THE NJSVV CANADIAN
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A SETBACK ON THE
An luiependiNii Watkly Organ Pubiiswd aa a Medium of Kxpreaaioa Attonf the People of Japan^ae Origin in Canada.
Tom S*ajr*�a
Takakni t>**u*i
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Batf�: 4�c p*r Koala
Editor A Publisher : Japanese Section Editor '�;/'
12.00 for Six Months in Advance
Eastern
In the eyaviiatii)!i settlements at; :Tashme, Slacau Valley, Ka.slo/arvri'CfrecnNVCK^I, the t1>J^*j*?^11<>11 ;^ 11 rvc;jr
�  Those w.110 have siKiv^ij lor �[vohiid'uiy vepatriation "
'? have cmiy to in B. Ci ami:.aAv^lt. the;Avar's end:;
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>aled. iiowever,: j udgi rig i'ro m t lu; reports of;more rel iubit* observ ei:.s� ecr titi ii geiiera 1.facts ciner�e.: , 1. Jobs iire pieii1ilull 1; not in the most attractive fields,' and' this e()n(lition is/ likely to continue for .some time ju ^
into civilian life,       . -. _ /.v:   :    . .
2/ llonsing cv)iuliH()ivs remains aeute, espeeiaily hi the larger, ei ties, and there is li t tie prospect of appreciable ca.sing up nhtil some major eoi^strnetion program gets under way. :-;/^''':V;':  -/'HY ��/
;    3. 0 pportnni I jes w illy prom ise for t he Nisei a re more munero.iis than they have been oh the coast; there is less discriminatory feeling than we can expect, in B. C. "*    To those seeking t'amil.v unitv, heallhv conditions for
* their children, greater post war security, the rural coiie inunities and small towns such as are found in northwest Ontario offer good prospects. �'/ The fact cannot he avoif?e(l; that it will he hard going at first no matter where one goes. There is the new en-
� vironnient to' get used to, and new friends to be made. It is breaking hew grouiulsv audi this is beinu; done bv. tl\ose who have moved already.
Restrictions in the ownej^ip .t|f private businesses -is ati iin})brllu1t Vk^lerring factor especially when \ve consider those persons who were enga^edi in businesses on the coast, and who are looking for similar opportunities in I he KasL 11 is onlv righl that these restrictions be 1 if led,_;i.nd there is rea s o n a h 1 c e x ]) e cj. a I i o n t ha t I h ey wjU he lifted in ibe near future. .
/_.; It is loo soon yet to speculate on how the end of live: Mar will aHeet those wltog(> Kast. It \vill depend a great deal on how elfectively the govern men ( can carry out its '-: expressed poliev^of lidl peaceti uncertainty is a |>robleni shared by idiCaiia(Ifiansal: , though if w.i(l no doubt be fell to a greater extent by those f>Jv!a*�uV^ such as
restrictions in ownership of businesses.And" pn>|>erIies are; not rejakeil.     .    .    �'',.V-.;',;'    -      '-:       . ^ ;  Cohsidoving all factors, the ,lH^sts(�hition appears to lie in seekirig a loeatioi\ Avhere {Ih\v; ('air tit.nvl(>. and be~ : c(yne;a !>art of the eonununity. atid 11^ sooner this is ;aciiiev^.<j,;HveVj�e ;;ee(�io.rhle-(listi^ nmiimtg in the ten)|)orar>' 1 ilaisiiig eeidres of \\.     with a '-wait stntl see-' aUitude will cniiy eoniplica.te the pn^I)-of pi)st War roacljustnietd. / ' .      -
HOMEPRONT
(Letter to ta� NelaOA Daily New* ed.tar.)
