JAPANESE-AMERICAN CRISIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13357, 11 December 1906, Page 5

JAPANESE-AMERICAN CRISIS.

WAR PREDICTED. JAPANESE TROOPS IN HAWAII. DISGUISED AS LABOURERS. BOYCOTTING THE JAPANESE By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received December 11, 1.15 a.m.) New York, December 10. Prominent men predict Avar between America and Japan over the San Francisco schools question. Telegrams from Honolulu assert that under the guise of'labourers two regiments of Japanese soldiers, fully officered, are working the sugar plantations of Hawaii. (Received December 11, 1.15 a.m.) New York, December 10. The excitement in California over the' Japanese question is on the increase The railway companies are being urged to provide separate cars for the Japanese. Meetings are being held to denounce President Roosevelt's references in his message to Congress to the attitude of the people of San Francisco towards the Japanese. New York, December 9. The San Francisco Board of Education lias informed the United States Government that the Japanese are sent to Oriental schools, where they receive the same privileges and advantages as other public school children. London, December 9. • The special correspondent of the Times sent to San Francisco reports that he has traced the Japanese movement there to the labour union leaders and politicians. He points out how the Japanese are humiliated : in a thousand ways and are bearing it well, but some are losing their tempers and assaults on whites are frequent. The situation, he adds, is dangerous.