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THE NEW CANADIAN
FEBRUARY 24,
The New Canadian fe
pa;*/- published 6t/ and\far second generation Japanese in Canada, and demoted to their welfare at citizen* of Canada.
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40c month; 6 MM: $2.25 i* *4va�<�; One ywr: $4.00 in idv*nc�
-Published tri-weekly at th* Tiiyo Printing Company
We Can Take It
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a tough,-hardy people. And 'we can take it!
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beaten, not whipped. Neither by man nor ihe elements.
Hard and bitter things are coming c.loser.to each one of
us. ^Disheartening is .the manner in which rising public feeling
is turned-away from'a question of military strategy in defence
of the coast, into directions which, it would seem, make it a
' Crime 'for any person to be of the Japanese race.
� Jobs�of years' standing�are going. Businesses and homes, .farms and stores�built up with years of toil�are going. The fruit of struggle-and labor, that aft aging genera^ tion had,hoped to enjoy in its old age, is-snatched a>vay. The hopes and ambitions of a rising generation of Canadians, arc dashed to the ground. Family ties-^-between husband and wife, father and children, brother, and sister�these top are rended apart. �- �-,
' * A "new soil, a new and' rigorous'climate, is the destination of many of our fellowS. It may, before this thing is through, be the destination of all of us._-
But we are prepared and ready to face hardship, patiently, tolerantly. Who, among us, has no personal tradition of jdogged determination, of unceasing struggle, of never-failing courage, to look back upon? Who among us can forget now the generation of pioneers, our fathers, who three andj four score years ago, pulled up their roots to cross an ocean to a new land, to build a new future. And who, with that memory, will lie down now/simply to bewail the forces that have brought new trials?
Comfort and security may pass. But the tradition of honor, of work, of coura~ge will remain. And we have lost nothing, if we but remain unshaken in, our belief that there is a plac� for usJiejr^jn^ur^djDpted. orjiatiye land._ Whatever tKe ^resolutions of the masses, there are hundreds of fine Canadians who believe in us and will work for us in time if we but prove ourselves now.
Must Look To Future
(Japanese American Courier)
, in these troublesome times when tens of thousands pf people in this country,,particularly along 'the Pacific Coa.st,' are faced- with a .great .tjrial, through ho fault'Of their own, and for the m6st part decidedly against their .wishes, it steems a little trite to say that they shpUld be calm.
Yet that Is evactly what will serve ,them best 'in the end. is no time to become ner-vous.v Anyone~?in~an> excited
state of mind is" likely to lose balance of judgment. �
It is a' great tragedy that thousands of. people who have left their homeland and come to this country,-to make honies, rear children and pass on,the blessings of, a democracy to them, should now have to face (he present situation. They cannot be- blamed if they are bewildered. �
No one can say what the end will be. The beginning has been bad enough. - - Yet, - a silver^ lining already cah b eseen in the dark cloud. The responsibile officials of the government have given assurances, backed so far by actions,� that consideration will be shown so far as possible.
If these people will only keep calm . . , and co-operate with - the constituted authori-ties, this will count heavily in their favor, not only now but in the day of final reckoning. In fact, this constitutes their Only hope. By such conduct they will prove their loyalty. �Many -of the ~elders"may "not survive to see the final result, but their children will. Their's is the-long look ahead*.
Letters to the Editor
Prairie Enlistment
Editor, The New Dear Sir: Just to let you know of .another. Qf our -Niseis here has enlisted on Active, service, am forwarding, a: clipping from the Edmonton'Journal'. �
I often wonder why Niseis from B.C. have not as yet attempted to come over here to
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enlist,� certainly "the army seems to enlist Japanese Niseis very readily here. ' "'
Edmonton, Alta.
� It is known that a small number _of Niseis travelled from B.C. to southem^Alber^ ta earlier la the war to enlist, but were not Accepted. This h�s discouraged such at-' tempts since^. Prairie-born Nisei, with parents resident in Prairie cities, are naturally accepted more freely.� fid.
Let's go to the movies for a change," 'urged a Nisei. "I'm tired of going to house parties and-jabbering with women." - "No thanksfc" -replied a 27-year 'old Issei, who has been educated and reared in Los' Angeles for 26 years and has never been back to Japan.
Why be so scared. No one
\vill hurt you if you keep out of the way," the o'ther pleaded.
