The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09
A NEW RACE OF
AMERICANS BEING
BRED in HAWAIy
BY CHARLES F. RENICH,
Especial Correspondent of The
WinSloW MaiI.)

Especial Correspondent of The
Winslow Mail.) t
The Japanese question is upper
most in every discussion of the flu.
ture of the Hawaiian islands and
their relation to the United States.
First we must call attention to
the fact that the island group is
the western outpost of American
Notifications, and, as such, occupies
a position of immense strategicaI
Importance. It's position is of such
value from the standpoint of Amer
ica's defense in the Pacific that
every effort to perfect it's facilities,
| primarily as a naval base, has been
made by the federal government.
Since Hawaii in 1898 became an
integral portion of the United
States, a large portion of it's COM
mercial development has hinged on
the establishment here of naval
base and army posts. Thousands
of soldiers and sailors make their
home in Hawaii and contribute
their due portion of community
wealth.
Due to the Importance of the
island of Oahu in naval strategy,
the island center has grown to in
! clude the largest military depart
ment in the United States Army
stationed here to protect the naval
station.
Key to Pacific
Thus side by side the great mill
tary and naval forces. of the United
States command what is, obviously
the most enviable strategic point in
the Pacific. In fact, Hawaii, is
the only major spot in the Pacific
Ocean, from the equator on the
south to Alaska on the north, and
between American and Asiatic
points where water, fuel or food
may be obtained. 1t has been
named "The Key of the Pacific"
and the "Gibralter of the Pacific. 7
Now comes the question of the
growing preponderance of Japan
csc influence on the islands and
what will the situation be in the
event of war between Japan and
the United States, which we all
hope and many of us believe will
never happen, especially if the
United States maintains itself in
the future as the commanding pow
er in Pacific waters.
During our stay on the islands
it has been our privilege to visit
one of the largest public schools
in Honolulu, where about 800
children, large share of them
of other than American ancestry,
are being educated similar as they
would be in any public school in
the United States.
1t is such a visit to the schools
where the children of all of the
races of the islands are gathered
together and are taught not only
the American language, but Ameri-
can ideals, American patriotism and
American view points, where the
native children of mixed races
gradually lose the ties that bind
them to the countries from which
their ancestors sprang, which in
spires me to believe that these
people, who know no country ex-
cept Hawaii, part of America.
are coming generation of loyal
American citizens, whether they be
of Japanese ancestry or other
wise.
My opinion in respect to the
| gradual Americanization of the
japanese population of the islands
is in harmony with that of leading
educators on the islands, as we'll
as the expressions of the Japanese
newspapers themselves, from one OF
which, the "Nippu Jill" we clip
the following paragraphs at ran
| dom:
1--WE have here in Hawaii diff
ferent situation from that on the
mainland. On the mainland, in
such place as New York, children
of immigrants live in communities
of their own race. They tend to
acquire the habits of their parents.
But in Hawaii children of all races
mix and mingle very freely. You
don't find little Japan or a little
China in the midst of our COM
munity.
"The> tendency is toward assimi-
lation. There is no reason why
the younger generation cannot or
do not assimilate. The universal
law of education is that we are
opposed to nine-tenths of the
things we don't know about. Those
who claim that Japanese children
do not assimilate are those who