Evening star., 1925-06-28

the life of every advanced people. our
citizens, prizing their exceptional his
tOrical ties with America, believing
themselves exponents Of the ideals of
the American republic, devoted stu
dents of American customs, achieve
ments and culture, and feeling they
had won a place in the front rank of
civilized powers, naturally were shock
ed and panied when they realized that
America appeared to regard them as
deserving of adverse discrimination
among the nationalities of the world.
Wishes to Keep Citizens.
1T was, repeat. a sentimental mat
ter. Nothing practical upon which we
had set our hearts had been taken
away from us. No wide door of op-
portunity had been closed against us.
We merely were wounded in our feel
ings. Our friends had done something
we did not expect and could not help
adjudging unjust. If there was popu-
lar resentment in Japan for time 1t
quickly subsided, for the impression
spread that the heart of America was
not unfriendly to Japan, and that ra-
tional discussion finally would redress
the sentimental balance between the
two countries. Talk of a league Of
white nations. presumably directed
against Japan among others, and of
American naval maneuvers and mill
tary intentions in the Pacific disturb
ed our people slightly, but that unrest
also passed without harmful conse.
quences.
Japan remains friendly to the
United States and expects a favorable
issue of all intergovernmental CONVEX
sations and negotiations affecting the
permanent relations of the two coun-
tries. Concerning naturalization, l al
ways have been opposed to top
posed. l mean, to pressing other gov
ernments to naturaliZe Japanese sub
1ects. Sentimentally, of course, there
is an objection to a refusal of natural.
ization on the ground of political ori.
sin or of race, but personally 1 never
could bring myself to urge something
| involving the expatriation of my fel.
low countrymen. I want to conserve
our population, not open the way for
lts loss to our commonwealth.
DisIoyaIty of Resident Aliens.
ITO anti-alien land laws in Japan !
always have been opposed. Happily
such legislation exists here no more
1t never was needed. for the exces-
sIvG dearness of Japanese iau1 pre-
cluded its passing on large scale
| into the hands of foreigners. In Eu-
rope and America land Is sold BY
the acre; here 1t is sold by the square
| foot. If there were danger. for ex-
ample, of a considerable acreage ir
America falling to the ownership OF
non-Amertcan Japanese, or other III
| migrants Of non-American citizen
ship, l suppose legislation would be
| advisable to protect the native patti.
mony.. But there is only a handful
of such Japanese in .oar country anc
| this handful will not increase appre.
ciably.
| EXaggeration. In our view. cor.
| sistently has marked the anti-Japa
nese propaganda in the United States
Hjsleading statistics, as we think
nave been employed for preiudicia
and alarmist purposes. There ma.
been false attribution Of sentiments
ana motives to Japanese individual:
aud to the japanese government. L
has been said that in no circuyn
sfances can a Japanese Immigrant
or even Japanese born in tn.
| United States. be instinctively and
| unalterably loyal to the American
| flag. 1t has been charged in Cali.
fornia propaganda literature thai
the Japanese government retains con,
troll over the Japanese in America
and countenances their secret dis.
loyalty to the country IF their adop.
| ton or birth.
Attitude Toward Emigrants.
very earnestly do I wish exaggera
ton ard misStatement relative tc
this question might he avoided.
wish 1t could be discussed with nc
passion except passion for the
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