Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-04
HASKIN D TELLS OF
Jap RUSH TO AMERICA
Daily Letter by Frederic J. Haskin

government regarding the ninety
day military exemption, and that
his commission, according TO an
nouncements in japanese neWspa-
pers, established an office in Japan
to assist visiting Japanese who might
come to seek wives.
II have no proof for saying that
excursions have been arranged by
aid of the Japanese government"
saws Mr.. McClatchy. THE state
ment has been made that special
arrangements were made with the
Japanese steamship companies, by
which the wife seekers were given
a reduced rate which made the to-
tai expense Of their enterprise ap-
proximate somewhat the expense in
yolyed under the old picture bride
I mail order plan.
''The Kankodan system has proved
| effective. immigration commission
ers reported that in the year after
the picture brides were stopped
September 1920 to September 1871
2.197 new Japanese wives came into
this country at Seattle and san
Francisco, the two main ports of en-
try. That was two or three times
the number of picture brides that
had come into these ports in any
year between 1912 and 1920"
The purpose of the energetic Jap
anese family building, it is said, is
| to increase the number of Japanese
| children born in this country. These
| children are Americans with right to
own land and with privileges or
| American citizenship. Articles nave
| appeared in Japanese newspapers
| urging that children born in the
United States use their American
| citizenship for purposes OF Japan.
This Is interpreted by C~alifornians
| to mean that the Japanese-Amerl-
cans are to hold land and to multi
ply so that they may become a DOM
inant force in this country.
Cannot Lose Japanese Citizenship
Japan's attitude in this matter IS
shown in that she claims every
child born Of Japanese parents in
any country whatever. She has an
repatriation law which Mr.. Nc
CATCHY says in reality prevents a
Japanese from ever losing the status
Of q subject of the emperor.
"To be freed from responsibility
to the Japanese government" ex-
planned Mr.. McClatchy. the Japa-
nese, wherever he may be born
must ask permission to renounce his
Japanese citizenship before he Is
seventeen years of age. That mean
that his parents or guardians mus
take the step for him, and rarely
does the japanese parent. trained IN
loyalty to Japan. make the applica'
ton. In fact. out of $4,000 Japa'
nese born in the United States and
Hawaii, only seventy-three children
have applied for repatriation, and
only sixty-four of these requests
were granted.
Supervision over the Japanese in
America is kept through local Japa'
nese associations. These organlza'
tions see that every child is register
ed with the Japanese consul as wei
as with the American office of vita
statistics.
"When the child Is seven or eighi
wears old he is very apt to be sem
back to Japan for schooling. The
.Japanese authorities say that 1906
Hawaiian horn children are in JapaT
for this purpose. The American
authorities believe the number il
closer to 10000. From the Sar
Francisco port in the year endins
July, 1920. 2,224 of these children
were sent back to Japan, last yea
1919 sailed: and by next July, it il
estimated. the total for the three
wears will be more than $500. Th'
children stay until they are seven
teen or eighteen years of age ant
then return to America. This !
shown by immigration reports"
After various useless attemnts 7.
make the "gentlemen's agreement
do the work of an exclusion law. Mr.
McClatchy believes that the Unites
States is coming to realize that !
has none of the force of such a law
and never will.
! Canada has come to this conclu
sion. Last November, the Canadial
legislature .adopted a resolutio,
; unanimously asking the Dominion
government To recall its "eentlmeni
agreement" with Japan. This stanC
has been taken because the agree
ment admitted 400 Japanese a year
hut in 1890 LIS Japanese We're of
Tciallv sent to Canadian ports. ant
more are believed to have slipped in
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