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THE NEW CANADIAN
Leafs
a six-;
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
• Masayo। V, No. 2
o are_L_____________
h 224: ;
VANCOUVER, B. C.
'"'Illi kill and! Leave Japanese Question To Federal
Authorities Say City Aidermen
es.
s
Luckv
*
THE PACIFIC
. Sing- -
"' ~ Soyt;^:^ K?y:ight $E?y .-ppearing in Monday's Province,
Ottawa correspondent Charles Bishop said:
> he Japanese situation is receiving constant attention here
(Ottawa) and though there is no suggestion of alarm in official cir
cles, one aspect of the situation is regarded with disapproval.
It it describee as a continuing anti-Japanese campaign" by
a group in which a member of the Vancouver City Council is most
prominent.
This council member (Aid. H D. Wilson) is described, in
the mildest of several designations, as a "thoroughly bad influence."
If he and others incite anti-Japanese riots in British Columbia, it
is said here "we might have a hell of a mess on our hands."
; eral government.
They will
Vancouver aidermen think have to take action,” said Aid.
^ahis-es On the upper Perak front 300
handling
the Japanese situa- Jack Price.
es north of Singapore was retion is a federal matter, best! ’T think, however, the JapGiant^ec^ from Malaya, although at
left to Ottawa administration; anese themselves should welivy cost. Japanese forces also
under advice of the Standing come such a move for their
Kondo3^'5^6^ a new landing on the
Committee of Oriental Affairs. own protection.
If a bomb
nd of Borneo, 850 miles east of
Most of them doubt that Ald.W’ere dropped here there is no
. key British base, as the vast
H. D. Wilson’s proposal to cur- ^^ing what might happen. so
icirclement" movement gained
tail business licences to Japan-2he city should have some say
gress. On the lower Perak front
"The problem is not a city
ese is legally possible.
T miles north of Singapore, the
one except to recommend
Commenting Sunday on
fish defenders bolstered by new
that the federal government
Aid. Wilson’s proposed city
units held their lines.
do everything to safeguard
council motion asking that
From Manila came reports of
the Pacific Coast,” said Aid.
Important and far-reaching steps to meet the increasingly
all Japanese be immediately
H. L. Corey. "We haven't
tense situation in British Columbia was forecast last night as
57 sh treatment being accorded white moved “east of the Rockies”,
abitants, especially to Americans,
the power to curtail licenc
members of the Standing Committee on Oriental Affairs left
city fathers were almost un
hi MacArthur reported that they
es.”
by C.P.R. train for Ottawa, where they were called into con
animous in condemning civic
;e ordered to remain indoors on
interference in what they
“An independent committee ference by the Prime Minister over long distance telephone.
jalty of being shot. His forces he
consider a federal matter.
“The federal authorities
has been summoned back east miTOimEE^ >ftg>gi ]
ij had beat off new enemy at“I would be prepared to sup- now on the matter," said Aid.
are fully behind us, as proven
ks, and that four of 21 attacking port the council in any move*John Bennet. “The members
by quick action resulting
nes attacking Corregidor had j to support the recommenda-1 are in possession of informaFor Important Laws from our recommendation
it down
Amariran ^rrae
___
_ C Ji.
rt)
T
zx
11
tn shot
down. American
forces, ;+■
it X'
tions of the Standing Commit- tion which many of us do not
that the Japanese fishing fleet
> seen, were prepared to defend tee to the Dominion govern have. We should wait and see
be immobilized,” said Mayor
"Horitsu"
i island fortress commanding Man- ment”, said Aid. Charles Jones. what the government decides
Hume, committee chairman.
g L?ay f° the end, thus holding up
“But it is a Dominion matter, to do because what they decide
“Thus we feel that .recom
Turn to Page 4
,'ong as possible an all-out thrust not a city matter. The Stand will be general, covering not
mendations we have made
linst Singapore.
ing Committee has made a only Vancouver but outside
subsequently are likely to re
From Melbourne, Australia, Pre- study of the situation with the
BBKBBEI^^
cities and municipalities."
ceive a sympathetic hearing
;r John Curtin said that United co-operation of men who know
in Ottawa.”
"It is a matter entirely with
tes warships would operate in it very thoroughly. Any judge in the hands of the Dominion Nisei Soldier In
“The fact that we have been
stralian waters from Australian ment it hands down will be
government and military auth
called to the capital for a con
(
Trade School Here ference
;es, a challenge to stray raiding the best available."
orities," said Aid. George Mil
indicates that we are '
>anese bombers, which have struck
It’s a federal matter," said ler.
Fujio “Joe" Aida, one of the getting some action on our sug
fra south as New Guinea, 800 ’Aid. G. H. Worthington. “No
Aid. George Buscombe de few second generation accept- gestions," his worship added.
les north of Australia.
-----doubt it will be necessary to clared himself “in favour of |I ed into the arm in British Co Wilson Talks Riots
Chungking sources declared that have the Japanese either de- putting the Japanese east of lumbia, has been transferred
Committee member's were
,000 Japanese had been killed or tained or sent east, but I think the Rockies and shipping from training camp at Vernon told, prior to their departure,
unded as Chinese troops routed a the city council should keep out them back to Japan when the to trade school in Vancouver. that if something isn’t done
ianese offensive against Chang- of it.
war is over.”
