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THE NEW CANADIAN
NOVEMBER 24 ,1939
�"Niseis Should Slay lit Canada"
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"Help De^^
/:,'-Don't go back tp Japan where there is acHially very [ tittle future for; you but stay here ih Canada instead and help develop the; vvphderfui natural resources of the cqun y f 10'.;";Sucb; was the message; Mr. T, Nakatio, president of he Nippon Soda Company; jiad for a large group of Niseis jh� rotated to ^ tour of the North American eonijiientl ; ;; ; "
.^tidlri^ VripP^s of .laughterj -V '?;� -��.-..; ; rr vr V : > ~' ' -^ Among his;listeners with f^e(lUent|QyAy f Qviy/ : �
nViiHeal nlliisions v and :90mBaii-[^^T*^_^7^_^_:x ;.�;, ��.;�.�/-
lf$ Canned Sake!
THE NISE TAJK"
-.wit to;���the- Niseis their I good fortune- to b:e; living in such a voiulerful couniry as Canada.
RICH RESOURCES;
��U'iiait ; struck me: ijiost Of all "was.. tlVe' Ki'oehness 6f the^forest? 3iUl countryside,.live Vast.and fei^, ''tile expanses of' the prairies and /it on the market. Dornqto has the abundant natui^l resources ��� ^Iso put out shoyu in canned
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�;the'.i'nitcd States ami Canada. Ihj '...:"Importers should welcome Japan they put butter -on bread jrny latest innovation, because 'but'here' they put bread oil but-1- bottled sake suffers from a ce.r-
;: SAN FRANCISCO, ^- Canned Sake =-- this fs the latest innovation to come from the mirvd of T"akanbshin; Domoto, local merchant, who is soon to put
ter!" he laeetiously remarked.
Mr, Nakano who has played no jnwl! part in the development of electric .'-power plants in Japan told the audience that .roughly >000.000 kilowatts could be �pined, by harnessing the Fraser River whereas in Japan sonie power stations havo a trifling out-pin of 10.000 kilowatts in com-
tain percentage of Josses due to breakage. Tariff rates are also higher in bottles than in cans," he stated.
He declared that there was roorrr for similar* expansion in the lumber, mining, pulp and paper and a host of other industries, and that it was up to the Niseis to take part in the economic life of the country by helping the Canadians to exploit these resources.
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Can Inter-marriage Solve the Problem of Conquest of China?
Tokyo�The "negative seemed ta be winning this week in a debate between Japanese intellectuals on the question whether or not Japan can complete her conquest of China "by marriage."
Editors of the newspaper Hochi, arguing for the affirmative, have been supported by students who asserted that "only through in-, marriage can East Asia be welded into a single entity.
Dr. Tomosaburo Takagi, dean of the law school of Hose i university, speaking in refutation, said it would be "fatal" for the Japanese to intermarry with .the Chinese, because:
/'Chinese, who number more than 400,000,000 in comparison to 80,000,000 people in Japan proper would soon marry all the Japanese there are;
"the Chinese are of mixed
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>� .'��� ;My toofc ;'i> "The Nisei's ; Every second is placed here in
Having l>eav bonvand^hrcd in this ^ed. -He \vould have
strangely enough, he is not regarded <is i
� (he pecuUiii position h<?
,-; he naturally wouiti bo customs .>mf beliefs, yej citizen. �'
privileges o| citizenship that other Catvadions enjpy n^e hot ;:
Why is i| thcirhe is;dei1ied the rigHU? -Why: doesn't this critic .country grnnt the Niseis' fuH rights'of citizenship?' ; '
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Tofino YMA Defers l/niort With
Sotv Jala inl Yoii UK l^ v will' )%osumo ; n shoi'tly, )Vwl followlujr up tluv do-nijivivoU at last spring vHU 8(ops -: .loading :...-'.t'cv or-rMi; as iV olmptor of tlm
NVe. nfi know that r;?ciM: prejudice prevents the Ciiniiciioi^ from
MS the rigf^s Q^cttlrenifi niany generatiorrs and to^ hope to > erase <\ in one generation is top
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probably, is a laundrymaiY^vith pigtails, the type made popular in nvoyibs 'and comics. If-he thinks of the Chinese as lotino'rymon; you can \veil imagine wKVt ideas he may have of the\ Japanese. -: '{. ' ;
Therefore, we cannot $i| and wait for the Average Canadian's conception of us to change without some effort on our part. With- v out <a tloubi-, if is Ihie task of each -and every Nisei to show by Word and deed his loyalty to Canada and his honest desire to tako part in Canadian life;- .-.; -' - �;"::';'. .."' �-:'.:-�' .�.';.": '"�./; '���'�. ".';".,�
\Ye must oo| let the discrirninations directed against us cnibitte'r us or distort our minds. " Jnjusfices such as. the redudtibn of fishing | licences, the discharge of faithful empfoyees from Canadian hotels ah 'the-"general; intolerance of some Canadians n^y tend to .dishearten, the: Niseis and make the madopt an attitude of. indifference to 'thq Nisei cause. Their feelings may run this way, "Oh what's the use? Why should we strive to show our loyalty to Canada, when discrimination after discrimination is being heaped on our heads, \Vc can't get from j Canada what we want, so why should we give her our loyalty?" j
NISEI vs. SELF !
