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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 August 1924, Page 5

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EXCLUSION LAW. A MISSION WORK. AFFECTED. BY CABLE--PRESB ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Aug. IS. ___ A telegram from Chautauqua, New York, says the first endeavour to remove the impediment on Oriental missionary work caused by Japanese exclusion was made by Dr. William Ax-: ling, a Baptist missionary, who, addressing the convention of the Federal Council of Churches, said America’s exclusion of the Japanese had struck the Christian movement in Japan • a staggering blow and had plunged the missionaries into a dark Gethsemane.

Dr. Axling added: “The exclusion law came as a climactic crucifixion of Japan’s national pride. They asked me to shout from the housetops their plea to limit Japanese immigration to vanishing point, if necessary, but treat them as brothers and remove the sting of shame at discrimination.” Dr Axling recommended the inclusion of a Japanese general quota, permitting the entrance of a negligible number of Japanese, and a second Congressional amendment of the law to confer privileges impartially and regardless of race.