He will study here for several there are going to be riots.
“We haven’t got the power
Li The Tokyo radio, however,
“Those fellows in Ottawa are months before entering active Aid. Wilson did the telling.
i/ned that Japanese forces had to curtail licences."
asleep at the switch,
He said that a “meeting was
They service with the Royal Canad
“It is purely up to the fed- should do something.
.upied that centre completely.
being
organized supporting
ian Ordinance Corps.
I1 Tokyo too, came the admission
greater home defence and a
I if Russia scrapped her neutrality
plan to move all Japanese from
Jt with Japan, the entire war situthe Pacific Coast.”
<n would be changed.
“Plans for this meeting
&
By RUSTICANUS
Apart altogether, however, from any consid would be subject to police con
RUSSIAN FRONT
I
The movement to engineer a forcible removal erations of national defence, the idea raises cer- trol since authorities are ex
No indication of a change in Rus°^ a.L able-bodied Japanese men away from theJ tain interesting academic possibilities which pected to refuse to sanction any
4 policy was seen however, as the
Pacific coast seems to be gaining a certain kind are beng discussed. Looking toward the long gathering which might be of a
J Army pushed farther west, conof support. Although no one at all seems to have term solution of the Oriental question in British demonstrative nature.”
iirating on driving the Nazi in- any definite or concrete plan by which the wish Columbia, there is reason to think that it might
OTTAWA—The view in the
ier out of Russia. Soviet troops, might be accomplished, just the bare wish it- be a good thing. It might be that the immediate capital is ‘ that the Japanese
patches said, had swept sixty self is being expressed rather freely. For the and tragic disruption of our normal life would situation on the Pacific coast
es
and osouthwesti
-- to the northwest auu
Uuuiwcoi|most Part, admittedly, it is confined to sources not be too heavy a price to pay if the Japanese is “well in hand", both for the
population could be spread throughout Canada,
Moscow, and had trapped eight recognized as quite irresponsible.
See “REMOVAL” Page 2
'Man divisions in the town of MozThe plan at its sanest, seems to be that every rather than concentrated here in British Col
sk, 57 miles from Moscow. This able-bodied male among us, over the age of 16, umbia. In short, it’s the familiar idea of dis
persion eastward as a solution to the “Japanese
cer movement, the Red Army would be shipped off somewhere, preferably problem" again.
CHINS UP FOLKS!
i had smashed any hope of a east of the Rockies. There all of us would labour
Ever
since
we
first
started
thinking
about
Chine up, folks! Things are
rman stand at Vyazma, I 00 miles at something or other—doctors, dentists, man these things, we have been urging “assimila
pretty
tight right now, but they
M the capital, and opened the agers, salesmen, even newspapermen —and send tion", closer and more intimate contact with
could be worse.
A for a drive back to Smolensk, our wages back to British Columbia to provide Occidental Canadians, the broadening of our
for the women and children we leave behind.
We’ve a job of our own to do,
ategic centre of the fighting on
outlook
and
interests,
the
getting
beyond
Main
Some married men would be permitted to take
too, in keeping them from get
‘/Moscow front in the first Ger- their families with them; otherwise the women Street and Hastings East. Most of us do recog
ting
worse. I hat is to keep our
nize that on the whole the Most Canadianized
n advance.
stay behind.
Nisei are those who have been brought up own heads, and to keep our ideas
. |n Washington, an allied! Taking some pains to sugar-coat the pro- among Canadians. This Canadianizing process straight.
>ply board was being planned toiposal, this is essentially the plan as advocated works best where the Japanese families, are not
We've got to hold on to the
qw up the unification of the by a Vancouver newspaper, which incidentally, too losely grouped together Thus, if between idea that we’re not judging our
ed command.
quite falsely declares that the Federal Standing every Japanese cannery-house in Steveston, country by the anonymous writers
Committee
is urging the plan. (For a more there were five “white” houses, perhaps the
AND SUDDEN DEATH
accurate
account
read the Province.) Aiderman public would worry less about Steveston. Sim of letters to the editor”, nor by
\ new R.C.A.F. tragedy was re
H. D. Wilson’s approach is several degrees viler. ilarly, 25,000 Japanese among 12,000,000 Can the skullduggery of a politician.
ded, in the death of two fli
No' We’re judging it rather
, . ,
, , ,
ers'-From the point of view of nationaT safety and adians could hardly be considered a menace of
e pa ro pane crashed about 10 the prevention of fifth column activity, every
by the people we meet from day
any kind.
2s north of Prince Rupert . . . Six one of us knows that it is a silly idea. It is silly
to
day, by our friends and our
Of course it is very debatable whether the ulti
,ole were killed and two others because it is prompted by silly fears. The diffi- mate good would make up for the strain and neighbours who know us, by the
ked early Sunday, when the Can- culty is that we are convicted by a warped pre- unhappiness caused by the sudden tearing apart sane and reasonable tone that two
I? Pacific trans - continental hudice, and until we can prove ourselves inno- of complex and far-reaching communal ties. of our Vancouver newspapers, de
l|aed into an automobile stalled at cent, we are condemned. It is a revelation, how When one considers what tragic results would
cent newspapers, are taking in re
Jyel crossing near Ottawa, Ont. . . ever, of just how farcial are the concepts of follow’ a forcible exodus and dispersion, we feel
gard to ourselves.
p^n9 since September 19, the democracy and justice and liberty in the minds impelled to brush it aside as something mon
You’ll find reference to one on
of some of our so-called Canadians. The average strous. something too horrible even to think of.
p' of Judith Hillstead, 30, was one
page
3; and one of the best edi
of
us
has
a
hard
time
in
stifling
not
merely
And yet, if very carefully carried out, with
id in the woods of the Univera vast irritation toward such individuals, but regard to preserving all necessary ties, it might torials yet written, reprinted from
, ^^strict here in Vancouver Sun-.
