The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-19
.HAWAIIAN-BORN
| JAPANESE Take
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Statement That Their Position
Here Is Worthless and
Hopeless Is Condemned
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
SETTING OUT POSITION
Session To Organize American
Association Is Turned Into
Indignation Meeting +.

Exceptions to the reported utter.
ance of Kazan Kayahara, a noted Jap
anese editor, were taken at a meet
ing of the American Japanese Associn-
tiOn of Oahu, held last night in the
Office of Attorney I,Orrin A. Andrews.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of drafting q set of resolutions
for the organization and was attended
by thirty American citizens of Japan.
ese parentage.
Kayahara, who was in Honolulu
recently for a few-days on his way to
the Coast, is reported by California
papers to have stated in an Interview
that the future of the japanese in
Hawaii was "hopeless and worthless. +"
To this drastic criticism japanese Of
this city took strenuous objection ut
the meeting. In fact the principal
purpose of the meeting was made sub
ordinate in order to take up fully the
more important subject dealing with
the status of the Japanese in this
Territory.
Text OF Resolutions
The resolution which was unanimous.
ly passed after a heated discussion fol.
lows:
"Whereas, The newspapers of Homo
lulu have published statement pur-
ported to be made by Kazan Kayamara
in the city of San Francisco, wherein
he said that he had investigated the
situation of the Hawaiian.born Japan
ese while in Hawaii that their outlook
and future was hopeless; and
"Whereas, The said Kazan Kayama-
ra, an alien, who has stayed in the Ter
ritOry of Hawaii for. a period of only
eleven days, to wit, from August %,
1916, to September 5, 1915, and who
made no effort to ascertain from the
Hawaiian-born Japanese any matters
connected with their status or present
position; now therefore, be it
Resolved: That we, the American
Japanese Association of the Island of
Oahu, representing the Japanese who
| have been born in the Territory of
Hawaii and have decided to adopt
American. citizenship, hereby protest
against said interview as stating mat,
tiers which are absolutely false and err.
roneous and that said interview Is un.
called for, untimely and an insult to
the young Japanese born in the Terri
tory of Hawaii; and be it further
Hawaiian Born Japanese Active
Resolved: That an Investigation
of the condition of the Japanese born
in this Territory shows that they have
worked side by side with the other
nationalities for the upbuilding of the
Territory and have taken their part il
all public matters and have been re
ceived by the American and other ma
tionalities as, brothers working to
gether for the good of the Territory OF
Hawaii and that their present condi
tiOn is such that they not only have
an equal opportunity with all othe
races within said Territory; but tina
the past has shown that they hav,
built up and are now competing OF
friendly terms and successfully anC
tremendously with other citizens of tn,
Territory; and be is furthe
Resolved: That such statement
as made by Kazan Kayahara onl,
show a bigotry and tend to falsel,
create the impression that the Amer
can Japanese residents of Hawaii ar
hostile to the other citizens of the Ter
ritory and is an injustice to said youni
American Japanese and tends TO Great
animosity where good fellowship i
now prevalent; and be it further
Resolved: That a copy of thes
resolutions protesting against sal
statement be forwarded to the Sa
Francisco Examiner, San Francisc
Chronicle and San Francisco Cali, n
well as to Honolulu newspapers, wit
Il request that the same be published
Organization Will Come
A rough draft Of the constitution O
the organization was prepared by
committee composed of Arthur X. Oza
wa, Townsend N. Inouye and j. Maed
and presented to the meeting for din
cussion and amendments. The const
tuition will be formally adopted at
meeting to be held on the evening O
September q at the Office Of Attorne
Andrews. At the coming meeting OF
fcers will be nominated and electe
and a number of important committee