As Viewed By A Japanese Canadian
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� JAPANESE AND ANADIAN SOCIETY
professor Angus :Do vou look upon yourself as part ,'�e Qr^n community?
TjmkAi: As to that question   I  might  answer. 3> ! hasc fo alternative but to look upon myself as .,j cf the Canadian community.   If my birth,-edu-�t�n, ?r-d l-\.ng m Canada, have done anything at-, "Ir'ej have Cut me off-somewhat, unceremoniously ; .'oimy mother country.   I am hoping to practice law/ Canard
People in general find �t difficult-, to renlir.cJhat-mi a Canadian    This is probably Defuse of my.: -ntal physical apoearance. . . . In eastern Canada' | \j that most Canadians knew very lit tie about �vsse 'O British Columbia.   Many were nflucnced; "/'wild'stories-about them circulated by unscrupulous;
Professor Angus:   Let us spook f.rst of your own �%af;cn    What proportion retain any link.-.with
Tama'-d:   The Caoadian-bori-, retain verV few lies in Japan    I y.ould say 85tf of our generation I cvev i*en Japan.   Most of those who hatfe, went-' %i they were small with their parents like-myself, believe the Ganadian-born are-Canadians.in almost very respect except: political recognition of that fact..; nis 1 -think.wai-aisovt^he conclusion arnved.at by.Dr. 'riarles Young and Dr/ TTeleii Re1d~lh~thelr treatise ntit'ed "The Japanese Canadians."        _
Professor Angus:   Do those who h^ve dual national- . ty consider themselves.primarily Ganadian'or primarily Japanese?
Tamaki:  According to a recent survey about 75/K. {the Canadian-born here have so-called dual nation-alify.  This dual nationality is the great anomaly of -the Canadian-born Japanese.    In. many- cases,�they .-r-eser find out; about the existence of the situation until they reach majority. -They then find that their parents, sometimes, in fear, of their children's future sewiryin Canada; some times .with a. view to an -early refwrt to Japan* but more often purely, for- sentimental reasons to keep up the- family tree,:had registered theirs chj'<kerisjnamesj.n JaP.j*�LjJ^lYj�y* �f the Canadian- �:; bom.-, realize the significance of thTs^3uaf^natioriality" end attach any importance to it.   The answer to your question then is that those Canadian>born who have' coaf nationality consider themselves primarily Can--adians, not Japanese.
THE NISEI'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WAR
Professor Angus:   What is the attitude of young; Japaneje. Canadians towards the present war against Gtrmarvy and Italy?
-Tamaki:-: It is impossible to givean absolute answer
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�erns that years: of -bitter - experience in British Co-. I^mbia with discriminatory legislation and attitudes,-^-*'th a.refusal to admission 'to the Franchise in this P/o>'f>ce, and., very unsympathetic. treatment-^have M deep scars, upon their feelings.   J think the ma-^V-rW.ever,-.: have thought deeply about the: war *d- are corwnxced-that this is their opportunity to <Tenstrate: tbei r. loyalty to Canada.    1 have come the.closet, possible contact- with all manners of � '?fn.. -And I have-never had reason- to doubt that the.-.-.time. of. testing came, :they would.prove. -r*:rr,st(ves to beas layol as any other Canadian. -They r.'f.prepared..-to show that, so .much of; the suspicion :--vvpcri tVem has been only, vicious propaganda/
Professor Angus: -Is this attitude evidenced only by -"veftatrcn?- Or have they taken any active: steps? Tamaki., -\ Immediately after  the  announcement the. Japanese Canadian Citizens* League^ rep-[r^.r.v ^a.-Canadian-born: subjects of Japanese race in.
Cp'unnbia,-. telegraphed the Prime Minister, .�*c>;--r'3--their, loyabty and devotion touthe" British: *~.?/c ^---T.riTs. stand was later reaffirmed by the Na-?Jr:3' '^curjci! cf the;League^t^a- general:delegates !;?E:'r"^" ��r�-/'at :fhcst- of the Japanese? contributions <I r;Vv'"'r r:*tef*. have been.' in*1 rnoney "and "Saber. '- ^La^ada's;first .war loan boYids We're issued last ::r e.xampje, Japanese Canadians proved their c~:-z.d by immediately subscribing over-S55,-(�'oreover, -Japanese Canadians have con-^'V;dua!ty and collectively several thousands cenatiens.for national defence. . There -is
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with many-groups whose: gao�i work was� highlypmisod: by the-Vancouver -Branch-ot tho Red Cross.
Professor Angus: Have there boon any'-enlistments?..-
� ^Tamaki; ,-� .-There have boon-very few, and most of .these have been from --Eastern Canada..- When the war started some of them tned-to enlist but were rejected;: ..so-the. general feeling. <"ime.no them seems to be that
they would not be: accepted.   They have no doubt in . their mind too that.they will :..havo the -same, difficulty-.; their parents had in the last war when the latter had. to go all the way to Albert, lo enlist       � .
THE ISSEIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WAR
Professor Angus:  What rs.the attitude of the older generahon towards ^tho present war?
