The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-27
HAWAII FEARS BIG INFLUX OF
 JAP LABORERS
LABOR SHORTAGE IN ISLANDS PAvES WAY FOR NIPPON TO FLOOD UNCLE sAM's RICH POS SESSIONS WITH cooLIES
ll4,OOO LAPS THERE NOW
Mikado's Government Can Take Ad- vantage Of "Gentlemen's Agree ment," According to some Officials,
 But Consul General Yads Says No"

HONOLULU. Dec. 27.-Can Japan, under the little-known but much dis cussed terms of the almost mythical "gentleman's agreement" with the United States. flood the Hawaiian Islands with coolie laborers now that m avowed labor shortage exists in Hawaii?
 Thc s.swer, according to authenu- cally-reported statements of those high in diplomatic and state councils at Washington. is-yes.
 Will Japan take advantage of the situation to thus strengthen her al ready strong foothold In Hawaii?
 Consul-General Yada, Japan's of ficial representative in Hawaii, says no. and says it emphatically. And Mir Yada is man who. from long training in the Japanese diplomatic service weighs his every word, par ticularly when speaking on delicate international subjects
 YAoA GIVES REASONS
 The delicacy of the present situa- ton and the desire of his government to avoid complicating things by any act liahle to misconstruction by our own or other governments, are given by Consul General Yada as tn" req. sons for bis emphatic negative.
 Despite these assurances, which in their final analvsis. are totally nn- official. tt is generally conceded that the gravity of the situation in this territory can scarcely he ovcrnstimat- ed, With l1i0oO Japaunsc in a total population of less than 2Go.0o0: with a shortage of 10000 lahorcrs on IIa- waiian sugar plantations affordtng Japan not only a welcome outlet for some of her surplus population. but affordinE her an equally welcome opportunity to tighten her grasp on group of islands the possession of which she has long coveted, talk of disarmament. without something more definite than requirements agree ments" as a guarantee against further Japanese immigration. is looked upon with open disfavor by aI ipt IIa,rnfi
 WOULD BAR JAP LABORER
 At present the sentiment in Ha- waii now finding expression through out of the entire Territory, favors strongly the importation of outside labor of any race whatsoever other than Japanese. as an offset to the ever-incrcasiug control of the islands commersc and industries by the sons of Nippon. White lahorers would ha preferred by island people, but re- peated tests have proven them unfit for tropical field labor. Porto Ri- cans and Filipinos are being tried, but neither can be obtained in sui fiCiently large numbers Chinese h. borers are by many considered the ones most available and best suited for the work, but there the Chinese exclusion law intervenes at present,
 Unless solution-some solution is hit upon in the very Near future 1t is generally con3eded by those closely in toucE with affairs, both local and International. that not only will Hawaii face an industrial calamity, an event of trifling i'm portanre to the world. but the Unit ed States will face the loss at an carly date of one of its richest terri tories and it's strongest Pacific mili- tary and naval outpost; that or an open break with Japan.