THE JAPANESE TROUBLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 258, 29 October 1921, Page 15

THE JAPANESE TROUBLE.

"I found a very great feeling in Canadi in regard to the Japanese," said the Hoi W.:l. Jennings, M.V., who returned b. the llakura yesterday. "As a matter o fact there is no need for anyon to; visit Japan proper; it can b seen in Vancouver or Honoluli The latter place is simply overrun wit; tlie brown men, and they total some thing like 50,000. Some settlers \vh travelled down in the Makura iron Canada with the intention of settling i: Australia and New Zealand told me tha the Europeans are feeling the effects o 5o niuch Asiatic labour in Canada, 'flier is no doubt that this Japanese questio is assuming a stage that is full of poter tialities so far as the peace of the worl is concerned. To-day Western Washing ton and I'uget Sound way,- like Californie Arizona, Texas, Colorado and Nebraskr have laws barring the Japanese from th purchase or lease of agricultural law Also,'the Washington State Conventio of the American Legion is lneinorialisin ! t-'ongress and the President deniandin immediate, complete and permanent es elusion of all Japanese, and this Legio notified Congress that should the natio , fail to act individual States of the Fa West will take the matter in their ow hands, and the Legion suggest that th only way to prevent racial conflict in th iuturo was to deport all Japanese in th l'ar \\, [. fully indemnifying them fo all their "••jldings and possessions, even i it costs '!••> nation bail a billion. Var couver, Victoria and Honolulu are. als full of irritation over this question."