To kht Eritor;-, :r"'-J-: �. .    \, -7 Sir � Trie resolution .passed by ��   the Nelson Board of Trade' rtgita-' ing the exclusion^ pi Japanese;irony ;   B. C, as reported in' Xha May 15 issueAof the Daily. !NeWs. is a cftU.se; of cor.cern.to all ..who,' at, the' end of tHfe � Kuropean' war, of which '�. r: eial intolerahee was a eoptvibu-' ting cause, look for an end to dis-erin>ihatioh: ajviiiriju^Uc^hyia nevr gro\yt^i   of;, the . democratic  aud .�';; � hu rhahita riap � spirit in the wo rich
: ; �^Applause'-tp'thbsewhoipo^ . elehjeJitary justice and goodwill. To deny ^hese hiings oiutho flin'isy �   ground' of potential sabotage; and � Lessened', economic gniji    not only �� unthinking .and silly in itself; but,;, more iniportaht, _is cruel,; in its effect . oh ; these   nnnority. people; ... Dnyeji ,(rom province to pTP^ncs, �barred  from  various  cities,� de-:. ;nounced by comfortable Boards of Trade�all � this when their, bnly^ .-  proved crime/is' that .they.or ihefr. parents came tp Canada in search of a.'better life.V  . �^�X-A
We are being defeated on the; honte front.  .    :  .   ' . '.
New Denver, B. C.       ;
'v May 17, 1915.    ^ .      ...
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.   Kasio is beautiful in.Alhy./rhesweepijig lines of the; mountains rise and fall and dip" into the moqdv waters of Kooteuay 1 .ak^; while in the i|i�iet siikets..//-children -on their wav- to "school ; pass  In heath   the . fallinu   elierrv; I'lossonis. ' v .'�' �     - ' "/   '      �/.-/: -�
ft is; itnee years yioV >iriev w</eame ihhV tliis/|>laee aiul-t aelr xi ar in .May tliiv^ec iu- ba\ bee n av pealed. ;
'I Wv^b'.!*n*ie,-.t \eii iX liundi\ i] ycati". frrmt now. when the < \ <.nts. Utat sliake the world tin lay have become old hjv.�;\. AvheuVtli:- probl^jiiN iliar Avtw.ry. our^/IdtU nnruN h:\\x. bt\ii. forgot ten." this r>ee!.u   will *:v\>ntiiuie'to \ he/ >.jK aic\i."    �� .- '.' -      '- .     '     .; _ J\_- . ..-   '��'. �"�
�7 ; ^rir^'tv/it >V>tu,Tin m:id!vr,:;rpr( at. �'A;;d i-hen.\ if we >% ^ f^.. K**-tirf Ahr /wnrkf rmd � ".its'/vir ^Tc ins   for -liiojin }\K n}H\\tx\ the licautv iinJ p-r<\ of i4nrrT Wf^^nni tin:/     �. � . -       " . '
i! f>r ihe yyj y - ' :"r*e Japftfte^e. Ca*njai^'r*
Khtmi rke Jn�in Ci
... A Sketch       \
TODAY the ?ky is robin's egg blue. The Kooteiiays is as blue as . I have ever seen it. There is a puff of downy white crowning the gleaming mountains to the north. On days like this, "The Call of the Wild."�at least 'the caTF of the ohtside.-^comes to the person who is weak enough to. look out the office window v n(| who is appreciative of the beauties of Nature. Such a call came '..to; me today
_./.i.n,..0j'c,;middle of .nty-work/; strong--/ ly. I looked at the clock. - .No, it'.
...wasn't time yet. I returned to my typewriter and riles. I said to myself. "Yield not to temptation/'" I tried ta concentrste.