7? A ' .
T '“"^™ ^‘'- indeed a wholesome and well-merited con- be done. It might be the tragedy of the second the morning paper on page 4. Read
A C0™ was arawn t’Shtly about tempt.
generation of today to find fulfilment in the them and square’ those shoulders
imeck.
*
*
happiness of a younger generation of tomorrow. back.
Advance of Japanese mechanized
(From the News-Herald}
Wo Removal East!
PARLEY TO DECIDE
FUTURE POLICY
s Dispersion Eastward, But In A Distasteful Form
bI
THE NEW CANADIAN
Leafs
a six-;
THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GENERATION
• Masayo। V, No. 2
o are_L_____________
h 224: ;
VANCOUVER, B. C.
'"'Illi kill and! Leave Japanese Question To Federal
Authorities Say City Aidermen
es.
s
Luckv
*
THE PACIFIC
. Sing- -
"' ~ Soyt;^:^ K?y:ight $E?y .-ppearing in Monday's Province,
Ottawa correspondent Charles Bishop said:
> he Japanese situation is receiving constant attention here
(Ottawa) and though there is no suggestion of alarm in official cir
cles, one aspect of the situation is regarded with disapproval.
It it describee as a continuing anti-Japanese campaign" by
a group in which a member of the Vancouver City Council is most
prominent.
This council member (Aid. H D. Wilson) is described, in
the mildest of several designations, as a "thoroughly bad influence."
If he and others incite anti-Japanese riots in British Columbia, it
is said here "we might have a hell of a mess on our hands."
; eral government.
They will
Vancouver aidermen think have to take action,” said Aid.
^ahis-es On the upper Perak front 300
handling
the Japanese situa- Jack Price.
es north of Singapore was retion is a federal matter, best! ’T think, however, the JapGiant^ec^ from Malaya, although at
left to Ottawa administration; anese themselves should welivy cost. Japanese forces also
under advice of the Standing come such a move for their
Kondo3^'5^6^ a new landing on the
Committee of Oriental Affairs. own protection.
If a bomb
nd of Borneo, 850 miles east of
Most of them doubt that Ald.W’ere dropped here there is no
. key British base, as the vast
H. D. Wilson’s proposal to cur- ^^ing what might happen. so
icirclement" movement gained
tail business licences to Japan-2he city should have some say
gress. On the lower Perak front
"The problem is not a city
ese is legally possible.
T miles north of Singapore, the
one except to recommend
Commenting Sunday on
fish defenders bolstered by new
that the federal government
Aid. Wilson’s proposed city
units held their lines.
do everything to safeguard
council motion asking that
From Manila came reports of
the Pacific Coast,” said Aid.
Important and far-reaching steps to meet the increasingly
all Japanese be immediately
H. L. Corey. "We haven't
tense situation in British Columbia was forecast last night as
57 sh treatment being accorded white moved “east of the Rockies”,
abitants, especially to Americans,
the power to curtail licenc
members of the Standing Committee on Oriental Affairs left
city fathers were almost un
hi MacArthur reported that they
es.”
by C.P.R. train for Ottawa, where they were called into con
animous in condemning civic
;e ordered to remain indoors on
interference in what they
“An independent committee ference by the Prime Minister over long distance telephone.
jalty of being shot. His forces he
consider a federal matter.
“The federal authorities
has been summoned back east miTOimEE^ >ftg>gi ]
ij had beat off new enemy at“I would be prepared to sup- now on the matter," said Aid.
are fully behind us, as proven
ks, and that four of 21 attacking port the council in any move*John Bennet. “The members
by quick action resulting
nes attacking Corregidor had j to support the recommenda-1 are in possession of informaFor Important Laws from our recommendation
it down
Amariran ^rrae
___
_ C Ji.
rt)
T
zx
11
tn shot
down. American
forces, ;+■
it X'
tions of the Standing Commit- tion which many of us do not
that the Japanese fishing fleet
> seen, were prepared to defend tee to the Dominion govern have. We should wait and see
be immobilized,” said Mayor
"Horitsu"
i island fortress commanding Man- ment”, said Aid. Charles Jones. what the government decides
Hume, committee chairman.
g L?ay f° the end, thus holding up
“But it is a Dominion matter, to do because what they decide
“Thus we feel that .recom
Turn to Page 4
,'ong as possible an all-out thrust not a city matter. The Stand will be general, covering not
mendations we have made
linst Singapore.
ing Committee has made a only Vancouver but outside
subsequently are likely to re
From Melbourne, Australia, Pre- study of the situation with the
BBKBBEI^^
cities and municipalities."
ceive a sympathetic hearing
;r John Curtin said that United co-operation of men who know
in Ottawa.”
