Mountain
(The Vancouver Proving)
Albert* fronv British i^iwabiiTun
,,iv�.M �    .. : drr the evacuation program w^d
KhCiUN'A, � In any (national:plan, .{. ^ut by;. the British rolumbia Seethe Saskatchewan Government:is pre- j urUy Commission in 1942 were *ot IP^red .uy, eo-o^erate with Dominion |; allowed, to vote in the Alberta prov-authoritiea; en- all occasions,, acting   iricial eleclton on A^
By k,
Premier. C. M,' Fines . Said here! when questioned on the C.C.>\. attitUiie)on
the CP.
Earlier last week, Alberta *u-
,,-,v-,v., . : .       . _ �     .... -   <  . �        --. �    - .       qUA lificUtiOttS
�not be one of: them.;,?rue. the com- time, owing to the lack of details on   and thus a large proportion of the i: plaint isveom^na^
tha^ K
peerless. It' is a' complaint^heard, mjght be Saskatchewan's, quota .in.theV The. matter was refem^ to strangely   enoughj. w^ on   St.!dispersal- plan;  would  depend upon] provincial: legil   authorities   who
Catherines, Dunda.s.. West,. Front j some factors. Occupation Svas.;one, : J checked the conditions under which .Street-or 'Slocan Avenue ]   "For instance we would not want) the Japanese were moved~fVomtne
.Yet even UJ;       ^
impact of international, and national, have practically no fishing' industry.; 'sure. \ They held that  under � the politics cau reach into" the ordinary!   "We would want no colony settle-    terms of the movement the japan-, pat^rn of life. And ail arbitrary ;de-^icnt of the Japs.' . '..i; .'esc could only be con - id. red I em-
cree from the Government can set |   "We would not want any nbsorp- | porary ' residents ofr Alberla  and
;irit6rmotion.fo^ vreduce labor [ therefore were not entitled to vp;e.
; a very-different, ;patteni: tlier^ surface routine;- but beneath, it all is j   Mr. Finos added C.C.F. policy gen: i c$e wno resided in Alberta prior a constant restlessness very much' in ;er'ally syas against racial disCrimina-'.] ' (Q(hp movement from British <"61-tune: with the .transient? mood .of a tion and any loyal citizen, including j; umb"a.    As   permanent   reshionLs world at war.' And, in'this respect the a Japanese,Was entitled to eUizen-jthcv were entitled to -vote'.! life of evacuees in the -housing set- fdiip rights.    " � � "   . ] �   ' �'-:,"�      '�';���
tlem'ents differ greatly from that of -.:  * '*'."        *' -   '  - ' '��; T ,     0      . '. ,
the folk native to these, towns. Fyen [ WKLCOMlv RESE'i'TLiORS IS   . ;   | But Why bhouldn t It the most short:sighted perceive�the UNOFFICIAL INFORMATION ] ti*^n Ih a nPmnrr�rv?
Nelson Daily News: to the contrary;   WIN*�>KGr Man.       Manitoba is ^ a � UemOCiacy...-
-that there can be no genuine P.er-.:wininff {^
manence for,any except a limited few tjle p0^{.Yviir; dispersal- of Japanese? Ulurmg "a debate on ..the Japanese in these areas.      �" .     "throughout" Canada. Although 'no for- ion at Ottawa recently, two Jap-
-     "   .* ��". :*   � mar statement is vet availaKe, uu- -w?<S "one of thorn a slonognpnor,
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS .     o(fidaV information-is that, the gov--i**". in the House of Commons not
.^:Ih.statement^ accept but \ very far fron^whei;eJie ^s sfttmg,
policy has two interestingly, opposite ;"we^0,;;e~^ J^mera -M,:,I ^for-^cw
n,;^; hv^�--:A nfi^t^:AVestminster told the Rotary Cmb i:e-
Official D�^a^i^Ri*^
: /13eiivcrii^ u Umgr�waiH(i ^UttMiVent .to u�v ;atte!>tjye: . loii^iv     C()inniOns;.^ntliiyv A�gii?it  4, ^iinc >lumter
JVdjJi^i.governa* � mcan* �*
Those poinv..i were:;.*       .  ... � ".     '�� �. ^ i
(1.) Formal notice'of the. dispersal that Mr. Knig's.stat.em.jn.t did not
of   persons - of   Japanese   ancestry oasion any.; gr^at, surprise,. beinn*
throiighbut Canada (uul their resa-ouWh^ large
llemonl to-prevent a re-congregation freoly atiticipated.
at the Pacific Coast,-       V f   The dtmbuncenient that tlwse- re>.
