Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-04
THE JAPANESE RUSH TO AMERICA

seek wives without encouragement.
Mr. McClatchy says that commits
sion composed of members Of Japan
ESQ associations in this country made
ese Government regarding the 90-day
military exemption, and that this
!, commission, according to announce
ments in Japanese newspapers, estab-
lished 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" says
Mr.. McClatchy. THE statement has
been made that special arrangements
were made with the Japanese steam
ship companies, by which the wife
| seekers We're given reduced rate
which made the total expense of their
enterprise approximate somewhat the
expense involved under the old pic
ture bride mail order plan.
| The Kankodan system has proved
| effective. Immigration commission
ers reported that in the year after tho
picture brides wore stopped-Septem-
ber 1920. to September 1921-2,197
| new Japanese wives came into this
country at Seattle and San Francisco.
the two main ports of entry. That
| was two or three times tho number
of picture brides that had come into
| and 1920" a.
Tho purpose of the energetic Japan
csc family building, 1t is said, is to
! increase tho number of Japanese chill
dren born in this country. These chill
drcn arc Americans with right to own
land and with privileges of American
, citizenship. Articles have appeared
in Japanese newspapers urging that
children born in the United states use
their American citizenship for pur-
poses of Japan. This Is Interpreted by
CALIFORNIA; to mean that the Japan
ese-Americans are to hold land and to
| multiply so that they may become 4
dominant 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 coun-
try whatever. She has an ex-patria-
ton law which McCiatchy says in
reality prevents Japanese from ever
losing tho statuts of subject, of tho
Emperor.
TO be freed from responsibility to
tho Japanese government" explained
Mr.. McClatchy. the Japanese. where
ever he may be born. must ask permis-
sion to renouncc his japanese citizen
snip before he Is II years OF age. That
means that his parents or qua ardians
must take the step for him, and rarely
does the Japanese parent, trained in
loyalty to Japan. make tho application.
Ia fact. out of 10000 Japa nese born in
the United States and Hawaii, only
iS children have applied for expatria-
ton. and only 6i OF these requests were
granted.
Supervision over tho Japanese In
America is kept thru local Japanese
associations. These organizations SEQ
that every child Is registered with the
Japanese consul as we'll AS with tho
American office OF vital statistics.
Whom the child Is seven or eight
years old he is very apt to bo sent
! back to Japan for schooling The
Japanese authorities say that 10000
Hawaiian born children arc in Japan
for this purpose. Tho American au-
thoritics believe the number IL closer
to 2o,O00 From the San Francisco port
In tho year ending July. 1920, 2.224 of
these children were sent back to Jap
an: last year 1878 sailed; and by next
July. II Is estimated, the total for the
| threc years will bc more than $500.
Tho children stay until they are II or
IL year, OF ago and then return. to
America. This IL shown by immisra-
/ tion reports
After various useless attempts TO
mako tho 'gentlemens agreement" do
tho work Of an exclusion law Mr.. Me-
| CATCHY believes that tho United States
I tx coming to realize that II has none
OF the force OF such a law. and never
will have.
Canada has come to this conclusion.
Last November. tho Canadian icgisla-
turo adopted a resolution unanimously
asking tho Dominion government TO
recall Its "gentlemcns agreement"
with Japan. This stand has been
taken because the agreement admit
tod 800 Japanese a year. but In 1920
LIS Japanese were officially sent to
Canadian ports. and more arc believed
to hayO yltppcd in