Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-05
GIVES VIEW OF CALIFORNIA ON
 THE JAPANESE
State Controller Tells of Methods and Birth Rate
 of OrientalS

 America. is not based upon ill-will or hostility to Japanese as Japanese, but is based solely upon economic, social and political grounds. John s. Chambers, state controller. declared here in an address before the Kiwa- his club of San Francisco. The great ness of Japan as nation, and the achievements of the Japanese along lines of art and industry are recog- nized, he declared. He discussed the proposed initiative measure. to be voted upon at the November cleo tion. to amend the California alien land law.
 "The initiative measure now os- fore the people of the state to fur ther strengthen our land laws against aliens, will go about as far as Cali fornia can go," Chambers said. ''The balance of the problem must be sOlv- ed by the federal government. The initiative measure which would for bid leasing as well as land owning by Japanese and put an end to their evasions of our laws through the manipulation of minor Japanese chill dren, born here and therefore citi- Zens, and of corporations through dummy white directors, would in no way affect the status of Japanese now in California, whether they had entered this state legally or other wise; nor would it affect the labor problem in California. There would meyer be fewer Japanese than now; their birth rate would keep their population growing.
 ''It is a well known fact that the Japanese as laborers are of little service to the white farmers of Cal ifornia. They first demand shares of crops for labor. and then leases; and then, if it can be done by hook or crook, obtain ownership of the land"
 Discussing Japan's rise in power and the Japanese conquest of Korea and Shantung, seizure of VladivOstok and Saghalien, and treatment of Chi ma in general, Chambers said:
 "It is clearly obvious that Japan plans to dominate the Orient and that it is the purpose to do so by forcible seizure. She now controls every eastern gate to Asia. It ap- pears equally obvious that it is also' Japan's plan to dominate the Ameri can side of the Pacific, with the diff ference that on this side of the ocean the conquest is planned through col oh a. tion, until at last, by having ga-ned economic ascendency and sufficient citizenship through a high birth rate she would also have political control.
 Two motives are forcing Japan in her scheme for domination. One is militaristic and imperialistic The other is economic.
 Tt has been argued that the num- Der in this state is not sufficient to cause alarm. Even were the Japan csc population here scattered there would be a real basis for alarm be- cause of their astonishingly high birthrate, their immigration, meth ods and their standards of life and work. But it is particularly alarm ing when we bear in mind the pol icy of the Japanese to settle in col onies, as a rule in the richest sec tions of the state, thus driving out the white people and gaining control of the land through crop contracts, leases and ownership. Today they either own or control 45S,056 acres, an increase in ten years of 421.S per cent.
 "The point is not whether there are S5,000 or 250,000 Japanese in Cal. ifornia, or whether they now control or own 100000 acres of 100000 acres. The point is what they are now here in sufficient numbers and have acquired control of a sufficient acreage to demonstrate by their man ner of life and industry, their char acteristics, their birth rate and poll cies that they are emphatically a menace to California, to the white race on this coast and eventually, unless checked, to the nation at large
 ''The time has come when this ma tion must give to the world another great policy, and that policy is that America is now and always will be a white mans country; that it shall be kept so against armed aggression and peaceful penetration; that the is sue is our control of our own inter- nal affairs. including immigration, and that the principle involved Is subject to no reservation whatsoev- er."
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