Evening star., 1921-08-25
LAYS YELLOW PERIL
SCARE TO KA|SER|

WI SsN~ ~ u~SbS
Attributing the spread of the "yel-'
low peril" scare to the "muddled brain
of the kaiser" and declaring that ia
pan had no other than friendly feel
| ing for the United States. Kiyo Sue
Inui, assistant professor of eastern his
| tory and politics at the University Of
Southern California, addressed the
| members Of the Rotary Club of Wash
ington. D. c., at their weekly meet
ing at the New Willard Hotel yester-
| day afternoon.
DR.. Inui deplored the "anti-Japanese
! propaganda" now being exploited
throughout the country by what he
termed "disgruntled politicians Of the
west, and said that it was the United
States. not Japan. that had opened the
doors to Japanese immigration.
We were satisfied in our sleep until
you bid us to come" he said, "and,
when IN 1882. California passed the
increase in Chinese labor. she was
| willing that we should take the place
| Of the excluded"
DR.. 1nui said that fair comparison
OF OF! ;Japanese immigration with that of
difference. Japan has always real.
lied that every country has the right
| to say who shall and who shall not
come to Its shores and in 1906 she vol
u,n,af1iy t,on RI y,is 6egan to regulate immigra-
statistics would show that the gen
tIemen's agreement between the two
countries had been faithfully kept
by Japan.
Denounces Smuggling Claim.
ne denounced the claim made by
some that wholesale smuggling of
Japanese into the United States
and said that in 1919 there were only
$500 japanese in the whole of Mexico.
more Engiishmen were smuggled into
the United States in that year through
mexico than japanese" he said.
I'll; In regard to picture bride" activi-
! practice had been stopped by Japan
herself in 1919. "The pioneers Of Vir
ginia and California resorted to the
| picture bride idea" he continued
but sometimes without the pictures"
| In refutation Of the charge that the
Japanese of the west were fast gain
ing control Of all the land, the speak
er gave statistics to prove that out Of
eotai acreage of 100000 in Cali
fornia In 1918. only $4,000 acres of
iand were owned by Japanese individ-
uals and $4,000 by corporations. They
leased $4,000 acres. and this for not
more than three years at most Since
last year they have not been allowed
to Lease land at all. he said.
/ California's land in farms Is 28, ,00O,-
geo acres, and improved land in farms
about 12,000.000 acres and in spite Of
almost so per cent incvease in popula-
tion. there has been a decrease in i'm
proved land in California. Does this
show that California is being con-
trolled by Japanese?" DR.. Inui asked.
| Assimilation Prospects.
| In regard to the assimilation Of the
two peoples the speaker said in con-
clusion: 1T is not a question Of Inn
the Japanese already in the United
States. and the only answer is to
Americanize them. Sociological as
similation is possible: biological as
similation is probable, as the Jap
| anesa are subject to the same law of
even without the intermixture of
blood.
II am happy to testify that Cali
fornia's feeling toward the japanese
Ia considerably better than before, in
spite Of agitation. but 1 am not sure
derstanding constitute q normal sit
uatton on which to base our solution.
Japanese have come to understand
America: even In California there are
| SSS'uvV WHO VOIeu against an lu.a0-
vised measure last November, and
4e0. zoo VINO refrained from voting at
all. Japan understands the United
states. or Uncle Sam. to be a big
hearted, man. even though he may
have bad manners now and then.
Japan has confidence In the open-d door
policy in the far east consistently ap-
piled in the form OF fairness and
equality. as no problem Is solved un-
less it is solved correctly"
In the absence Of President ".
Semmss, Past President Charles J.
oNeill presided and after the busi-
ness session turned the meeting over
to Past President Roland Robbins.
| chairman OF the program committee.
| Out OF town guests included John
Go1obie Of Guthrie. Okla. editor of
the Oklahoma State Registrar; ]. b.
! Campbell OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Thomas F. Connell, and
| p. T. Ferrie, chief and assistant chief
| of fire prevention of Cleveland, Ohio;
| Shutare Tomimas of Columbia Uni
| versity. N. Y; DR.. W. F. Lippitt> of
| Porto Rico, Carles Alzugaray, presi-
| dent of the Havana Rotary Club and
| governor of the recently establishe ed
| twenty-flfth district of rotary, and w.
B. Sleeper OF the executive force of
| the B. F Keith theaters. Mr.. Sleeper
Band, and Is visiting Washington in
| the interest OF the Organization.
During the afternoon. Fred Frad-
| kin, vtofnist now playing at Keith's
Theater, rendered several violin solos,
He was accompanied by Charles Sher-
man of this city.