"It is a matter entirely with
tes warships would operate in it very thoroughly. Any judge in the hands of the Dominion Nisei Soldier In
“The fact that we have been
stralian waters from Australian ment it hands down will be
government and military auth
called to the capital for a con
(
Trade School Here ference
;es, a challenge to stray raiding the best available."
orities," said Aid. George Mil
indicates that we are '
>anese bombers, which have struck
It’s a federal matter," said ler.
Fujio “Joe" Aida, one of the getting some action on our sug
fra south as New Guinea, 800 ’Aid. G. H. Worthington. “No
Aid. George Buscombe de few second generation accept- gestions," his worship added.
les north of Australia.
-----doubt it will be necessary to clared himself “in favour of |I ed into the arm in British Co Wilson Talks Riots
Chungking sources declared that have the Japanese either de- putting the Japanese east of lumbia, has been transferred
Committee member's were
,000 Japanese had been killed or tained or sent east, but I think the Rockies and shipping from training camp at Vernon told, prior to their departure,
unded as Chinese troops routed a the city council should keep out them back to Japan when the to trade school in Vancouver. that if something isn’t done
ianese offensive against Chang- of it.
war is over.”
He will study here for several there are going to be riots.
“We haven’t got the power
Li The Tokyo radio, however,
“Those fellows in Ottawa are months before entering active Aid. Wilson did the telling.
i/ned that Japanese forces had to curtail licences."
asleep at the switch,
He said that a “meeting was
They service with the Royal Canad
“It is purely up to the fed- should do something.
.upied that centre completely.
being
organized supporting
ian Ordinance Corps.
I1 Tokyo too, came the admission
greater home defence and a
I if Russia scrapped her neutrality
plan to move all Japanese from
Jt with Japan, the entire war situthe Pacific Coast.”
<n would be changed.
“Plans for this meeting
&
By RUSTICANUS
Apart altogether, however, from any consid would be subject to police con
RUSSIAN FRONT
I
The movement to engineer a forcible removal erations of national defence, the idea raises cer- trol since authorities are ex
No indication of a change in Rus°^ a.L able-bodied Japanese men away from theJ tain interesting academic possibilities which pected to refuse to sanction any
4 policy was seen however, as the
Pacific coast seems to be gaining a certain kind are beng discussed. Looking toward the long gathering which might be of a
J Army pushed farther west, conof support. Although no one at all seems to have term solution of the Oriental question in British demonstrative nature.”
iirating on driving the Nazi in- any definite or concrete plan by which the wish Columbia, there is reason to think that it might
OTTAWA—The view in the
ier out of Russia. Soviet troops, might be accomplished, just the bare wish it- be a good thing. It might be that the immediate capital is ‘ that the Japanese
patches said, had swept sixty self is being expressed rather freely. For the and tragic disruption of our normal life would situation on the Pacific coast
es
and osouthwesti
-- to the northwest auu
Uuuiwcoi|most Part, admittedly, it is confined to sources not be too heavy a price to pay if the Japanese is “well in hand", both for the
population could be spread throughout Canada,
Moscow, and had trapped eight recognized as quite irresponsible.
See “REMOVAL” Page 2
'Man divisions in the town of MozThe plan at its sanest, seems to be that every rather than concentrated here in British Col
sk, 57 miles from Moscow. This able-bodied male among us, over the age of 16, umbia. In short, it’s the familiar idea of dis
persion eastward as a solution to the “Japanese
cer movement, the Red Army would be shipped off somewhere, preferably problem" again.
CHINS UP FOLKS!
i had smashed any hope of a east of the Rockies. There all of us would labour
Ever
since
we
first
started
thinking
about
Chine up, folks! Things are
rman stand at Vyazma, I 00 miles at something or other—doctors, dentists, man these things, we have been urging “assimila
pretty
tight right now, but they
M the capital, and opened the agers, salesmen, even newspapermen —and send tion", closer and more intimate contact with
could be worse.
A for a drive back to Smolensk, our wages back to British Columbia to provide Occidental Canadians, the broadening of our
for the women and children we leave behind.
We’ve a job of our own to do,
ategic centre of the fighting on
outlook
and
interests,
the
getting
beyond
Main
Some married men would be permitted to take
too, in keeping them from get
‘/Moscow front in the first Ger- their families with them; otherwise the women Street and Hastings East. Most of us do recog
ting
worse. I hat is to keep our
nize that on the whole the Most Canadianized
n advance.
stay behind.
Nisei are those who have been brought up own heads, and to keep our ideas
. |n Washington, an allied! Taking some pains to sugar-coat the pro- among Canadians. This Canadianizing process straight.
>ply board was being planned toiposal, this is essentially the plan as advocated works best where the Japanese families, are not
We've got to hold on to the
qw up the unification of the by a Vancouver newspaper, which incidentally, too losely grouped together Thus, if between idea that we’re not judging our
ed command.
quite falsely declares that the Federal Standing every Japanese cannery-house in Steveston, country by the anonymous writers
Committee
is urging the plan. (For a more there were five “white” houses, perhaps the
AND SUDDEN DEATH
accurate
account
read the Province.) Aiderman public would worry less about Steveston. Sim of letters to the editor”, nor by
\ new R.C.A.F. tragedy was re
H. D. Wilson’s approach is several degrees viler. ilarly, 25,000 Japanese among 12,000,000 Can the skullduggery of a politician.
ded, in the death of two fli
No' We’re judging it rather
, . ,
, , ,
ers'-From the point of view of nationaT safety and adians could hardly be considered a menace of
e pa ro pane crashed about 10 the prevention of fifth column activity, every
by the people we meet from day
any kind.