(2) Establishment of a quasUjudi- ganJed- as 16^ be pennitted .. cial cpmruission as sooii as. possible to remain! ii\ the -country, however,. to^eparate-loyaUand^
ofJapanese ancestry, with, doporta- pile the "agitation .that haSbccfigolilg^ lion of (he latter to Japan after the oil,, the possibility, of, large scale ex-war        .    : r <v   1;     '.':'V �:V:.:V::    .pulsion after/the war has. not bceft:.
(3) N\> iuunigration from. Japan to" regarded as a;very, se.rioii.s threat, Canada after the war.   . � v:   f   Novorlheless it ]�as reinained a pos- ;
Wlnleoutlihijig   these   ob/ectKa^s \sibHity - until.-. Mr.- King -madp -his.: and.e-.nphasi/ing that the policy to lv jjtatetnent, and has ben one nrgu-followed vonld be one of justice' as: inent '��.advancecl; against :the  adyan-opposed to i'acialisinthe Prime M hi--1 tages^ to'.. he gaincil by- moving ^       \, isjei's. statenicnt  revealed : no  move of British Columbia. than' a niininnim. of llu> aihninistra-.j ' .
tive   detail   planned   to   etVci't   the'
e fleet s.-
It promises what might lie a rather
Coliimbii to this province after the ;
� For those already sell led east of the Uwkies, it.is apparent that Air.  . King's stalement also implies an ; assurance that a iuajnr-ty will b* allowed to. remain where they 4re*  . if they so wish <ind if arrangement� can by ctVected with the provinces.
This will �bc"\pitrlicui.^rly_-r�^pprinn^
vvar.
exciting  interruption   to   day-to-day     Attitude   of   the   government   is newspaper story. ; routine, if ah R C^l-P.-flankcd^ judi- based on three basic points      \      i   '�s could not happen in the Jap-cia! commission arrives in the rjhe>e are
future to probe into the "loyalty" of ^ -p}*ia'. jj, the p^ssiblo; event of Hc was^ad\ocating tlie iloportation of each �individual. And,it promises the :fliture: clashes ' involving  Jap
po^sibiMty of very radical .changes in v>.()'uia be better to have those of.iTnp- 'A'ar- ; W.J,'.:--y:---'.-::-^'
the- ghost town situation, if the d-3r ^iese: race awav from the coast most ! '.      �;::,�:'.��/� \::
persal^ is' to be .vigorously advanced, jjj.^^.^^ .jt(ac.kcd. 0UAKER COl'PLi: WICI).    :     .
Assuming, for � insuuice, a real .at-1, V^'-Tliat- the loyal Japanese wouldj   SPOICANE,' Wasii;� Miss Esther"
policy. .        -.' \
Officials ffoni 'he head of free; ;of; �the l^.C. Security' Com^ssion, yisH- : iijg; "lvdo.tenay seltlements early ,thi^. week -\vere unable to give The New Canadian any - further information. ' - ���T;.hpy-'--s.a!\l--AJr..::;-.l\.ing,s �'^tjitenyent-'i-i.�t;-'.
the ho^se iii regar<Fto tire dispersal i.in eastern Canada, and of some appli-of evacuee^ had jornialized what ha i c;i\hm to farin f.-^ailuv. now employed \:. ,beenigoihg^on _undciixAJ\c::;^
sion's direction ever since Evacuation, ;   j ;kc Security Commission officials, : ported TJre Vancouver Province inn    .-They are awaiting further .in forma- |,pwc*ver, llie general attitude in t^e
lion, and   instructions   from  Ott :Wa interio,- 'settlements .'is' to- await fur-W[ ni tno inoantime will oont.nu- thc,; aelails as to the Government's aiiese Diet," .he-was quoted i s Sa'yuig. \aVhnhnstration  of  the  projects  and policy; The: inijiortaut tpics.tioris l>eihg V
supervrsiaa of relocees as heretofore, .^^^'.j,^ unon Avhall)asis apropor-
, ; \      . t%i ,,  �      ;    . tionate.   distribution   of. persons   of
10ASES l^CER rAIN'l Y IX Japanese origin is to be' carried out,
.1A PANICS E CO^l .NI li NITV and what procedum: the: judicial; cotn^v
A   sampling  of;. opinion  indicates .niiasion will adopt in its �ork.       '; ;>
tempr;i5 iiVade tpyseduc^;i^
anese Catiadian population: to about, tijejj^seiyes; to occupations -in-other Schinwe . of Seattle and  Gordon  K.
