CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| Introductory | [3] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| Japanese Traits and Philosophy of Life | [9] |
| Emotional Nature—Æsthetic Temperament—Group Consciousness—Adaptable Disposition—Spirit ofProletarian Chivalry—Philosophy of Life—New Turn in Thought. | |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| Japan’s Asiatic Policy | [33] |
| Korean Situation—Policy of Self-Preservation—Shantung Settlement—Coöperation with China—Understandingwith America—Japan’s Proper Sphere of Activity. | |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| Background of Japanese Emigration | [50] |
| Causes of Emigration and Immigration—Japan’s Land Area—Agriculture—Population—Industry—Social Factors. | |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| Attempts at Emigration: Results | [64] |
| Australia—Canada—South America—The United States—Results. | |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| Causes of Anti-Japanese Agitation | [75] |
| Modern Civilization—Various Attitudes Towards Japanese—Psychological Nature of the Cause—ChineseAgitation Inherited—Local Polities—“Yellow Peril”—Propaganda—Racial Difference—JapaneseNationality—Modern Nationalism—Congestion in California—Fear and Envy Incited by Japanese Progress—Summary. | |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| Facts about the Japanese in California—Population and Birth Rate | [90] |
| Number of Japanese in California—Immigration—“Gentlemen’sAgreement”—Smuggling—Birth Rate—What we May Expect in the Future. | |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| Facts about the Japanese in California—Farmers and Alien Land Laws | [120] |
| History of Japanese Agriculture in California—Causes of Progress—Japanese Farm Labor—JapaneseFarmers—Anti-Alien Land Laws—Land Laws of Japan—Effect of the Initiative Bill. | |
| [CHAPTER IX] | |
| Assimilation | [148] |
| Nationalism and Assimilation—Meaning of “Assimilation”—Biological Assimilation—Is Assimilationwithout Intermarriage Possible?—Cultural Assimilation—Assimilability of Japanese Immigrants—Native-Born Japanese. | |
| [CHAPTER X] | |
| General Conclusion | [178] |
| APPENDIXES | |
| Appendix A | [198] |
| Charts on Comparative Height and Weight of American, Japanese-American, and Japanese Children. | |
| Appendix B | [201] |
| Extracts from the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation and Protocol between Japan and the United States of America, of February 21, 1911. | |
| Appendix C | [204] |
| California’s Alien Land Law, Approved May 19, 1913. | |
| Appendix D | [207] |
| Alien Land Law, Adopted November 2, 1920. | |
| Appendix E | [216] |
| Crops Raised by Japanese and their Acreage. | |
| Appendix F | [217] |
| Japanese Immigration to the United States. | |
| Appendix G | [218] |
| Japanese Admitted into Continental United States; Arrivals and Departures. | |
| Appendix H | [218] |
| Immigrants and Non-Immigrants. | |
| Appendix I | [219] |
| Distribution of Japanese and Chinese Population in the United States. | |
| Appendix J | [220] |
| Distribution of Japanese in the United States, According to the Consular Division, as Reported by Foreign Department, Japan. | |
| Appendix K | [221] |
| An Abstract of Expatriation Law of Japan. | |
| Appendix L | [223] |
| A Minute of Hearing at Seattle, Washington, before the House Sub-Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. | |
| Appendix M | [230] |
| Comparative Standing of Intelligence and Behavior of American-born Japanese Children and American Children Discussed by SeveralPrincipals of Elementary Schools of Los Angeles, California. | |
| Literature on the Subject | [238] |
| Index | [247] |
Japan and the California Problem
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
When, during the middle years of the last century, thousands of stalwart pioneers moved westward to California in quest of gold, they had no idea whatsoever of the part of destiny they were playing. When, synchronously with that movement, Commodore Perry crossed the Pacific and forced open the doors of Japan with the prime object of securing safe anchorage, water, and provisions for the daring American schooners then busily engaged in trade with China, he never dreamed of the tremendous result which he was thereby bringing about. What those men were doing unconsciously was nothing short of preparing the way for contact and ultimate harmonious progress of two great branches of mankind and civilization which originally sprang from a common root, but which in the course of thousands of years of independent development have come to possess strikingly different characteristics.