2s north of Prince Rupert . . . Six one of us knows that it is a silly idea. It is silly
to
day, by our friends and our
Of course it is very debatable whether the ulti
,ole were killed and two others because it is prompted by silly fears. The diffi- mate good would make up for the strain and neighbours who know us, by the
ked early Sunday, when the Can- culty is that we are convicted by a warped pre- unhappiness caused by the sudden tearing apart sane and reasonable tone that two
I? Pacific trans - continental hudice, and until we can prove ourselves inno- of complex and far-reaching communal ties. of our Vancouver newspapers, de
l|aed into an automobile stalled at cent, we are condemned. It is a revelation, how When one considers what tragic results would
cent newspapers, are taking in re
Jyel crossing near Ottawa, Ont. . . ever, of just how farcial are the concepts of follow’ a forcible exodus and dispersion, we feel
gard to ourselves.
p^n9 since September 19, the democracy and justice and liberty in the minds impelled to brush it aside as something mon
You’ll find reference to one on
of some of our so-called Canadians. The average strous. something too horrible even to think of.
p' of Judith Hillstead, 30, was one
page
3; and one of the best edi
of
us
has
a
hard
time
in
stifling
not
merely
And yet, if very carefully carried out, with
id in the woods of the Univera vast irritation toward such individuals, but regard to preserving all necessary ties, it might torials yet written, reprinted from
, ^^strict here in Vancouver Sun-.
7? A ' .
T '“"^™ ^‘'- indeed a wholesome and well-merited con- be done. It might be the tragedy of the second the morning paper on page 4. Read
A C0™ was arawn t’Shtly about tempt.
generation of today to find fulfilment in the them and square’ those shoulders
imeck.
*
*
happiness of a younger generation of tomorrow. back.
Advance of Japanese mechanized
(From the News-Herald}
Wo Removal East!
PARLEY TO DECIDE
FUTURE POLICY
s Dispersion Eastward, But In A Distasteful Form
Page 2
PAGE 2
THE NEW CANADIAN
JANUARY 5, 1942
REMOVAL
Coni, from Page 1
present and for future possi- —.. 4
bilities.
Hence the proposal that an ; Chemainus Service.
• Roller-Fest Postponed
, ♦ Window Smashed
Japanese be removed some- ;
CHEMAINUS — A worsb,^
where east of the rockies is service and Intercession v,
The Powell Y.P.S. Badminhefty woman with
regarded simply as ‘‘silly.”
ton Club roller skating party,; grudge smashed the windo
held here in the Japanese H
The idea of camps equiv- on New Year’s day.
originally scheduled for Jann--and glass in the door of the
’ of
alent to internment camps i
26th, lias been postponed; confectionery store owned by
Alany of the younger peo; to
also branded in
until February 9th.
same
E. Kariya at 59a Richards.
attended
under the leaders! idi
light.
■ Saturday afternoon. City police
The Bridal Trail
The Conference being held of Miss E. Ryan, missions ian
I reported.
The woman was
Drunk Discloses Plot
here Thursday between the worker for the Japanese co; iss
The C.P.R. waiting- room! said to be six feet tall.
Yasui-Ito
m unity.
Standing Committee, officials
was the scene of considerable!
Two well-known younger
Dr. Dafoe of the Chemain
of the Department of External
excitement the other nightj «> We’ll Be Here Awhile
foi
people in the city are the prinAffairs, representatives of the I Baptist Church, officiated th<
when a youth drove up in a; It looks as if we might be cipals in an
I the service.
engagement ani, dashed into the waitingi here for a while yet. in spite nounced by Mr. and Mrs. army and navy, and Provincial i On Sunday. Januarv 4. tre
and
Dominion
room, yelling,
government
- “Look out, the j of all that’s going on. At least Yoriki Ito.
1255
Franklin authorities will
therefore lav ' serv^ce was conducted in t tin
§°ing ^° blow Up a; the street department of the Street, of their second daught
• I new Japanese mission, oppos! lei
,
irainAnd several - city is quite activelv concerned er, Fumiko, to Mr. Yoshio down a plan as to what c
ithe Japanese Hall, with Refoi
bridges, he added, as an after-i with the condition of our “Bob” Yasui, second son of Mr. must be done.
I Burns of Ladysmith taking
t> t ne
The authorities are not un-i service.
Ul2^ght’
,
{streets, with the result that and Mrs. Genya Yasui. 1548
mindful of the fact that while
Thoroughly urunk the youthitwo gangs of men are busv at West 2nd Avenue.
agitation has been a chief con
was held on a charge of mali- work tearing up old blocks
wk
A
bethrothal
ceremony
was
cious damage for smashing a along Powell
tributing
factor,
many
people
1
Street and pu
adi
held December
at the are fearful. \
clock case' in his raving and ting in new ones
Church of Ascension, with Rev.
shouting.
The conference will be fully
•sc
G.
G.