�Feelings such as these, feelings that may so much"'as suggest dis-j couragement, should not have a place in ttie Nisei's heart. Let us? regard them- as obstacles that must be overcome. Past injustices ar.e-j-done, finished and although they may hurt at the time, we must not!
become obsessed by them. i
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To us, the future is important, not the past. True, it'may. not. be;
very bright at present, but-we alone can make it promising. ��;
An editorial in the October 21st issue of the Toronto Star. Weekly j states, "Courage is often assoc.iated with war and with, physical action, but some of ttie finest examples of it have nothing whatsoever to do] with war and some of the highest .forms of if arc mental and moral* rather than physical." r
Now, it takes mental anu moral courage to face the odds we face. I Thirik of the courage and initiative our parents and grandparents had. | They came out to an unknown country to live in strange surroundings' with people whose customs were so very different from theirs. They i came out ro an unknown country to live in strange surroundings with people whose customs were so- very dififerent from theirs. They had; to adapt themselves to the Canadian mode of living. |
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Despite the handicaps they faced, they secured for themselves a living In this country, homes for their- families and education for their children. .
NISEI AND ISSEI
The Isseis had no one before them �o pave the way. We,
the Niseis, with all that the first generation have given us, have
not as yet begun to pave the way for the coming generation.
- Doti't you think that the Niseis could instill in themselves some
. of that pioneer spirit and strive earnestly towarHs ;^Ke~fulfillment
of the hopes that must be uppermost in their minds? . ]
Perhaps this attitude may be tpndernned as being too- idealjitic.1
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to mako (hts ^toi); la^t si>rtijk bo� forxv (ho;(^A�utioiv of aclivUy;Avtth 1 'he ftshiUK ^asoi�. Nulloiuil ^oCfi' ;otnls; U is^vxj)oct<>d, Mil visit the .pvt;a:htJEnt;li}n iU> oxplatu iirgi;oator dotail the iilms tuul objoets as ; \Yojl tis assist iiv iiiatttiulnf? tho
ig to word, recei^rt lately from Ilarup Klinoto. aii< (ijry of the Tofino V< Association, tho Ions amalgamation', of the joenl i^itl^n with the Japanese."X^i dlan CitUons League havi boon sholvwl teinporarlly. :':'.�'"/�'"
After tlie return of Kazuo Sa* kauy'e and Yoshio Mftdokoro tVom Vuncouyer. a mooting wna called to deliborate upon tho projoeted union. Following a louK discus; sion of the pros and cons of the question, tin* liieotlng willed to postpone the nuuter of affiliation for the limp being.
U was decided, � Uo\vey<|* to have individual niemhers oWlie association join the JCCL us individuals should they �o �(ii.�l"re, Quito 4\ few of the inoinherfl have shown a keen Interest In tho work of the^JCCU
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blood"vvhlle the Japanese are |Spme Niseis may resent making /the sacrifices in the interest of: the!
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relatively of pure blood;
"In-breeding .has made the Chinese ethnologically inferior to the. Japanese." .
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, But when ;\ve: stop: to ^consider the iquestion, we realize how I"
Iselfish it is: GeOrge: Bernard Shaw/ the world-farnpus Shaw:said: |
j . "Life is no brief candle to me; It is a sort of splendid torch j | which I have, got hold of for a moment and I want .to make it burn as! }brightly; as possible: before handling.it on to future generations.'V That f }is.fhe Kind of attitude we too^should'have towards life.: - : ]
NISEI AND THE JCCL ; ^ r
There is in existence- todaV, an .oirganizatiph known as the JCCL| t which is working in the interests of all Nisejs.v .Its ultimate aims repre- 1 i ser.t ours! I sincerely believe that it's, the duty of every..iSjisci to giveT r�:u.i>:>t^w^^j^,^^~f ^j tco^operaYidn-lo Ihe Leagu^-for''ilr �^�*-:rk
"Ihls \whole-hearted" be to his benefit.
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j In order to attain success^ this'league as any other organization!
; needs.a firmly united and co-operative Niseis body behind if. Here is; ] where the -individual can lend his Kelp to the Nisei cause. His support \-l would- mean that the League can -keep up the work it has started ouf)
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! NISEI AND HIS DESTINY j
: : Our future, our destiny lies right here in Canada. It is our j
i .task by means of integrity, sincerity and loyalt to earn Hie right �
-r to share equally with th� Canadian people. It is our task to >
measure up ir� every way to Canada's expectations and to be a j
i definite asset to tfiis country of ours. . f
Naturally, in .working towards our ideal, pessimism and discourage- \
ment are bound to come our way. But we cannot give up, we cannot j
possibly give up. Surely we with our youth and Our visions can rise �
'above such pessimism!" - - - r
We cannot do this singly. Our strength comes only when each;
'ard every one of us unite to cooperate, standing behind the JCCL Our
'. task is truly great bur we will succeed. Let us in rhe words of the poet, i
[Tennyson, be "strong in rhe will to strive, to seek, to. find and not ro;
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