- Tamaki: - I should say:-that their attitude is very � similar to that of the younger generation,   Though they were born nv Japan they have lived for years in Canada and have come into contact every day with thingsvGarradiari/ :This has made them feel Canadian. It.-may have been an unconscious process;,perhaps even Uiv.v.mted, but it has takonplace; and it hasinfluenced their outlook upon the war.    I think, too, that- they are deeply aware of the.-groat debt they, owe- to. their adopted land, and it is a Japanese characteristic to fulfill obligations, moral or "otherwise;- to.-the- hilt. This : has-b^en. the chief reason stressed in messages which -have accompanied monetary donations from various Japanese organizations aod individuals- throughout-the province, ever since:war was declared last September,
Professor Angus:  Now up to this point I hove been asking you to do something very difficult.-  I have; been asknig you to say what others think and how ihey feel.   I want to go on to ask -your personal ideas. First of all teN us how~ybu look" at The war'' - �
Tamaki: I must admit that thissvar has been somewhat of a shock to me: | confess 1 had at one time harboured some notions- about Canadian isolation-� but of late I've become increasingly 5ware how im^. possible that isK in the face Qf a direct threat of a:
� total militarization, of Europe-and of a ruthless .attack on Brjtain: herself; the heart of. the Empire. .As : a.
-member-of-a-racial,minority 'in Canada;�-1 can't help but feel that the war which Canada is fighting is a. war.agamst racialisrn.and against the" blotting out of: individual thought.-
THE FUTURE IN CANADA . FOR JAPANESE-CANADIANS
Professor Angus: What is your view of the future -of"the-GanadianSvofvJapaaese^oi'igii?>il^^ �
^Tamaki:   I've often wondered what.our- future .will fce in view of-all the factors that seenv to.control our Jives�such factors as race itself, -the general econo--mic situation, and of course, the international political, ^situation .  But I've -always maintained and believed that   time   only, will -solve our problems, and that nothing'wilt be gained by undue. pessimism -on our -' part or on the part of Canadians as a whole.   The : public here:: has not yet become accustomed to the idea of thinking of the Oriental as a Canadian, as they have ^become accustomed to view the hegro/.the Jew .and- the Central,;Eujopearv as^Canadian, . But .1- have: enough faith in the essential justice of the people" of~ Canada and.also in the Canadian-born Japanese them.-, selves to believe that there       be ultimate recognition � Prof. Angus:   Speaktng as a member of that racial-group in'Ganada is there any message which you would like to give to your- fellow. Canadians: who are listening; to us this e\enmg?
Tamaki:' I. would like to read from -this editorial." It- is takervfrom our v/eekly all - English journa.1. called "Tl^e New Canadian,", and-this paper, might be^ called our organ of-expression: ". .. � --� - .  -
"We wdi not let-our: own personal experiences; however- biHer, distort Vur thinking or becloud the
- larger issue before us. We cannot forget- for one moment that history has m^ide us citizens of Canada. Our inevitable" destiny lies in the fulfilment: of that role
- : "We realize' that cur struggle for recognition is a long one, not to be abandoned because of - the in-- ].J Cdents of today or.tomorrow:   F_pr the present our; f*
task is one of" uniting - with the people of Canada  | \ who" have declared their Stand.   We will apply our-  � \ -' s"e I vc- s i n ou r ow n\pa>t icy jar- role' to; the'. piirsui t of �� the'- � %� \ . national p-?Hcy of the-country."    ; ::\ \
|t \ were asked to summarize the Japanese!-Canad'a'n  \ * angle to this war I. would say we beii'eve. that British   f t in'stitutiens with all their apparent' imperfecfiprts are | I far:preferable to brutal fotalftariahism.We. believe that the ascendancy of international justice -and sanity
- Vkilt result in a mere tolerant view-of all world-mineri-' ties, ihc'uding ihe Orientals in British Columbia.
Thjrd Loss In V & D League
Nippon 'lVnni* Club'* V and I) team-were gnosis last Saturday. :�l tlnv i.Kew-'Wostiwn-ister- Tennis Club, hut that didn't stop the Royal City ..notters: trom chalking Up a win at the Nipponese expense. The hosts eame through with a fv-2 t>hunph
Hard-hitting Tommy Iwasaki upheld the honour of the Nippon net-men In the singles by out-smashlnrj Robertson in three hard-fought sets, The driving pair of Shlg Yamashtta and George Ide clicked perfectly and beat Piatt and Wood'combinan tion quite handily, but were no match for their first-string team of Richard and Barnes, Gen ii\l SNhi-ehan'' Ma tsubayas-hi.
Asahis Whip If Wild Westerns |
Asahis chalked tip win No. 21 last- Friday\ evening wheh they swamped Frankie Ambler's Wild Westerns S-2. The Nipponese wasted no time, on Chucker L^fty I'hompsoirs otferinss. Lead-off man Frank Shiralshi teed off with 'a triple. With the bases stoanlng.-Mike Maximo xeliovct^ the lensiQii with.{rfourd>ase clout, followed by a double by Yuki Uno, By the time their lurn at plate Avas over in the first Inning the Asahis bad gone~ eompletely through their lineup a ml had chalked up 5 runs off the I big" swats.
Nimble shoitstop Geoige Shj= sliido caruo- through -with a sur: prise homer In the third inning for his first circuit blow of the season.
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team eaplaiu. and -.Ous Hirano were working in perfect hurmotiy until tlus let go one of his� bullet--shot drives that connected with l la rims' eye. This" little accident unnerved husky <Jus and thero-atter pulled his punches which didn't help his tennis any.
At-���Nippon-. Courts next Satur-day, July 271h, the. Nipponese wtil tackle North Vancouver to repay the defaulted: game of last Sim-day.
Johnny Tanaka will take his turn in the singles noxt week in place of Tommy Nobuoka.
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