My eyes, after what seemed an aeon, stole back to the f:ce of ;the__ clock. It had hardly moved at ^all. I put. an ear to it, hoping ..... b'.it it was going.   I gave ,it; a .shake
- thinking that  perhaps the hands had .stuck and if 1 shook it Iv^rd
. enough that they would .move .a-"
. h>ad. But it w/s ho use. The clock was all right; 1 scared "at it; Per-
� haps it; would relent. But the heart- -less piece, of meehanis.m remained ad a �n ant,      � '
1; threw up my hands. The e. 1!.' �'was; too .strong/-for me; I caoitu-^ lated.' . ::- "> ."'- �
�. 1 stiVod on t.he hank and gazed -down at the blue lake. I threw . ba;-k my head and sang to the.sky. The gentle, fef reshiiig 2epiTyi:X . frohi the north danced over the waters. It made tiny/rj^ples oirthe ^urfaee^The/gohi^n^^ on
� the   myrid   ridgesr-The -.breeze .".i^^y^�-�in-;:iny hair-and.�'ble>v/'it::<iiT-/? / h>y; foreheaiiy It was-_ii/grami-rlay:
It was good to be a|i\e. -\ � '
There was a m.ovenVent. hel �w //� -m(o - afrvptig - �' the ""sliefl-pinl^ 'apple .'. blossoms.M firs': I". cbuldn^i ' see . ; ; whrtt   it   wa?.. This   ap-'�je. fee . seemea to ;"hvve :;bhisso:tieA \sut � oyefjlight.".;.There were / only "t^nv: .-.-.b<;'ds-. on [t two/yays; ago? No\v its .br.vnch.esc-Avere/. f est'6..>Ke1l. wit?f-.';;uij'k . nr.ii.v.h;:e. - \"   '? . v   ,/. �.'
I picked a .^o^vc-r- ar..d" >h:ck :t i:i
� ;'niy /hair./ / �: -_'    / .;..'_/ .
.-�  Sullenly. ! snw. it. T.t5-.p!uiiis� ;' ;^s the "c^T^r/rf -June skiosy.L/ cer/:h:on -W^.e.' It lookf-^ s.v g^-rf;!^ ;^i_fnendiy; ^ It cooked -Jts �h'/a-t-� an.-: h>okoii at rr.e. .I'm' sure';i?.ey-?
� f;x:nkf.:d.-.r vvar.io-"^ to �^r.^-  "/^ �V'i' cnn;y>i/b.v^Xin::2$. k't^
: d^vxy. B;;: �: !:-ft m.y 'h?xz: fx: J-.:. ;"";s-'/t iii 'f?T.T<:-"'
�.      har!p"!r.-'^�. -->�       r^.TV Kirk r.t-i- rr----.! '? > -h? eitjte *.^f th* <ivk?.   -T *� ^.i*er.Va? ckar ard !�>-V^ o.,: ar : yjsr*: I Uy for'- a full h;ar ^r. rtv storo'clt jraxiT:? :r^% trxtwpaiTVfit d*pO�- TV       ^ r-r VaHc a�d l�t� legs f�|f w^r~. T^e trvmSe Upp'nf of t!�e ?ar*^ on tar �cacr sfedt �f t!>e wlurf
�:/', (From Saturday N
A correspondent calling iiUv-seh ''B/ritJsh/ CoiUrnb^ the^position/ oT Jap>n�se Canatiiaiis and of oth^'r alriicle3/ [n/1;ke vein. His objections may 1^ sumn)Ar,zeJ tmder siv^headmg^: (D that- 1,C00 of the , younger. Japajiese; Canadians went to Japan for military training,' were .theie when war broke out, r.iui stayed, there, fight-mg'/ (2) that the., charge of racial aniag'ohishi on the part of whites fa a mere red'/heVr.ihg/ In oth/er words that/such; ^i)ti\goism: does not .exist; (V): thjvt Canada.did riot go to war because of! econoriiic ah-tagonism, but because Japan,made war on civilizatronj (4) that .the punishment .of A local Japanese Should ^be/.niore s.evere than. that, of actual J:<paTrtese. nationals, siiifc. the former had gone to our schools and were fanpliarjwith'.our.wa of;/1ife;'Aoi/that the' policy of the United States toward .Japanese citizens pf the- Bepublic has nothing ;to do with- us and that � no power ;pii .earth(c^ir force; us/ to adopt a similar policy; (G) that a; Canadian in^fulj/cVitizehship has/a" right to live' ahywjie're; in Canada so that any.policy of distribution east; of/.the Bockies; is- impossibly.-The writer would prefer to see all of Japanese descent sent back to Japan, and ;eiids '-Cah.Jap- be. anything but a Jap? No; and. the evidence is giveir above."      /
No one could hang a cat oh such Here is a eat ego rial
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rejoinder to the points- advanced: our article of March 3 concerning
tghtr Marea 24.1943.)
