The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-07
Attack Of Newspaper In Japan
Against Americanizing Japanese
Schools Here Condemned
TOXIC FOREIGN OFFICE
APPROVES OF BIG PLAN
Hawaiian Children u Nlpponese
Parentage Owe Their Patriot
ism To United States

A cablegram from Toxic stating
that an attack was being made there
upon the textbooks used in Japanese
Language schools here, on the ground
that the books did not teach Japanese
patriotism, was answered yesterday
by Japanese Consul General Rokuro
MorOi, In an interview given to The
Advertiser, by statement that Il
want the intention Of the Japanese
Language schools here to teach Japa-
nese patriotism, but the intention Is on
the contrary to ct the students to be.
come American citizens. - w
The criticism of the textbooks, az
cabled TO the Hawaii Shihpo, was pub
lished In the Yamato Shinbum. That
paper called attention in caustic Ian
guage 70 the tact that the books con
tain nothing pertaining TO the loyalty
OF the Hawaiian-Japaneae children TO
the Emperor of japan, or nothing re.
garding the patriotism of those chill.
dren to the mother country.
Attack Unworthy Of Attention
The Yamato even, goes as far a.
to attack the Japanese government for
allowing the publication Of the text.
book. Explanations of the condition
of the japanese language schools In
Hawaii, offered TO clear the view
which has been taken by the YamAto.
have only met with ridieule by that
paper. ..... ..$#E
Consul General Moroi yesterday re.
ferred to, the Toxic paper as isyel.
low" journal to which little attention
need be paid, ". '@E#FEl5l.
at seems TO me-" he said, Hthat
the paper Is simply using this school
textbook matter rs n means Of attack.
ing the present administration in ia.
pan. The materials for the new text.
books were selected by local Japanese
educators and drifts were sent frst to
the Toxic foreign Office, aud the
foreign Office asked the department Of
Adueatiep in Japan to select eompilers
# the books. Z. NJ sEk -, t%Nic.F
."As result, DIR. Yaichi Haea, q
professor in the Imperial University
Of Japan and the foremost Japanese
scholar and educator, accepted an Of
fer, to be the chief compiler of the
| textbooks. w .-n 49,. .iB,
Ignorant Of Situation s
"Phc. Yamato Shinbum would havs
no reason TO attack these textbooks II
1t understood the real conditions In
laval. Every Japanese language
school in Hawaii has used the ,sayae
readers as are used in the mother
country. But As these readers have
'eeh complied as suitable for nationA-
education in Japan, they Dr. pns,it-
nble for Japanese children in Hawaii,
because the Japanese language schools
| In Hawaii are merely auxiliary
schools, subsidiary to the territorial
schools This is why Japanese edn,
nators who, have had long experience
in educating Japanese children, decided
to have special lteA thopks for Japanese
children in the language schools here.
THE materials for the textbook
are not, OF course, selected to teach
the patriotism of Japan, or loyalty 10
the Japanese Emperor. They are en-,
tirely selected TO help the American
Japanese Of Hawaii 20 become good
and useful Americans. The criticism
of the Shinbum is not worth any at.
tenti0n anyhow, for IL shows entire
lack of knowledge of conditions in Ha.
wall .E-., . ~. ~ ".
Mr.. Arita Explains Conditions
| A eablegram TO the Nippu Jiji stat!
d yesterday that Hachiro Anita, form
r acting conuslgeneral in Honolulu,
in Toxic making an effort to explain
hc real condition. existing in the ia.
paRese language schools in Hawaii.
Ehe Shinpo cahlegram adds that the
new textbook ip use here is now in the
hands Of T. Isbiyama and three other
graduates of the Imperial University
Of Toxic, but whether they are TO
make a report on its contents u not