Nakayama
officiating.
informed
as to what is beingSunday Chimney Fire
—o—
; m
done on the Pacific Coast, mNishi-Shiozaki
The chilly Sunday afternoon
111
eluding- military and naval
S. Sasaki
^Icalm of “Nihon-machi” was disThe
2 ra
Steveston
Buddhist measures, and will advise as to
turbed for a brief moment or Church,
Sunday
afternoon. what else may be required.
■ w
a chimney fire at 284 January 4, was the scene of a
OKASH!
anc
^ Jackson Avenue, above the quiet wedding ceremony when Attending Conference
and
^1 dressmaking shop owned by Haruko, second daughter of
Travelling with Flavor Hume
CONFECTIONERY
Airs. R. Kita. It was extingu Mr. and Mrs. Kusumatsu Shio
to
Ottawa
are
committee
mem
of
ished by a single engine from zaki of Kelowna was united in
Olive Oil
357 Powell
MA. 2036 dti
No. 1 hall. Sooty conditions in marriage to Mr. Shigeharu bers Col. Macgregor Macintosh.
Beauty Soap
15
Col.
A.
W.
Sparling,
and
Ser
U.N
the chimney are believed to Nishi, second son of Mr. and
geant
J.
K.
Barnes.
RCMP,
de
have caused the fir-\
Mrs. Masakichi Nishi of Steve| committee secretary. In Otston^ Rev. D. Katatsu officiat
I tawa they will be joined by
250 Powell
ed.
re,
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A reception to 20 guests fol ant Commission F. J. Mead,
lowed at the Fuji. Baishakuntht
~ Second Term Opens ins were Mr. and Mrs. Tome RCMP.
Also accompanying the com on this Welcome Gifi- ^
kichi Ikari of Steveston.
mittee were Hon. George S. New Economy P&ck of 21 ^ and
The Department of Univer
—o—
Pearson, on behalf of the pro
sity Extension announces the Ura-Minemoto
WEDDING CAKES
vincial government, and Com
opening of the second term of
In a simple wedding cere- missioner T. W. S. Parsons, of
Fresh and
its evening class program, ef mony Sunday afternoon, Janu I the Provincial Police.
pie.
Regular $1.25
Delicious
ary 4, Ayako, daughter of Mr.
Hon. R. L. Maitland, K.C.,
fective from this week.
Nthe
attorney - general,
Among new courses being of and Mrs. R. Minemoto of Dewd- provincial
j'?ada.
ney, B. C., was joined in holy also conferred with committee
IN IWO
fered is one in Business Eng matrimony to Mr. Tsumoru
it tolei
members prior to their depar
lish, every Friday, from 8-9 Ura of this city, whose parents ture.
Ms in
Gillette
|p.m.. room 115, 602 West Hast- Mr. and Mrs. K. Ura are in
VICTORIA—Definite meas
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Japan.
ures are being taken by the
I inSs342 Powell Street
Federal
Government to deal
The reception took place at
q I Second term registrations
“ I are being accepted into cours- the Fuji. Baishakunins for the with British Columbia’s Jap
wced
^ios on elementary economics, event were Mr. and Mrs. S. anese question and air raid
W 01
The New Scientific ^ | commercial law. music appre- Omura of Vancouver and Mr. precautions, R. W. Mayhew,
p
^iciation. current history, poul- and Mrs. I. Tateyama of Dewd- Victoria M.P., said in a press
^the c
Dental Discovery
ney.
; statement here.
&!try husbandry and others.
of h<
;
“Very definite safety meas^1 Further information may be
, ures have been taken by the POWELL DRUG CCcon“
^obtained from The New CanH
n
„,
adiar
Classified
Ads
; government’’, Mr. Mayhew de- 399 Powell
PA
5031,
+
^ Indian or directly froih the De_______ duty,
clared.
TRANS
P
O
RTATION
w partment.
for o'
8!
JANUARY
wakai-Keiyukai Roller 1’arHappyland, 7.30 p.m.
Cross Unit Wore Nittht.
ri ku Hull, s p.m.
Ripa
Suzuki Kashifen
BUNKA SHOKAI
CAKES!
GILLETTE BLADES^
IMS
Powell Bakery
tf^/
ARMSTRONG
r
and COMPANY
GIRL WANTED
UNDERTAKERS
EXPERIENCED
JAPANESE ?
girl or woman to help with =
light housework 9 to 5 Monday '
to Friday. Week-ends free. ;
Sleep out. $15.00 per month. I
KErrisdale 2978-R.
I
Liquid Dentifrice
lH
Seishindo Co.
249 Powell St.
PA 3028
Established 1912
304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 0141
Have Your Car
GIRL WANTED
NTISEI GIRL WANTED FOR I
housework.
Out-of-town |
position. Good wages. Two'
children in family. Box 150J
The New Canadian.
;
Complete Scientific
Eyesight Service
3 77 Powell St.
R.
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'.398
THE NEW CANADIAN
JANUARY 5, 1942
REMOVAL
Coni, from Page 1
present and for future possi- —.. 4
bilities.
Hence the proposal that an ; Chemainus Service.