�'(L'j the;statement that 1/JQO/y,,unj Canadians went to Japan fo7:miii. ''� t^^v tK-impg; needs' sorp.^ corroWN , ation, But if it.be true| wharifaj ' it to. do Vith those, who stayed in-
� /. Canada .where .they ' were  bf-rn? (2 and ;3)' Bacial. antagoism w^'i
/'/; stimulated by econ.-ihiic; antg,^-/ is.m which has been a -W.estCoajt .fact for;' twenty, years�no inattfr who denies i.tv.(4). The pvhishinent-� * of a 'wlvile family bceause one hoy / '.is:;a/ihj^fs';'|a/vsystenivMlowod. /- earnestly:"by/rli.t!er- rind not con-: sidered favo^bly. jn�. British coun--tries,;(5) That the United States' -; has played -.fair Avith .'its �Japanese . � natiye-born'is./no'reason'f<)r Can-... ada being unfair;.   .' / '.�  �-�    : . >' . . '/�V.mart or woman born ih;C^�a<!a is. a. Cahadiaini and a - British sub-./  jdet whatever' his raiyal; descent. '.'. ;That he cart be pushed a round.,by � -intplerant; neighbors is" hpt admitt-Wl hy �?tur'day Night or.any Court
� in the land.'.   ' :..;.''-/�;/ )/;'.'�;/;�:/.; /� � - .. ,' . '/�U.'is true that <|ifficulties; may
arise because of extreme aggrcs-sivehess on "the one hand, and hot^. :;/ headedness of the other. Such difficulties have arisen in Canada be-'fore witK respect, to "MerinonUes, -/' Hutterites and others of peculiar views whose shxrp competition \vith neighbors caused loud complaint. But in time // "modus - y-iyendiV ;was; reached vyithput'-via^ lating' any individual's constitutional. rights. It cam be reached ultimately in this new dispute. The contention, that every one of Japanese descent is a Tojo is mere nonsense.
# NISEI VOICES
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ice
"'�   By M,
Kvery . thinking Nisei cannot help but notice the extent to. which race prejudice has manifested it-, self in special lavys aiid cliscriMi^
_/ natory / measures rel eg ati ng ~.CaiVa-' (lians of Japanese origin to the status of 2nd class citizens.
What is race prejudice ? Is it a part of human nature? Is it inborn ? For: the , answers � to  these
. questions  we  must  turn  to  the social scientists. They tell us that
-race�pre juclice^is-^psychT'jogical symptom of our economic and political life, and not a part of hum"n nature as sonre people claim. It is not inborn, jjyt is indoctrinated by bur social conditions. Race pve.ui-dice usually comes into existence because, of insecurity and conflict. It is a fallacy to � believe' thVt it
�arises only, from  misinformation The-action of the Richmond Japanese ;Bepatriatibn League' is. aiit
; example of tj[ie./Reeling.'of ince hate caused by the;^insidious/riflueivccs
.'in' bur economic and political life
; i hit am ed To a,, point where it advo -ca|es:e^:pulsh)n � of/ait/ person^.; of^
. Japjuiese pngnv-^
'.obyious that, former � Japanese ;C;\nadiaris/ berry;, groyver-?., fisher-
-�^n"eVii;/:^nd small sjihp pwhevs -are^ �not; wante<l back by' some people:
- hecSuse^they Tbelieve/-that/:ih^re; win vbe more competition and a'-e afrafet of futiire/iiSseciiritv; In^Vhe;
; sanies way^ ^ organizecii   lnh^r->Zni
i^lfeiS nidicit�vl-its^fear
^f �/ntiire irisecurity in the recent. �s.tate'ment- that' jeyacuee;-';dbmc-s!io workers ;n I.ethbridg'e x?( re piid .''below s?^andar;:" wages, and /th A; :*v:ondrtionj! ;-bf: slave Hibbr'"^ ihU&l: be established "as a res\iH.-is ^ery" easyL for people  l<v blame their fri!u>v>n ihose,wh"W-ih'-nhv'
SITARR
remote way add to their insecurity. It was e'-sy for the less succeSsCul . berry farmers to bla.m^ the Japanese Canadian faring """'�"difficulties and disappointments. Many psychologists believe that race prejudice .caiy^ never be .eradicated, in  the  present  econon-io order in which .'hum n rights- are subservient   to   economic   rights. When most people are  interested ; in the profit motive, the rights of minorities '-are; of .;.secon<Iary importance.
