THE NEW CANADIAN
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Appointment of Canadian Minister to Japan Asked by Times
Canadian Citizenship In City Schools
'��-\;'iii'i'riil 'once-.siVn is belter remembered- than a thing "V^ x hundred times." This was a statement by Confucius, '*(^lrte<e sage. ^ thc above proposition is true then the 'students of Strathconn school must have had a lesson in citi/on^hip which would remairv_in_their minds for years [o come-
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Last Friday afternoon the Vancouver Kiwanis Club presented the school with 40 beautifully lithographed flag's with a v�ry significant inscriptipn in this day of National emergency taken from Tennyson~"One l\tt{ One Flag, One Fleet, One Throne."
In presenting these flags, Harry �Graiit, vice-president. of the Ki-*�uus Club, hoped that "each lime you look at the walls of your classroom you will be re-Jiiinded of our King an(i Conn-
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Pageant of Empire Then with all the pomp and splendor of a pageant.the might and glory of the British Empire was presented in dramatic form and unravelled before the wondering eyes of the students.
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From the days of Alfred (lie Great to the" present crisis the history of England . was por-. trayed by young students of all colors. Only.in Vancouver would we see a Japanese Alfred the Great, James. Wolfe_or-n DUke^ol Wellington, in the present crisis "Democracy" pleads with "Britannia" to open her eyes (of; the cause of freedom^ which Britl ain accepts. Canada then rallies to the cause of tlie Motherland as do all the Sister Dominions with "Britannia, in the fight for freedom the-Dominions -are at" thy side. To thee we offer all we have ... The Dominion? answers thy call,"
Japanese,   Chinese,   Central Europeans, African as "well as vohiIdren^of.AnglOrSaxon stock� Canadians all�took part fn this
play with earnestness and sin-, cerity. Q
An, excellent choir under the direction of Miss Hardwicke lent a very effective background for this play, - ;
Among the many Niseis who took" part in the pageant were Past President of the Students* Council, Elizabeth Yamashita, who enacted'the part pf "Democracy/^ 'Fakako Amano did splendidly as Florence Nightingale, as gfdid�Reiko�Nakatani�and�Kinu Omoto and Matsuye Kono who personified Australia, " New Zealand and India respectively. James Wolfe and the Duke of Wellington were portrayed by two Nj$ei boys, Junichi Hashimoto and James Mori.
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At Strathcona school/under the capable . direction of Principal Patterson, the^cosmopoHtan^tj^ dent'ISody "is " laught"ti\e~ art of living together in? peace and harmony.
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are not national, nor international, but .we are non-national" represents the creed of the school, Where mores than 30 racial groups are represented. .   :vV^
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His greatest work being the establishment of the Sutei Ga^ kuen, a school for poor girls, the "Saint" believes "that '�No sacrifice is too great if we can get the Chines* and Japanese peoples to Iive' together In peace and harmony." '
At the conclusion of an extensive lecture .toUr in Lower .Mainland centres, Rev. Shimizu leaves for New York.
Press Commends Trade Mission Tour
TOKYO.--The unofficial Tiadt* Mission from Canada �at present louring Japan as attests ofthe Japan Foreign Trade Federation, has received a veiv warm welcome from the Japanese press, which stressed the importance of diverting Japanese trade to other countries in the Americas, especially with Canada; in prder to avoid too greats- depend-ance upon the CS. At the same time it was pointed.out that the office of the Canadian Minister to Japan is still vacant, and Itopes were expressed that the appointment would soon bo made l>v the Canadian Government,
In p.uticutar the Japan Times Weekly says: "Bemuse of the" long
a nd < - i n t i nut e ret a t to ns b c l wee n J a p j n and the Dominion of���� Canada-, the arrival of a Canadian trade delegation should stimulate interest in the
further dcvelopvneat _of - t rade^- ami commerce, especially because another opportunity is - of fered for "this coun -try to spread its trade and commerce amongst many nations instead of depending too greatly upon rhe United Suites market. 7 7While^M.vyae" IlanTiiion, chfoT of riie Canadian mission is. in conference with U. D. McGrecr, Charge
d�'Miaires of: the: Canadiaiv Legatioiu and while both are meeting Japanese colleagues, the occasion is appropriate to express- the hope that a successor will .soon- be found for the Hon. R, Randolph Bruce as Canadian Minister to Japan;: The post has remained vacant after his retirement almost a year and a half ago.
California Nisei Launch Campaign Against Dual Citizenship In U.S.
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Los Angeles�In a renewed movement among" the Nisei- of Southern California to "clean the slate'.' of dual citizenship leaders of- the Los Angeles chapter of the Japanese Americanv Citizens Lea-guo~)ast week"embarkpd pu?"au ac-tivo campaign to urge immediate action by all second: generation who still re tain vdual status.: . -
Prompting the ?new= campaign., were reports that antr-Japanese , organizations . throughout  the State were organizing to use the situation  as a "political football v with agTtatron: aga inst the Nisei under the guise of cam-' paigning against the .threat of "fifth caiumn" activity.
Reliablo reports indicated that individuals active :in American Legion- posts, were preparing a systematic public campaign -again-. 3t Nisei dual citizens.-�
In: San,Francisco. James Fisk. chairman of the notorious California Immigration- Committeer was repprted- preparing a,series of articles for publication on the ques-
tion: v..-.' "'V^--: � � ' ' '� ' In Los Angeles, as a means of bringing American citizenship. ob;: ligations apd responsibilities' closer to home among the Nisei, a public rally Is being sponsored by the J ACL, June 5. District Attorney Burbn Fltts. currently directing a campaign against "fifth column", activity in Southern California, is the principal speak-
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Nisei leaders r in; Vancouver are .watching, with interest: iht movement against dual citizenship in- California. . 11 was pointed out again thIs week, however;" that. sirice the^second generation : in California - are. protected through their right, of franchise, they are in a position where they can act much more freely than y Canadian Nisei, who have no political, protection because they lack the franchise.
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