• Roller-Fest Postponed
, ♦ Window Smashed
Japanese be removed some- ;
CHEMAINUS — A worsb,^
where east of the rockies is service and Intercession v,
The Powell Y.P.S. Badminhefty woman with
regarded simply as ‘‘silly.”
ton Club roller skating party,; grudge smashed the windo
held here in the Japanese H
The idea of camps equiv- on New Year’s day.
originally scheduled for Jann--and glass in the door of the
’ of
alent to internment camps i
26th, lias been postponed; confectionery store owned by
Alany of the younger peo; to
also branded in
until February 9th.
same
E. Kariya at 59a Richards.
attended
under the leaders! idi
light.
■ Saturday afternoon. City police
The Bridal Trail
The Conference being held of Miss E. Ryan, missions ian
I reported.
The woman was
Drunk Discloses Plot
here Thursday between the worker for the Japanese co; iss
The C.P.R. waiting- room! said to be six feet tall.
Yasui-Ito
m unity.
Standing Committee, officials
was the scene of considerable!
Two well-known younger
Dr. Dafoe of the Chemain
of the Department of External
excitement the other nightj «> We’ll Be Here Awhile
foi
people in the city are the prinAffairs, representatives of the I Baptist Church, officiated th<
when a youth drove up in a; It looks as if we might be cipals in an
I the service.
engagement ani, dashed into the waitingi here for a while yet. in spite nounced by Mr. and Mrs. army and navy, and Provincial i On Sunday. Januarv 4. tre
and
Dominion
room, yelling,
government
- “Look out, the j of all that’s going on. At least Yoriki Ito.
1255
Franklin authorities will
therefore lav ' serv^ce was conducted in t tin
§°ing ^° blow Up a; the street department of the Street, of their second daught
• I new Japanese mission, oppos! lei
,
irainAnd several - city is quite activelv concerned er, Fumiko, to Mr. Yoshio down a plan as to what c
ithe Japanese Hall, with Refoi
bridges, he added, as an after-i with the condition of our “Bob” Yasui, second son of Mr. must be done.
I Burns of Ladysmith taking
t> t ne
The authorities are not un-i service.
Ul2^ght’
,
{streets, with the result that and Mrs. Genya Yasui. 1548
mindful of the fact that while
Thoroughly urunk the youthitwo gangs of men are busv at West 2nd Avenue.
agitation has been a chief con
was held on a charge of mali- work tearing up old blocks
wk
A
bethrothal
ceremony
was
cious damage for smashing a along Powell
tributing
factor,
many
people
1
Street and pu
adi
held December
at the are fearful. \
clock case' in his raving and ting in new ones
Church of Ascension, with Rev.
shouting.
The conference will be fully
•sc
G.
G.
Nakayama
officiating.
informed
as to what is beingSunday Chimney Fire
—o—
; m
done on the Pacific Coast, mNishi-Shiozaki
The chilly Sunday afternoon
111
eluding- military and naval
S. Sasaki
^Icalm of “Nihon-machi” was disThe
2 ra
Steveston
Buddhist measures, and will advise as to
turbed for a brief moment or Church,
Sunday
afternoon. what else may be required.
■ w
a chimney fire at 284 January 4, was the scene of a
OKASH!
anc
^ Jackson Avenue, above the quiet wedding ceremony when Attending Conference
and
^1 dressmaking shop owned by Haruko, second daughter of
Travelling with Flavor Hume
CONFECTIONERY
Airs. R. Kita. It was extingu Mr. and Mrs. Kusumatsu Shio
to
Ottawa
are
committee
mem
of
ished by a single engine from zaki of Kelowna was united in
Olive Oil
357 Powell
MA. 2036 dti
No. 1 hall. Sooty conditions in marriage to Mr. Shigeharu bers Col. Macgregor Macintosh.
Beauty Soap
15
Col.
A.
W.
Sparling,
and
Ser
U.N
the chimney are believed to Nishi, second son of Mr. and
geant
J.
K.
Barnes.
RCMP,
de
have caused the fir-\
Mrs. Masakichi Nishi of Steve| committee secretary. In Otston^ Rev. D. Katatsu officiat
I tawa they will be joined by
250 Powell
ed.
re,
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Prof. H. F. Angus and Assist
^ U.B.C. Extension
liv
A reception to 20 guests fol ant Commission F. J. Mead,
lowed at the Fuji. Baishakuntht
~ Second Term Opens ins were Mr. and Mrs. Tome RCMP.
Also accompanying the com on this Welcome Gifi- ^
kichi Ikari of Steveston.
mittee were Hon. George S. New Economy P&ck of 21 ^ and
The Department of Univer
—o—
Pearson, on behalf of the pro
sity Extension announces the Ura-Minemoto
WEDDING CAKES
vincial government, and Com
opening of the second term of
In a simple wedding cere- missioner T. W. S. Parsons, of
Fresh and
its evening class program, ef mony Sunday afternoon, Janu I the Provincial Police.
pie.
Regular $1.25
Delicious
ary 4, Ayako, daughter of Mr.
Hon. R. L. Maitland, K.C.,
fective from this week.
Nthe
attorney - general,
Among new courses being of and Mrs. R. Minemoto of Dewd- provincial
j'?ada.
ney, B. C., was joined in holy also conferred with committee
IN IWO
fered is one in Business Eng matrimony to Mr. Tsumoru
it tolei
members prior to their depar
lish, every Friday, from 8-9 Ura of this city, whose parents ture.
