The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

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rs~euese government has that it's
labor elements may succumb to boil
sheviki propaganda and grow apace
into a body Of great danger to the
perpetuation Of the monarchy. there
is most subtle endeavor being made
by the government to convince the
labor element that 1t is being insult
ed by Americans. This. because of
the supersensitiveness of the Japan
ese of all classes, has the effect of
greatly diverting their attentions
from the enticing tentacles of soviet
propaganda, which is, nevertheless,
| slowly but surely obtaining a hold
on the island empire.
JAPANESE BANS ALIENS.
It should be remarked here that
no foreigner, no matter who he may
be, Is permitted to own as much as
a. square foot Of land in Japan.
Furthermore, Japan exercises a most
rigid immigration law to keep out
everything that looks like a China
man. But the japanese fail utterly
to see where this inconsistency in
any wise reacts unfavorably to the
Japanese claims to the right of ex.
pansion on q glorious scale in
America.
Under the present immigration
law, as many as ten thousand jap
fanese a year get into the United
States by simply declaring them
selves to be "students."
1t has been proposed, sensibly
enough, that a cure for the whole
trouble might be found by the
japanese abandoning their claim to
the right Of dual citizenship. 1t Is
certainly entirely beyond the Ameri-
con conception of true citizenship for
any naturalized citizen to retain
equal allegiance-to the sovereign. or
state from which he halls. This the
japanese cannot see very well.
They are perfectly willing to be good
American citizens and to work hard
while here. but they cannot under
stand how We cali possibly expect
them to renounce allegiance to their
Emperor, who is, to them. the direct
| descendant of Buddha himself, and
the owner Of the very souls Of his
| subjects.
Irrespective of the act Of the
japanese government i'm 1920 in
disseminating the sending of picture
brides" to America, they are still
: pouring into this country by the
| ship load. They come in under the
little of "kankadan" brides. They
| are party to a marriage ceremony al
most Identical with that performed
by an Interchange Of pictures on
some Shinto altar, before which only
the bride stands, and which led to
the sobriquet Of picture brides"
Support has already been assured
the johnson amendment by the
| American Federation of Labor
| through a resolution adopted at its
last convention in Cincinnati, and
also by various State organizations
of the American Legion.
Somewhat abated by the assuaging
influence Of the Washington arms
| conference Of last year, anti-Japanese
demonstrations and agitations have
begun once again in the Far West.
A trip through the West, particu-
larly California, convinces the most
| unimpressionable that the Japanese
question remains a burning issue
with the West. A study of the situ-
alton as 1t now stands reveals that
the japanese have not only increased
| greatly in number-the 1920 census
showing that one out Of every seven
| children born i'm California is Jana.
! nese-but have concentrated in such
| manner as to absolutely control
entire sections of the West-heedless
to say. the most fruitful sections.
TACTICS IN HS WAII.
Through powerful associations of
| their own, headed by Japanese con-
suls throughout the country, the
Japanese in America are becoming
| very much of "a government within
a government" Their solidarity is
hax
| cured absolute economic control OF
section rich in agricultural prod
| uce, it will be necessary but to
strike in order to tie up that section,
or that State, to secure legislative
favors, as they have done with aston
| ishing success in the sugarcane
fields of Hawaii.
Activities of the Japanese in Mex
leo is as great today as 1t was in
1919, the year of great agitation over
| the sale to Japanese interests of 500
900 acres on the California border.
| The Japanese are determined to
make a colony out of lower Califor-
mia, and they are doing everything
| in their power to secure the sanction
of the Mexican government to ex.
; tending their activities.
The Monroe doctrine is still in the
| archives of the State Department in
| Washington. 1t is not enough that
the Japanese government was polite
| ly informed that the activities of
their nation in Mexico are looked
upon with decided distaste by this
government. In the opinion of
healthy minded Westerners, the Mon.
roe doctrine, If it means anything at
all, means that the japanese shall
not colonize in menacing numbers on
| the continents of the Americas.
The whole issue is being swept to
showdown this fall.
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