:3000 bc-fore; tlie :war's end,�a � figure
I)r6vmc<?s.-
Ilirabayashi, Jaj)ane?.e Ameriean you-
arrived at .on a  proportionate <lis- " 3 {l- (}ier^js any possibility of as-ith;^
bringing a. test; spit, challengincr
__________________..... Government, evacuation brdevs,' were
housing is still Tue..for 3 move. The.^^r;gf0v? thtwar^uld'be the only jiiiajried oii July '20, the AP repprted, balance  of. people .loft  i'V. various. u.ay to Accomplish-it. ' \ i   The  father of the bride; and S;
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tnbutipn basis�then a group '..eq^al.f-gj^j^j.g Japanese^ dispersal of the by 1 in numbers to the. total in interior ;^ Q^ ^temrated^ in British Colum- Gove
it
The ifbiipyKtPg. is the^jpartial te\<  | ported to; Japan as of Prime SfinisteFKi^
the. Jfouse/:.6fr Commons;:on; iAug-   tion  British subjects
\ug-
ust 1.
I might how mention the tentative.
sdoh as that is .-. 'fior to deporta-hjecls fall.ng . within this class would be- <|cj)river|; of their �* status as such;-JJy;the ternis of th<s
be" a good guess that some preference' "1 ; wili be given''� to such of these as .de-1        -: t:f 1^ X lik^-f-.
;s>r� tn fi.viwK^ >H^ arp 8omo of Orougnt In Alberta:
them, in' fact, may' be' among, the group permitted  to return to the^ :Otlfi[Str^
Pacific CqastJ   '    -    ; :   . �     '� In the. other dir^tion the.state-^
ment hsis a. re-ass.uring :and settling recprd   .....------,   .   . .    . - .. � - . ., , . , . ..,- .� uu, ,.....
effect; Mr. King, seems to; have, put been planted; The second largest acreage. ev�r produced in the-history of. |the exam^ation and j�ternment of Ws foot d6wn quite solidly against this industry w.as in 1941 when 70J( 0; acres/pf'iteete ^ere:haiTestGfJ.^    :    suspicious v>r * dangerous jiersons.   It "
nic^spres whicli.'-it :is: t}jc<I;|o: JPH.�?{ K^cft^ iJ^aj!^ cap ^ he ^ coinpelleti,?. into ;effectvin;pr<ler; to carry
policy phased-lupon^the principles I jeept 'these jiersons-. There .may also haveVindicated; . The first, and, in" a |be^;sonic-pe'rsjbns. who.will Voluntariljf
.rd- production; latest reports shoWing .close to 70,000 ^acres ::s. having    the ^ h^ ^ ^ ,
�ejuse, fUhe. ;fuihdaiiiejitar^ �: tovjiiulicate a; desire to proceed to Japan-
detertnihe the loyal an<l the ..disloyal (Fpr.; these' Hp .further exaniinitToii ^ ;persons;of>>Japsjaese;rr:ac^ would: bo"-nec^sJ?ary/^;^W
r !^hc entire policy depends^upon 'this;;n^ion
course,, through
etl and encouraged to. go as. soon as thev can,'    - "   " '' -
PREVE.VT CONCKNTRATION -�Once the exaFninaiioiihas- be^n ear-:
cannot be assumed,, however, that fUrjriedJout, there will be established a
^hp5^;^h^ persons who" >re
of m'uch dahi- /joyal. Some .rhay have merely miSurf- |loyal to 6ania<ia., Those''pentbns, if
any proposal for wholesale expulsion. : . A report. in June showed Alberta ; ies. and on" truck - farms. .,
*H~ Have .been     h'^r^ ^We Jarye^
e;from a P9ii-:^vith^ �...       ___________  _______ ,______,
tical. p^oint of vieVrand>e^)U^ dispossession Vf^om they h^
. ____   . ...      _____CMVa<lian jshouid^be allowed" jo do $0. However,.
compantes   was. per ;ee?�t; at Stirling and recofiled .cititens, mav have striven to protect ias t hkve said, they should not b� Taber. as suffering a thirty per cent ;am{ i^tain w-hat they' corfsr<lei^ to be laliow^more to 'concentrate bi
be the first to accord this tribute to^^j.:^;^ jota|^oTT5 epdihg^JulyV25 reportw^^
the Pnme. Minister. � '     'actual   acreage, contrarted   between :a^crop damage
;^^Cir^Hily; his" d^larattdn he]ps. to f� He":. ^gTpwers   and dispel I the fear that rampant agita- 71,4.38. tion would force the goveniment into appeasement;' of   racist   forces
PTomisih'g. the':-, postwar- depVitation    ...... ^  _ . . . .. .