"Oh, it's not that. It's because I feel so funny and awkward when the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance is "played on the screen at the end of a newsreel. I can get up and do it with .the rest all right and feel secure. But
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We have heard that the are,. to be moved "east -of i Cascade . mountains." ' i Lafraid that my geography] 'weak. Is that 'a very'<J-J order? And how will it the Nisei? Judging by the? of . "The New � Canadian"' are all taking It with very grace arid making the be?t< pretty rotten 'job. That's stuff f As long as. you your sense of the ridiculouji don't become titter, you far. from being what some] pie would like you -to be. Canadians who think a're'i you all the way, Just hoMJ 4o-your-nerve and yov and keep fighting.
R. N. SAVAR!
Lyn, Ontario.
when I ^pme out I see and I :screafmng;" headilne7 o7It orders against us aliens; what gets me." - .
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LOOK SKYWARD. BUNDED
A piece, of twine, another and another. tied together formed a long, long line� and as he held it tightly, one end of it, this Chinese boy. � knew it Breached upwards, swinging high and high Jn jHe China sky. A kite he flies. His face uplifted, and warmed by the sun and touched by the breeze, and looking with eyes that saw no glimpse of light for they were blind, found expression with a move that touched life, face full of gleam, and th< glo.w and glory of 'doing. doing at his hands pulled, following in direction the long upswing of twine. , --
Whence came- his land of faith?� -faith
~by-4be-^touch-of-hAnd and a piece of twine
that puIU and pulls.- Never can be see the
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lines, such a child. Safe now. Safely ten-
th* peace of a China" behind the fighting-
dered out of the bombed-havoc, where once
^ he fell- exposed, j*-eeptng-the-s*lt-routrof"hts
".eyes. battered and frightened by too-much
pois� � and pain.
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T�v " *~< J- -h> Vjct expanse of China behind -tbc;dghiing-luvcs, a boca spine liv-_ ing in. another kind of man. * kind of man -~ whos< ^Tying sinews dipydeep in a great :n<w, industryf UMS\ ah Idea arfd
strength. These ^people arc working together and, as formation t/ikes root in small working groups," as every group defines itself to become a distinct and capable producing unit, � the units knit togcthet to form their great iWusco, all pf this and more, their lifetimes see true living.
The people are happy, fox they trust one-_
another, help one-anothcr, work for onc-
a not her, and teach each to each when teach-'
ing is the need. .They work and build, in
metals, woodcrafts, weaving*, in the produo
.;tion of. chemicals, -printing, and other build-
Ing and creative things', limited only by thctr
energy and adaptability io- difficult condi-
-tions. These units have oftentimes been
movcd-orfrrmght to -new ioca lions, wary of
brpughr mito conception ^ .and growth, held ;tojprth*r; by; loiig lines atKhorfif :to a ^ faith. " � ajtjd, .v: w<ytsr^ta-t>e-brok<n-ljnrt linked by
firth. It .is China's jineat co-.operatfve called .
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* part pby ed '. roo; by CVcMfcntab. A �aio� of rrwi jnd drprnJencc; It i$ of the ftar^t .kind of:fk�wi*r iron' The bii�d dta'abr thcc
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lx>mb-havoc. They have, set up many kinds of schools for learning. There exists a university for -.women. ,And they come., these women, soml from the distant parts of China] risking sotftmmes/ rhntgt, worse "rhJn death, to attend thfs school in caves. A � place where you will- find -the living rooms .'and ;hc sclioolrocrTu, carved out ffonj the very- inoun taaa side, safir from bdmb disi n -t eg raHo'ti: Their's is 'a Culture. which walks upright and is in step .w.ith the ideals withi ft -their- '..being*-;' that- �ealj forth froih tbeif �minds to j:Jih<r new .meanings; a culture not Jft ident. a cellar* .that is new- born; t broach �:*rt of f re�h dirv<;iofl _v post briag to force a-n"�w fonnationV TTirir Hf< knows p?aa. ]ov�- the- living vreaiive. and gathen some perception to :he" owaning of discoverr . Dawr. 'is. � 2 r.:w;da\r It is t^. them. In The e-rlr norr.-ng boars .they work to .the fields*;
