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THE NEW GANADIAN
NOVEMBER 24
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The Yangudrd of Nisei Opinion
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Religious Tolerance
Rounding out a series of Nisei conventions was the Buddhist Young People's Conference in Steveston last Sunday.
Doubt has been raised in some quarters concerning the Buddhist religion and its influence upon the Nisei. It has been suggested that Buddhism may interfere with or delay the process of assimilation and caust antagonism On the partof Canadia^ ;
Bur let there be no mistake about this. No more important principle of democracy is upheld than the freedom to worship as the conscience dictates.
If the first generation like the Pilgrim fathers brought their religion with them when they first came to this country, and if in their belief they were led to instruct their children in the tenets-of the Buddhist .faith, "no one can deny that they had a democratic right to do so.
And for the Nisei who subscribe to these tenets, their right to worship as they choose must be guarded.
It would be an insincere and despicable thing if they
were to prostitute religious belief for the sake of political ot social emancipation.
It would be a denial of Canadian ideals for Canadian society to expect them to do so. It. would be an act of treachery Jp themselves. For there are things of the spirit infinitely more valuable than temporary economic or political gains�there is truth> freedom and faith, and the Nisei, whether Buddhist or Christian, will hold these things dear to themselves.
The"B.C. Teacher'' Speaks .
From the ''B.C. Teacher," official organ of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation, November, 1939,
. Of speciul intoresf to teachers lit sphpols where Japanese ch'ii-drou form part of the student"'body, niid to all teachers for that matter, is a weekly paper printed locally-and known as -The Now Can;idwn, the Voice of tlie Second Oeneration and the. Vanguard of Nisei^pi>lnion... ,'�'�;. ; . . ' - ' : . . v .
:/Nisei, by the way, are Canftdtaivborn Japane'se, Ci^'\adian inside, .Japanese outside." Kicep.t.-iuistrietly.ethnolo^icaisonse they resent :boti3g :cnUed Japanese. In sharp cohtnVst- ta them are- tne Isseis or older grouR :who still cling io their native customs; and in some cases arc ,"n>o_re:^jjai\^ne's'd"-;thaii^'thc Japaijese* thenVselves,-' ���---:�
1vhe problem of the Nisei is one of asshnilaUon. Through th).�' their paper, thejvare' trying, to "spook Jhe truth of their unique position, voice iheir hopes, hnd aspirations to a society traught \vitn riiisunderstnndingVthat they iiilght^work for tho attainment of their
d^tluy-^ro.coKiiiUou in the-uaUoDa! nnfl politfcj>l life ofthe country
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LETTERS TO TO
MORAL RE-ARMAMENT
.(Editor:, the New Canadian)
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in your Jssue<.of Nov. 10, refer-once Avas made by "K.W," in his column on the front page to the fact that the spiritual influence 6f Moral Re-Armament may ha,ve be-, wildercxl some of the delegates present at tho B.C. Young People's Christian Conference. ' For this: reason may I explain very briefly just what is Moral Re�Annament.
Moral Re-Armament �7 M.R.A.� is God's clarion call to this generation to build a new civilization here and now on enduring founda-tinos. Mr. Roger Babson, noted American economist, puts it this way:' \
"The troubles of today are natural consequences- of Ignoring God's laws. In short, before this world can progress more, materially, it must ;catch up' spiritually; Physical Re-Armament must at lotvjt bo matched, if '�ot subsutu-ed by Moral Re-Armament/'
Men have always dreamed of an age in which all will be happy, an agcv of lasting peace, in JiearL in home, and between nations� i
a peace which will be not alone the absence of war, but the libera-tion of all our energies 'to'b\iild a new world; ^ .
It will be a world, froni which the drab misery: ,Pf poverty and unemployment will be v ">^d away n^ -world^ in which art, literature, and music will blossom into riew life; \Vhien? inventive genius, IIP longer ciouded by selfishness and fear,'will rise t6 new. heights; of con st ruct i ve greatness;. �� ti AvcirHi where youtli loses its disillusion-iiie)vt and becomes the nipi'alback-�bbne, as well/ as tlie ;iierVe :amT sinew ;of e-yery natioij; /
- A ffear free, hate ffe�/ arced free
world. A. world in which we can be trusted with, peace because it \viil hot mak^ us soft.; ;with prps-perity. becaus'e tt wi,ll not make us. proud; with liberty because it will not leadT to licence;�� '.with happiness because it will not make us selfish:-':-:..:- '�."�:*'�'-.��*. .".-.�"�:. -�''�'-.i ^v:"' '.-� Men have sought to create such a world by "their: own efforts, but man's wisdom lias proved wanting. Such a world will not come about by our own wisdom, but by an obedient co-opercitipn with God in
CO-OPERATION
{Editor: The New Canadian) �,-PeaivSir: On behalf of the mem of the Kokohoyekai. livish to take this opportunity to.thank y for the splendid co-oporation gjv by The New Canadian/ in /making our Chrysanthemum show a record success. [/� '.;�''�'�; '� � �';��.;"�'*..-: �'��''::
It is largely diie to your gen erpus support that the shotf proT. edso successful. Please* accept this expression of our gratitude
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the task ;pf MOi-al Re-Ariitanierit.
'jMipusandS the -world over are already seeking their daily instructions "from God,; andfmd that^n applying tke principles.of absoitile' hpnqsty, purity, unselfishness and ioye* under His giiidanee, hafmbny: aiidunderstaiiding are brought into the home, business and ec^no-inic life, :ahd be(ween people of � differing creeds and nationalities
Many prominent statesmen. businessmen, sportsmen ali'd arv lists are in this .task of .\fdral Re-Armament.