a-'-mu�::i' larger, group-^alf those; of that hceine and thinning of- bee^ts are _>aid.v .�.'   - �. �      . tejit. and a stubborri defence. ^Tor>e> |on thi'namb^^ non-Cpnidfan birth- for inV.arice. -Re-- comoj^tedr        ^ . .. -   - - -Meaxi>i.-lulev Manitoba- fanner?:^-- .own |.ropertjr. h.nol -,nece^arilj.:d^i ;ra<*: *a be allowed toi^turn to Bnthh
for^ Fc->raary 2T: ilU2.v^'^ farm? joyed   rormal . mature   Cf�ndition-: lr.yalty. bn the othf�r hand ther*f may - Columb'nv and persons ".i^.Japanese
w.i'^d not have believed" for a. mo- faced a heavy -crop loss due- to"..So'-itheYn_.-Man;toba- - recently-, siiffere-l 'V persons who have.-.c^m.mittpvl '-r'o. race- can" be given* .encou/a.irenvnt-to.'
.in" an to justify' th^;r intemTTverri bu* more and remain H-ewhrre. It would
rr.ent Vnat juchwas-. possible. TrtJt the dro^tht.   -The wrerne condition is severe hail sv.rrns ruining crr.ps
^T.e^brzT,rrf 6f -mass e:.-acuat!on "sri- he:rg co*JrteT-a<ted'"by heavy itr'.ga-t r.''^nced.on"that date is a lesson not -iUn of the ^P?-."51*^"***.JC ; t->     fr,rfotien for a long;PIrg wHT*-"*^ee* ar' e^oriTSir;^TI ^ttt* ui.'Asii'*'. j
.:T.^� .*:...  - ..'.; �'.-'^riKr..ihf.i^^TT^r^" rf3C!r- '-^a^Tv {� T>e a�?urarcf that expnV'^n ^iH, -srrtile fther? are wor�mg In cir.pef"- f
**> rf^-farther than fa*cf*i ^*W*ir^ l� ^�.....� -      .      I
f-f ba-> iTOBonane?. ' leaT. the. lk.a:da::� ^� le^a!!y ^r*�re1
Mzr.&mt oBcstion ths: ^cmjM be ar?d carried oat. Iri eitber �f th^ first 'r?Tiew*i in       new i;rht t� rha* �f IW"> ea^e* s- me farther Uiip�iiio is [ property liquidation a>id it* <r>JTt al?rr*t boowd ro-^eraoe; it'wiZF be up battle to keep pmtMxm of tera*^ z-> zhc pmpettr ow^n tr. mate wjt* and  bofeombfr acquired  lasd  and xbmi aa appeal ia carried if *" l?*w��a. im ibe tfcird dirertic*.
Mr. tetice xerS-l �    As Job� � tls�*
mM wiA- ao.as to e��th�w miiiWi'-ia
Si"f'-.w of the� .liist'nct?.
v,ho" "arc- irv fact dialoyal:," What -is .he moat undesirable/-! believe, to eV cleariy rrfted*'.f i> the .estaWijhm^rt �>f" tabtisfc a perm^r.frftt barrier- to the>
� a-rr"?n� th#? herkrroo'?d.� l*?*]''** ard who .Jtare be*n - lawf�!lv admitted-
rare ir; Car.ada to ascer!a:n ?hoi3e -*ho _adta..Thal wo�;ln ra>?e the posnbiltt;
-:tf T.'.t "ft perr'on? to"-V . Tfr.weif-'fi of drVrfflSinjittft* aod
r^ain her*'. The rmitriwnii 1 have momnewt to
ref*rr�J. U> �fc�.�!d: 1..thick,     e*t3�V wfevrS mi^lu bav#,
' ;sb*d *n. tbe- fairly near fato^e, ir i'm^�weaeea in tfce
sri&T that it mar beffhs what wifl be est>.bi�rkniewt of at*
a targe a*d owportAnt taak. T>e re- tww wiiwld be
of the w*rk of tbe foww5*?rwi bwi
w>�2d be ta MtBaGsb a At �f *- ft nn wefi bv Hrd   fijiMiwe nuiwa, �a-*e of   Tbty� is