In .spit.e of the fact thnt econo-v niic insecurity is one of the iuh "'�'/'vp'p'ft^'ril^'''causes fov the dcvrl/p-ment of.race pi ojiidice, there are; other types of  insecurity v-hicb. direct ly or indi ��ectly ,cle\-el.Q5>--.ra??.'.: prejudice. Most  persons � want to feel  superior  in/ some  way, i:r better education, in greater/mater-i?I wealth, etc. B.�t tho?e \vho have ::';';viib Tangible/ ^vehsons /for".'fe'e'-insf-' sunorior can '."do/ s^ by  taking, a superior, racial attitude. '�;'-;�', -� ';'�'� ; ;:/  These peon]e whg/feeV�--jnejitrt:0; ^: tovrards - Orient?'s ;ar^: by  tlwjr
.:--:;'o;w.n..-Acti6ip/sIiow*^ //insecure and frustrated/ Itvn:en;^ . t h At. they * 'i re peeking .excuse?'- f?>r � themselves,   for - - the:r ] Irck of -'-.-.. ^chjeTement/^ lack xxf
ah ecbivohiic' future.. / V - "r '. ' . � ' ^The politicians wh" cxplr.it' race/ : prejudice - in B/. C. r.Kci. elre-^hrr?.' /: 'h?ye/o�ly;-HJtbrmr^ ^/^c^pleTreally �.Jk'rie\v:-.^n'-;l /��\dersto^^ the psychology behind tl>/ acii;^ / /.some: of/their.leader'*.-'        -weuH /
get at "some "bf< the. '"real c u?e /. their has] conditions. -.    /     ;   \ �'    It is easy to see trnt, th*- uvd-^-.standing/.of-��face prejir-'MVi?/w^uid -benerjf not .only:" the-^/Nj-ei! �:hut. other? .is-\vc!1'. -     " '
Kditor. The Xew CaJUdian. .
� ;-'�''Tair�'.- if .this 2 x  \ pHt>er .;>vsr?: rack-a wyilop-Af a r:e\v?.-'N-'^vs :>^.-r.-�5S!-'to. c'-ajt;^-. ' fi�roalo.-.'Om. -s: o
''^eT rry^uvWr-vCT^YtV. ~-'
or: th- "ives/^ t-ra->'a!f ' f'- '�': � xy 5,>iJ; T- fe!: ra'rr. � .r*?il." * ��: ?v->c*t. "ar. 1 ha?py. T*re h^*y. '.h^T> ,;r-m. wdrf.^.t 1:1* .-jo aS-.v* ts* I m-:<�d yvrf-cU**: tc S^neone ririw*. '��. -
And so today ! r^r.f?^ f evg. ^ I �m taaafcf ^ I omL
� .With warm c^'nirraiu!?r*Jt-r"'� for .'the. splendid' x'.v.VV .yV>i; - h-c; 'lone end are doinjjthrough - y-v""
.rt-.ihatior,-". under .very "^n-r,\ ci:?./-
�->r. y^r efiiT^rJals. Tn rrcJT/r-they- rarJt with the Vr :*� 0^2 a f�r ^S>ie� matter arJl treafrer?. T vish I cnald teai hTte. Wrw? In the Ottawa Citisaa, TfarJra t*T **r**: a� awwab^iiwli d.
May 2ft, ms.