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THE WAR
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.EDITOR'S.''NOTE: Indicative of !he increasing recognition being accorded The Neic the organ of expression for Canadian 'citizen's of Japanese ancestry, was the receipt last week from rfr-� office of the Prime Minister of copies of radio speeches broadcast t>y the Rt: Hon. \V. L.
Also received from, M.J. Cold well. M.P..were off teal reports of the House of Commons . recording speeches by Mr. J S Woodsworth. Mr. C. G. MacNetl. and Mr. Coldwell himself on .the qua-� lion of Canada's participation in the war. -
The New Canadian acknowledges receipt of these documents with gratitude. -:
The Issue in The Present War
(From radio broadcasts by Prime Minister Ring. October 27 and October 31, 195-9.)
No one. r think, has been more anxious than
I have to prevent Canada being drawn into the
maelstrom of European conflict. No one, except = the colleagues who sjiare with me the obligations
of government, carries so great a. measure of
responsibility for the consequences of Canada's
partrcipatipn in war. Had J been afraid of re-
sponsipility, I would have abandoned public life
long before this./'.It is because I hoped'that, in the
end. 1 might use such power and influence as my
position gives me, iii the effort to incline the | scales of international relations to the side of
peace, that 1 welcomed the larger measure of responsibility winch came with the return of my
party to power four years ago.
If, today, 1 am prepared to continue to lead a government charged with the awful responsibility of prosecuting a war, it is beca,use, contrary tb every hope arid wish I have. ever, entertaiiied, 1 have been compelled to believe tliat" only by the dostruc.tion of /Naziisni^ and the resistance of. riithless aggression, can the nations Of the British Commpnwealth hope to continue to enjoy the liberties which are theirs under the. British Cro)vn,. : and the Syorld Itself be spared a descent iiito V new and terrible age of barbarism. :
The time has come, \vhen, to.s^ve our Christian
c\yilzation, we mtist he pVepjired; MX lay jdgwri-our-lirel?' for ifs^ ))feservaVion. :The yoiirig men who are rtvenlisting in our forces today, to serve oh; land..on the sea. -aiilT in the air, are first: and hmo gone forth to battle in the past, they are
foremost defenders of the Faith. ike others placing their lives at the service of King and Country, but theirs is an even greater mission. It is the preservation, for. our own and future generations, of :the freedom begotten of i)erse<U-tions, martyrdoms, and centuries of struggle. It is the preservation not alone of national .and.of petsbrial freedom, nut of freedom also- of the mind and of the soul.
MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL UNITY
. , . No. matters have been more important nor required,more cavefill. consideration than many of the cohstitutional, diplomatic and political .problemswhich^ijejwar has served to raise: It is not aioiie iu�� relation..;to other parts jof the Comnio^ wealth and to foreign countries that questrons OT the kind have arisen. In its determination .to sustain and further C^nadaL's war effort: the: government has found it necessary to be active political, as well as on the military: awl fronts. � -. - -' : � '. .'.�'� �"/-'�..� .'�;;' - �'. ';
It is douhtful if Canada could have madef j the first two months pt.'.'war. a more lielpf01 '
to;(he �ause of tjhe Allies than by the decisive �pronbuncfenielit^f ago (i.e. the defeat of Maurice Diiplessis Nationa^e Government in iQuebec), Cerfainly nots-ing which ha^appen ert in ottrcou^trr; f ince federation, has contributetf more to unity. Upon the maintenance; of national, more, t bah upon all else, will depend the of success of Canada's effort in the precept
Japanese Canadians and National Unify
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(Froni "Offtitil-. Reports of the House of Commons� Debates, September 8
Mr..Woodsworth: This aftoriioon the Prime Minister ma.de a p|ea for w.hiori T honour him. namely. th:n wo should have great loloraf ion for those of other nationalities lu^re in our midst. I was glml that ho -intro'd.uivd rho matter: About, twenty-two per oo. nt of our population is non-British and non-. FYohch in cri.cin; ^omoof .taeni..anx German, some sro Slavic.' some- bolMig to", other races.
I would have been almost ashamed, had I been the Prime Minister, to read a telegram from the Japanese Canadians pledging their loyalty, \\hen we refuse to Canadian-born Japanese the same treatment that we give tc
: other Canadians. . -.
Mr. Reid (Member for New \Vo5tmin?t&rV: 'tney might not have sent it a month.ago.
Mr, Wcodsworth; I say this�and ifce ^' �tion emphasizes the very point I am ^>!r-t make�we have a great many naliohalit^^iD. country, and one of our first tasKs i? ^ _Pr*>" unity among these nationalities; but ilj^v ro bo very difficult indeed, as the last wr>^*' to unify these peoples if we are going to ict.^ anyrhine like conscription or the sordid? Oi e-xiioditionary force.
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count i-vside,. the vast 'tile expanses of ' tlie prai the a bund a in natu i^l r nj sc5 richly
States ami Ca Japan Hioy put butter -o but here they put bread ter:" lie facetiously renu
Mr, Niik'ano who has pi jnwl! part in the develop eleotric power plants il loki tiie audience that . BOO.OOO- ' kilowatts � co'i pined by harnessing the River whereas in Japa: power stations ha ve a trifl pin of 10.000 kilowatts
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He declared that ther roonr for similar expans the lumber, mining; pu paper and a host of otl dustries. and that it was the Niseis to take part economic life of the coun helping the Canadians pbit these resources.
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