The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-03
JAP INVASION
OF AMERICA
Becoming Serious Problem
--Asiatic HOrdes Men
ace to Our Country

One of the most serious problems
Which confronts US, says an ex-
excnange, is the Japanese question.
The presence of the japanese in our
country is a menace to the nation.
The japanese are a most prolific
raae, and for years they have been
seeking an outlet for their excess pop
ulation, and in turn have taken For
mosa and Korea, neighboring states.
In 1894 they defeated China in war
and took a part Of Manchuria In
1909 they vanquished Russia and took
Port Arthur
fhey have swarmed our western
ocean and have invaded the Hawaiian
Islands and the Pacific coast of the
United States. 1t is estimated that
there are 250,O00 japanese in the
United States and in the territory Of
Hawaii and their number is constantly
increasing. In the territory Of Ha-
waii, which our strategists aptly refer
70 as "the key to the Pacific" there
are $4,000 of these aliens Speaking
at a church convention recently held
at Honolulu, the Rev Demetero Oku-
mura, a prominent japanese clergy
man, declared that within fourteen
years Hawaiian-born Japanese VIII
hold political control of the territory.
The great naval base of our Pacific
feet is menaced by an army of 10000
japanese reservists with bat 10000
Americans to oppose them.
IN California alone there are l00,-
600 japanese, and this number is be-
ing constantly augmented by evasion
of the law, by surreptitious entry and
by a phenomenal birth rate. The
best and most productive lands of the
state are falling into their rapacous
hands and the white men are being
driven from the soil Not content
with their agricultural! usurpation
they are invading all of our indus
tries. They work increasingly and live
With a frugality which is character
istic of their race If he would com
pete with these Asiatic hordes, the
white farmer or artisan must abandon
the standards of living which he nov
maintains and revert to q condition
more intolerable than serfdom.
The growing encroachment of Jap
anese upon the fields of industry is
cxemplified by the fact that japanese
have repeatedly been employed in this
repair shops of our transcontinenta
railroads, and in some places they
have been employed in preference t
returned soldiers and sailors.
Having overrun our agriculture
lands. these Unsuitable alien people
are forcing their way into our fac
tories and our shops We should no
underestimate the danger which con
fronts us. The skill or initiative fac
ulty of these invaders, coupled witt
| their mode of living, makes them for
midable competitors. If our citizens
would preserve the position which
which they have attained by years O
ceaseless endeavor, they must rise
in al. their might against this men
ace.
| Be it understood that our antago
nisno tn the Japaese is not actuateC
by racial prejudice, but springs from
full and complete realization tina
the Caucasian cannot permit hybrid
ism and the pollution of his blood
These people, even when born on ou
soil, are essentially and uncompro
misingly alien. They are incapable
Of assimilation and give allegiance t,
the land of their fathers. They tax
no part in our social life and refus
to submit to our customs. They fiou
our traditions and scout at our insti
tutions.
, Unable to cope with US on terms Q
equality, they strive TO overcome tha
disadvantage by persisting in thei
own standards of living.
For years California has been al
tempting to stem the tide of cooh
immigration. Extract from report c
P. H. Mccarthy, President Buildin
Trades, California.