spirit.
She has treated the men OF our
fleets with uneXampled generosity and
friendliness. She. has invited large
companies Of American business men
to visit the empire and has given
them the time of their lives. She has
also commissioned delegations OF her
own commercial and political leaders
to visit America and intensity every
manifestation of good feeling. | do
not know a single thing that Japan
could have done which she has not
done to show to our people that the
highest interests of the two govern
ments lie in the closest international
fellowship and Wood-will
AS yet We have not reciprOcated
this remarkable expression of fine
feeling. but it is not yet too late, and
that is perhaps the most important
message which Hawaii can bring to
the mainland. There is one simple
measure which will forever remove
every trace of difference between
these two neighbor peoples, and that
is the gift of the privilege of naturalt-
ZatiOn. "a
The refusal to grant to Japan this
privilege which we accord to immi-
grants of some other races that have
certainly not reached a stage of civili-
Eation equal to that of Japan Is what
cuts the heart of the Japanese to the
quick. This discrimination gives OPP
pCrtunity for the passage Of all the
anti-Japanese legislation upon the
statute books of some Of our states.
II we should accord this privilege to
the people of the mikado's empire, IL
would be taken by them as the suresl
indication of the essential friendship
CT our nation. H..
Granting the privilege of naturali-
cation to Japanese would be perfectly
safe for America. Very few of them
could qualify under the requirements
Of our laws. They would be a negligt-
Die factor. This expedient would also
save the face of California and re-
move the entire question in dispute
between the two nations. II would
be an act of Justice to the Japan
csc now resident in this country,