The Washington times., 1922-03-18

49, on fears felt ir
Hawaii regard
WILLIAM HARD ing the grea,
numbers and the suspected alien
sentiments of the Hawaiian Jab
aness population.
It appears that the latest popula-
tion statistics) Of Hawaii show that
Just about half Of the inhabitants
OF the Hawaiian Islands are Jap.
aness. The total population OF the
islands is about 100000. The Jap.
anese number about $4,000. Some
three.fifths Of them were born III
japan and are Japanese subjects.
The remaining $4,000 having been
born In Hawaii on American soil,
are American citizens under our
Constitution. They. nevertheless,
for many natural reasons, remain
in many cases thoroughly Japanese
They 20 In their childhood to Jap
anese schools In Hawaii as well as
to American schools. AZ they grow
up many of them take a trip to
Japan to finish their schooling. Re-
turning to Hawaii. they continue to
live In the midst Of q Japanese group
and a japanese culture, with .
strong japanese national feeling. II
In pointed out that the circumstances
Of Hawaii make this situation newt
able and that the japanese are not
to be blamed for 1t but that the
United States ought never to cease
to guard itself fully against the dan
ger which 1t contains.
In Hawaii there, are only some
$4,000 Americans. The rest Of the
$50, 900 inhabitants are Chinese, ma
tive Hawaiians, Portuguese, and
other non-Americans. it can be
hardly expected that the Japanese
in Hawaii should get Americanized
by the $4,000 Americans who live in
this Hawaiian Noah's Ark OF races.
Hawaii is not America. Hawaii IL
an outpost for America. 1t Is an out
post Of American commerce; and un-
der the now naval Limitation treaty
II II the farthest westward outpost
Of American defense in the Pacific.
Under the new LRval limitation
treaty, with no further fortificutions
permitted in the Philippine Islands
or in Guam, the military strengthen
ing Of Hawaii becomes the next
normal natural step in American
military policy in the Pa0tfic.
Hawaiian Americans are therefore
amazed that at this very moment the
comriittee OF the
House of Representatives should pro-
pose to diminish the number Of
American soldiers stationed Mt
Hawaii.
1t is pointed out that the Japanese
American annexation Of Hawaii and
that 1t then said the maintenance Of
the independence Of Hawaii wes es-
sential to good understanding
among the powers having possessions
In the Pacific. II IL pointed out that
the Japanese government hss never
this protest. It Is pointed
out that the Japanese government,
because OF the large Japanese popu-
lation In Hawaii, which has peen
there with American con-
sent. is bound to feel deep interest
In Hawaii.
Tho situation OF the Hawaiian
ia therefore that they are
eight to one by the
Japanese In Hawaii itself and can
no longer look to a fortified Philip
pines or to a fortified Guam to pro-
tect them from the attentions Of a
Japanese fleet in case Of war and
that even In time Of peace they feel
the need Of all the protection that
the existing contigent of American |
troops in Hawaii can give them
against disaffection among local
japanese.
The existing contingent OF Ameri- |
can troope in Hawaii has number |
ed about 1900. Congressman An
thony now proposes to reduce II to |
the point Of numbering not more |
than 5000. The protests. against |
thus beginning to retire from Hawaii,
after having already 30 largely re-
tired in q military sense from the |
region of Guam and the Philippines,
are coming to Congressmen in
quiet but deep and steady flood.
This prediction In based on the |
'act that the operators are in a bad
diplomatic position for two reasons.
The first is that they have steadily
refused to submit to governmental
Of the statistics Of the
.osts of producing coal, while the
miners have steadily supported that
dea and have been enthusiastically |
n favor of full publicity, thus gain
ng considerable government
avor which the operators have lost.
rhe second In that there 10 abso-
utely no doubt that by the letter of
heir agreement Of 1920 with the
miners they are bound to meet them
n conference no matter how much
he circumstances may have
hanged. u
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