New-York tribune., 1921-06-23
lamar, Sends
Mission to Law
Talk Of W ar
Geht Members of Japanese
Diet. On Tour, Assert
That Differences in Pacific
Can Be Adjusted Easily
.s;tators Are Chief Peril
Immigration and Labor
Problems Held Local Is
u,es Coast Can Settle Best

accompanied by rettnue OF seere-
,,;ss. eight members of the Japanese
~ arrived here yesterday en route to
g,sAington.
rsey represent the four political
.,.,iss Of the Japanese Parliament in
(. House Of Representatives. and are
sting the United States for three
,,a purpose-te return the visit OF
A. American Congressional delegation
!, heir country last August, to study
.a.,al ard politics! conditions here at
=. hand and TO remove any ;mpres-
sens that there IS danger OF war be-
rssn the two nations.
rssv we're welcomed by a committee
ron the Chamber Of Commerce CON
,stng Of Irving T. Bush. chairman of
ss executive committee; William Nc
c,rrell and Charles T. Gwyupe. The
C,asul General for Japan, Kyo Kuma-
SKI, and several representatives Of
japanese banks and societies also were
present.
A: the Hotel Pennsylvania. where the
y:sitors are registered, Rokusabur
Sskanishi, of Hodaido Island, a LAWYER.
member OF the government party
and chairman Of the delegation. was
spokesman. Torao Kawasaki, an at
:athe ct the San Francisco general
soasulste and enc Of the secretaries
bthe delegation, served as INTERPRETER.
Find No Persecution
@Since the close of the war the cur
Hat Of thought OF Japan has been
SAauging," Mr.. Nakanishi said. "W
ind that it has been due to the in
saance from America to a great ex-
tsat and in order TO fully understand
the political and social organizations
Of your country we are here to get
frst hand information.
I'VE came with the idea that our
aeople we're in bad way through uer-
sscdiiou and discrimination, an i'm
preston we obtained through the press
Ind other channels.
when we arrived in California and
Faw the actual conditions we were
1leassd to find our people were not
ssssecuted in any manner except in
legal way. The situation Of the
sspsnese in social lines was not as
bad as expected and we found some
solntion to the problem in having the
american people understand the jap
saese better.
There is no labor difficulty in Cali
fania to-day as far as the Japanese
ere concerned. True, they do not be-
-oag 10 the unions. The japanese used
% work cheaper than your men, but
1eT their standard of wages has been
advanced and IN some instances they
SCI more than the white men. Yes,
the labor matter is a thing OF the past.
AS to the school problem. we found
!. local rather than general. and we
lssl that it can be settled locally rather
than have it become a national issue.
Blames Propaganda
Much OF the feeling of America to-
ward Japan has been the result of
propaganda and politics. 1t was sur
prise TO US TO learn that you believed
We had colonization ideas for Mexico.
This question was never discussed in
Parliament, and we had to laugh at
he reports We read in the Japanese
papers about the situation. The sam
IS true regarding the question that was
fiised in your Congress about our at
Mude toward the open door in China.
America and Japan can solve all
tae problems of the Pacific amicably if
they come to full understanding re-
garding their attitude toward each
ether and the real state of the people,
minds in each country"
Other members of the delegation are
Aunimatsu Hamada, vice-chairman, Ma
Iionahst, lawyer, Toxic; Hideo Higuchi.
progressive, professor of Oriental phi
iiosophy IN the Meiji University, Toxic
lelklehi kikita, Government party, ed
;tcr OF the Gifu News, Gifu; Naota
AAamagai, Government party, lawyer,
e }; Juichi Nozoye, Government
ks;Ly, lawyer, Sendai, and Senpei
faJima. Of the Koshin Club, Independ-
sat, a large land owner in the Yama-
suehi prefecture
They are accompanied by Tobei Max
amura and Nobuzo Hawai-, of Toxic,
secretary and assistant secretary, re-
sspectlvely, OF the House of Representa-
ives ives, and X. S. Inui, professor in the
University OF Southern California, who,
W. WIN hawasaki, is acting secretary to
tae delegation.