Evening star., 1924-06-01
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United States OF an act entitled the
Immigration Act of 1924 While the
measure was under discussion in the
Congress. they took the earliest op-
portunity to invite the attention OF
the American government to a dis
criminatory clause embodied In the
act. namely section 13 (cJ, which pro-
vides for the exclusion of aliens incl
rigible to citizenship in contradistinc-
ton to other classes of aliens, and
which is manifestly intended to apply
to Japanese. Neither the representa-
tions of the Japanese government, nor
the recommendations of the Presi-
dent and of the Secretary of State
were needed by the Congress, and the
clause in question has now been writ
ten into the statutes OF the United
States.
Opposed to Justice.
1T is, perhaps, needless to state that
International Determinations in any
form and on any subject. even II based
on purely economic reasons, are op-
posed to the principles of justice and
fairness upon which the friendly inter-
course between nations must, in its
final analysis, depend. To these very
principles the doctrine of equal oppor-
tunfty now widely recognized, with the
unfailing support Of the United States
owes its being. Still more unwelcome
are determinations based on race. The
strong condemnation OF such practice
evidently Inspired the American gov
eminent In 1912 in denouncing the COM
mercial treaty between the United
States and Russia, pursuant to the
resolution Of the House of Representa-
tfves OF December Is, 1911, as a protest
against the unfair and unequal treat
ment Of aliens Of a particular race in
Russia.
"Yet discrimination OF a similar char.
acter is expressed by the new statute
of the United States. The immigration
act Of 1924. considered In the light oi
the Supreme Courts Interpretation o4
the naturalization laws, clearly estab.
fishes the rule that the adinissibility oil
aliens to the United Stdtes rests not
upon individual merits or qualifications
but upon the division of race to which
applicants belong. In particular, 1t ap-
pears thar such racial distinction in the
anese, since persons of other Asiatic
races are excluded under separate
enactY1ents Of prior dates, as rs pointed
out In the published letter of the Secre-
tary Of States of February s, 1924, to
the chairman OF the committee on i'm
House. Of Representatives.
Pnst Record Cited.
/ cit has been repeatedly asserted in
.defense of these discriminatory meas
lures IN the United States that per-
sons OF the Japanese race are not
assirnilable to American life AND
ideals. It win. however, be observed
in tho hrst place, that rev immi,
grants OF a foreign stock may Wei
| he expected to assimilate themselves
to their new surroundings WITHIN
single generation. The history OF
JapaneSe. Immigration to the United
States I'm any appreciable number
dates but from the last few years oi
the nineteenth century. The perIon
!. OF time is too short to permit of any
h on the racial adaptabi1ities OF those
in the matter OF assimi'
lation, as compared with alien set
/ tiers Of the races classed as eligible
/ to American cftixenship.
SLY Eea,onine UAJust.
"ft should further be remarked that
the DrocDao ~ assimilation can thrive
only In, . genfal atmosphere OF JUS;
and equitable treatment. It's natural
growth fs bound TO be hampered un-
der such q pressure OF invidfous dis
crimiAations - that TO when Jap
anese residents in some states OF the
American Union have been subjected
at Iaw ana m practice, Tor nesriy >
twenty, years. It seems hardly fair
to complain OF the failure of foreign
elements to merge in a community
while the community chooses 70 keeI
them apart from the rest OF Ats mara-
kbershfp. For these reasons the az.
sefttAA - Japanese 'Aoh-assimilaOii.
ktty Nenm1 ak least DreMat0fos II no.
fundamentally, unjust.
Turning to the. survey OF eom mmef
kcfd treatieg between Japap and tha