The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-02
CHARGE IS
MADE BY
MAI. ROSS
Systematic Smuggling o.
Asiatics at Border Is Evil
dence Obtained

Of . vat underground system
whereby Japanese arc srnuggicd
into fseifIr coast states of the
United StAtss. has be~n made By
officer. of the government. u
wAs revealed nj tosisy's hearing
of the congressional invc~tiEs-
lion committe~ here. Positive
evidence of the existence of .
system operating along the linrs
of the method employed In SNUG
Cling slaves into Northern states
before the eivil war has bcen OBJ
tain~si, Congressman Johnson.
chairman cf the COMMITTEES. de-
clnrcd. Ten dollsr~ = head h the
price the Mexican police get for
their work In recciving the ORR
entail. and passing them on 10
chr United States via steamships
or overland NJ the California bor-
der. u is d~eIar~d-
The sy.s~m has ita beginning
af Yokohasns and extends via
Isenslulu In Gusyma~. Mexico.
Agents. are stationed NJ each
place 10 aid the Immigrant ON his
Journey.
The COMMITTEES members ~
fused In reveal by what method
they had obtained their infor-
nation. excerpt % say that not
until they had started their inves-
LEGATIONS In this state had they
obtained the last links In the
: chain Of evidence which proved
beyond doubt that organized
smuggling prevails.
TACOMA. Aug. e.-Pro-Japan-
s~~ prvpaga anda. which he charE-
ed " purchased by contributions
10 churches. was s~sailcd today
By Major Bert 4. Ross. Of Scat-
tie, spokesman for the American
Legion. the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and the AntiJspanese
League, before the congressional
committee investigating Japan
cSe aggression In Washington.
Tie charged gross evasion Of the
"rentIemen's agreement" and
pleaded for absolute exclusion Of
Japanese from entry and ciiifen-
ship.
Major Ro~s denounced the ele-
meni Of self-intere~t actuating
the champions Of Japanese occu-
pancy. naming Rev. Dr. Mat
tbews. Judge Burke and Frank
Terrace, the farmer who told the
committee that he favored Int
porting q million Japanese to cul-
tivate the logged-off lands Of this
state.
The statement which Major Ros
prepared to submit TO the commi'te'
n this afternoons session in the fed
,ral building follows In part;
"in some respects the situation
presented In Seattle IA a much grave
1ne than that presented nj any othe
place on the Pacific coast. The mos
element In the situation a
I exists here is a psychological one
TENDED To ItIlL
Us INTO REPOSE
There has been propaganda art
fully disseminated In this communitl
lhru certain large business interest
and thru the churches. the press an
certain civic organizations which ha
tended to lull into rcpose any apprc
L.t ts~tx 10. f.If hN fa
citizens OF this community general,
with respect to this growing menace
"Dr. Matthews. who Is one OF on
most respected and rcvered citizens
has come before this commission an
passed as a man who has given care
ful thought and consideration 10 Thu
subject. and has presumed To ex
press his views on this matter gen
orally. and has imputed TO those o
ls who do not agree with him mo
lives that are based. as he says. ol
passion and prejudice.
"You gentlemen will recall thn
his testimony disclosed that he ha'
no idea whatever OF the extent o
The japanese penetration In thi
locality. but dealt with the suhjec
IN an emotional way. which Is 4
he expected from a man OF hi
temperament. and when asked b.
you gentlemen for his suggestion
~ TO how the problem should b
handled. he replied. THAT In you
business. that Is why you are h
"Dr. Matthews agrees that tn
picture bride scheme was wronp
"Yet It was only after we pub
icly denounced the practice tina
steps were taken to abolish II. !
has taken a solid year TO get an.
lction and II was not done b,
secret diplomacy between DR.. Mat
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