Evening star., 1924-02-04

times, though it is still less than 3
per cent of the whole. Their gardens
produce more food than do American
farmers, because they are cultivated
more intensively. japanese live upon
a lower STANFORD Of food and shelter
than do Americans. hence the latter
cannot compete with them.
California and Washington have
adopted laws forbidding the sale or
lease OF land to Japanese or to cor
porations in which Japanese hold
stock. These laws have recently
been upheld by the United States Su-
preme Court. The ruling of the
lower court contains this state
ment. which is reaffirmed by the ST.
preme Court:
1t is obvious that one who is not
citizen and cannot become one,
, lacks an interest in and the power to
effectually work for the welfare of
the state. and so lacking. the state
may rightfully deny him the right to
own ond lease real estate within it's
! boundaries. If one incapable of citi-
zenship may lease or own real estate,
that every foot of land within the
state might pass to the ownership or
possession of non-citizens."
Citizenship in any country is not an
inherent right Of aliens; it is granted
or withheld by the government solely
upon considerations of the country's
own interests.
The United States has reached a
decision that II it is to be preserved
as distinctive nation, 1t must re-
strict immigration to such as may be
assimulated - citizens. Our Consti-
tuition bars from citizenship all
aliens except free whites" and per-
sons born in Africa. though a Japa-
nese baby born even the day after it's
an American citizen. If he goes to
Jopan before eighteen years of age.
he becomes Japanese. subject
to military duty. Several European
nations-France. Italy. Greece and
others-set up similar claims as to
dual citizenship and this country has
acquiesced therein.
America is primarily a Christian
nation. I'm God We Trust" is in
scribed upon our coins. We are toll
Grant as to the liberty of other faiths,
but Safeguarding against a dominat-
ing influx Of oriental standards and
lsuperstitions. There are in California
5.390 Japanese who profess Chris
tianity, but at least 10000 who are
BuddhistS or believers We al
ready bar Hindus and Chinese as nom
assimilable. In self-protection, the
,Cahfornians protest against toler-
ating Japanese standards in social
matters and customs.
Representative Albert Johnson,
chairman of the committee on immi-
grafton, has said in a speech:
Limit all immigration to persons
eligible to citizenship, once and for
have arisen by reason of the heavy
colonization on our Pacific coast of
lunassimilable alien races. The policy
of denying United States citizenship
to yellow and brown peoples is ap-
plauded by students and thinkers,
both here and abroad, who appreciate
the fact that because physical as
simila ton of oriental peoples is i'm
possible. their incorporation into the
body polite is impracticable and un-
''It would seem to be reasonable
up a uniform rule affecting Hindu,
Chinese and Japanese. and all oriental
people alike, providing for exclusion
OF all who cannot become American
citizens. admitting only those Justly
entitled to come as members of the
expected classes or temporarily for
business or pleasure. 80 No nation
can claim a right to send one or 1000
or 100000 of its nationals to the
United States for purposes of perma-
nent domicile or colonization Such
a claim would be incompatible with
/ eignty."
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