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them fobdV Their; Faith is a 5yrmbol that will nor ''slip from their hands. Their Time is npt later : than they think.^ Unrest^^s ho ffl�sure with theni; for it is ^ part ^bf things. thatXgo: tp>dust. : - - .- x-\: -:;;.:'^."'-:-t;:.V--;:-;
TE >hallvgairi"a.' Realityjr-rcofisVructed bit
by rbft�r-i reality not; relatiyje to Jthings ; nT�nronyerable7; to^ipch w&aiilnc*p&[\iti& " th^^diisolve^ther pasr ari5^deriy;ii^futu�/:: ^ �:. ^- V/e^v>;cpme'io^ kn^yir-a knowledge, linder ^diirt5s> that^surtly >must f[nd v inatr to^the :;sirtit^circums?�cej;7^th^
mpre-ieyere, of: the :Jews and 'their own JifV : of ;t?rrib!e pers<fcanoii(.; And ;'tp; ptt�r peoples: m other;':timefj^ It is;notth^t ^"e give import V'to; the^ -feeling.of -: J3iirt, .:nor.:to thi 'implied -disJrusttoV wif do- find^tbV b�^tifni; ^eanjng;: 1 of" trust _frooi those who know us. It is, ,in-jjfacjt^ 'the <iisi:oviery;;oi: the de^fh :6f /cipacity -n o t q ui te real i z ed - in t ru t b _f HI jn o WA; ;tha t^jina n. -, :<c|ftyVtTiTriri'a^^pini surgingTTstfength ;that;* ^ches wisdom oti its ;>every and :gives 'the behbid'cr. a new sense of tolefance so wide. so vivid, so fumble/ that :u crosses "the seas even,7 to: other peoples in" other "lands. Vnot' bVad. ^ but. a true, living spirit of: brother sympathy ;It gives us an intake of light, a reason for being, a glimmer of intuition toward the sight of that highest type of rela>
� tiqnship between Man. the Fatnilistk. 'It has .
* beta out food ionwne: k is, yon tduw. ro experience something'fine that will ouke us better men for. (be knowing, a.nd wtoicb. in the actual, js not given to niany to behold. CoropassioA and Tolerance an living words* that define a acaningooir as rbrr" strike as Tti-tbr ti "" "~~
school-days to adulthood, we
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come. Moulded within ourselves are those many precious contacts , . . Tb�| little story. This simple story tells of us, yet has its roots and ideals in }ll< . :~. Not'so very long -ago', a' dear friend reached his twenty-first.birtl the occasion marked to stature nua also* did point to duty fo this L grace and dignity to see this very yos one family, extend love and friend the one very old in another family.1 of urf race. He is; this Canadian friend,' u| so very "young one, a dear friend of dear bosomed-pa'rent. His "hand a.lso, to mine. _Hi$ trust is as-cl�ir,�|
�;;>tulvtbus it/ij^witbcininev ^I^bulv beTshOulder;tb^ ^shoulder;;" wiiii ; cili3Srnsh1p \^pd^jn :.|>^ "ipf /s?qfeH ^ -^^yoflr.frustV mine�-cinL Wana^^-d<finitioa ^It: i$ & deaf as,.tl>e,.�k^is;"-biue.-::-.-Ai" tbe^ivenVnjpliff tO-tfiat gaze ;up";pri *e: e-xperience.; tbuching. almost;-' the lof :nature, as^>the: meaning of cbai _defrnes, . As .soff^and tender, and
irt do -see. .> :^; ':-:^--^.-:--... ~~ - -�',."": vL.lJtn; ;ail; our tifeuaK -we h*vt ^bett! rbusy, eacb one pif us, oh thai un' that is so important to our individaal the own life.-:"- In jhe meaning to uJ. ability is a word positive.. It is an environnient and edncarion^ .that, seats" in judgment on bis^ own *njd strength as they;are in >H the can say without besitarton. is It 'is our pfatJocopby' that .rpke to say: indeed we are f one ft* endowed''�~ portion ~of existence" PUaet aca woaW na�e iTbt Earfb we so sune the. soil that soil that fives us the daat life froftxfy. so do w^e naane �bpdc. a s�on part erf cfar ' Ejrtb'ioo. '."�'-..... . -:
[Lenten Discussions Father <Munn will castlntte 'lead the Lenten . Discos-Ion Group with its topic of The Sermon on the Mount" t the A.Y.P.A. meeting to e held Thursday,' February J6, at Holy Cross Church.
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Acknowledgment
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