Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Hearing Cl Jap Influx
.Arbuckle A Menace
Continued In Hawaii
Forty.Three Per Cent Of
Population Already of Jap.
anese Descent, House
Committee Told.
Conduct Own Schools
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune Omaha B-e Leased Wire.

BY AKIHUK SEARS HENNlNS
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE forth
coming international conference OF
the reduction of armament and OF
Pacific and far eastern question.
will endeavor to remove some OF the
causes OF friction between the United
States and Japan, but will it arrest
the silent, peaceful progress OF the
Japanese in achieving domination oi
that great American outpost-the
Hawaiian islands?
With the Japanese in the islands
already numbering 43 per cent oi
the population and increasing more
rapidly than any other race, and with
nearly half OF the Japanese born in
the islands aud therefore American
citizens the time is not far distant,
it is widely predicted, when the
Japanese will control the local cleo
torate and make the laws of the
archipelago.
Before that time arrives the Amer
ican government will be called upon
to determine what steps are neccs-
sary and feasible to retain such con-
troll of the islands as will preserve
American policies and prevent their
government from being administered
in the interest of Japan. 80.
Cursory Examination.
A cursory examination already has
been given the situation by the
house committee on immigration
and naturalization in the course OF
hearings on, measure proposed by
the Hawaiian territorial government
to relieve the labor shortage by
lifting the ban temporarily on the
admission of Chinese coolies.
Numerous witnesses from the is
lands assured the committee it is
only a question of time when the
Japanese will control the American
outpost and several of them. admit
ting the admission of the territory
to statehood impossible under the
circumstances, opined it probably
will be necessary to substitute for a
territorial government commission
form of government, possibly of a
military character.
Dominate Industries.
According to these witnesses, the
japanese already dominate many OF
the Hawaiian industries and are now
reaching out for the great sugar and
pineapple plantations. The American
born Japanese are busily homestead
ing government lands. Prohibition
of the employment of aliens on the
construction Of government works
does not bar American-born Japan
ese from being employed on build
ing operations in connection with
the expansion and Strengthening OF
the American naval base.
The American-born Japanese are
vastly more Japanese than American,
according to the testimony. Prac-
tically all of them, now numbering
10000 out of the 100000 Japanese
in the islands, are American citizens
in name only. Twenty thousand of
them, while compelled to attend the
American public schools, also attend
the privately provided Japanese
schools where they are instructed in
the Japanese language. There are
Japanese newspapers and Japanese
teachers intoxicating notions OF
eventual Japanese control OF the is
lands.
Would Crowd Japanese.
Some of the proponents o. the
resolution to lift the lid on the inn
migration of Chinese labor thought
that in this manner the menace OF
Japanese preponderance would be
checked. Japanese business men
raised fund to pay the expenses of
:wo American labor leaders to come |
o Washington to oppose the move.
It was suggested that the Chinese
~ accepting lower wages would
,rowd Japanese laborers out Of their
obs.
Members of the committee thought
hat Japan, construing the resolution
IS official evidence of labor short
Ige in the islands, would lift such
,ars as are maintained by Toxic
gainst the migration of Japanese to
Hawaii. 1t then came out that japan
5 under no obligation by virtue Of
he "gentlemen's agreement" to pre-