Ms in
Gillette
|p.m.. room 115, 602 West Hast- Mr. and Mrs. K. Ura are in
VICTORIA—Definite meas
PAcific 7629
Japan.
ures are being taken by the
I inSs342 Powell Street
Federal
Government to deal
The reception took place at
q I Second term registrations
“ I are being accepted into cours- the Fuji. Baishakunins for the with British Columbia’s Jap
wced
^ios on elementary economics, event were Mr. and Mrs. S. anese question and air raid
W 01
The New Scientific ^ | commercial law. music appre- Omura of Vancouver and Mr. precautions, R. W. Mayhew,
p
^iciation. current history, poul- and Mrs. I. Tateyama of Dewd- Victoria M.P., said in a press
^the c
Dental Discovery
ney.
; statement here.
&!try husbandry and others.
of h<
;
“Very definite safety meas^1 Further information may be
, ures have been taken by the POWELL DRUG CCcon“
^obtained from The New CanH
n
„,
adiar
Classified
Ads
; government’’, Mr. Mayhew de- 399 Powell
PA
5031,
+
^ Indian or directly froih the De_______ duty,
clared.
TRANS
P
O
RTATION
w partment.
for o'
8!
JANUARY
wakai-Keiyukai Roller 1’arHappyland, 7.30 p.m.
Cross Unit Wore Nittht.
ri ku Hull, s p.m.
Ripa
Suzuki Kashifen
BUNKA SHOKAI
CAKES!
GILLETTE BLADES^
IMS
Powell Bakery
tf^/
ARMSTRONG
r
and COMPANY
GIRL WANTED
UNDERTAKERS
EXPERIENCED
JAPANESE ?
girl or woman to help with =
light housework 9 to 5 Monday '
to Friday. Week-ends free. ;
Sleep out. $15.00 per month. I
KErrisdale 2978-R.
I
Liquid Dentifrice
lH
Seishindo Co.
249 Powell St.
PA 3028
Established 1912
304 Dunlevy Ave.
High. 0141
Have Your Car
GIRL WANTED
NTISEI GIRL WANTED FOR I
housework.
Out-of-town |
position. Good wages. Two'
children in family. Box 150J
The New Canadian.
;
Complete Scientific
Eyesight Service
3 77 Powell St.
R.
VICTOR Art
A.
C.
RADIO
s
L
® Shell's Chek Chart System is the modern upkeep service that
your car needs today.
Expert, experienced mechanics on the
Corner of Gore and Alexander
PAcific 7637
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220
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'.398
Page 3
942
JANUARY 5Z 1942
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 3
An Open Letter To
The Editor of the Province
nee.
vorsl Dear Sir
in u
boll session
th/ F. A. SI.
recent
lP£EllSpatHte
tth^f' 'VadM(i ^’renef Wrousli the city and left
diatribe
lions, sports in life community
One of the outstanding features and most tangible ideals ediio
word for it) on
Two or three c i the smaller organ iza a complete standstill.
of a workaday democratic world is the consideration given
nd though
won't admit
wiped out. Bui now. ahhough
used some ma
peot- to a minority group by the majority group, This feature, this
far from good.
qua in lances to off r me co ng ratal;
one oy one ine different sports
dersh ideal. sir , we have found expressed in a concrete form time
ins and their ho ics lor mv con
whirl of sports.
.g10^ and again in your editorials two of ^’hich appeared in recent
tinucu good health and from the few
issues of your publication.
This wee
tart
gals who will condescend
sneak
Badminton
In this war so terrible and so blighting it is all too easy
League
which
opens
to-night
and the Girls' IT
main
men:
Which begins tomorrow night will have to hurrv
ited for people to forget the very principles which are at stake in
the titanic struggle. In the present world where racial ha sis red then
their somewhat because of the late start. Let's hope p
on".
treds are rampant, it is all to easy for people to forget that
mey were me.
ill t the democratic nations are pledged to exterminate that Hitppos: lei ran tyranny and lawlessness that would destroy the verv
at in sai.i
P^
2
Yee!’a greal deal
complaint from the owner
h Re foundations of democracy—the recognition and respect of the
to each and
Chapman s bowling Alievs on So
mg i
hem that her concei
majority of the
fieedom, lights and privileges of all individuals and groups.
Jays. Practically
. one thing tire .
every night of ne ween the up:
Thus we take to heart the fair and far-sighted outlook pre
are packed with
hat there was more
Japanese. The
which you have taken on the position of the Japanese Can ”*ght people who read mv stuff that bowl, but fron unpltunt docs not
Bom lite numbers that
conditions in which the alleys are left,
adians in this country, first in the December 19th issue:
wing the number of the members of
at
bowlers must keep back of the foul line.
“Vigilance should not be relaxed but until there is
mv ‘amilv able to read . . .
tune and again to keep hack, but someSince I threw so man; cracks .v
some evidence or indication that dangerous Japanese ele
01
slide ncmchalontly about a Kot
me female of the species in my last
ments (he at large in B.C. let us be as tolerant as human
0
onto the carefully polished and think nothin" of it
article I am going to pour forth some
nature will permit. Toleration is one of the virtues of our
Lst or these offenders have hard iron platen heel
h
the alleys, reding
too or the good features of the some ~«h«u. mark,
iace. Its exercise in the trying times we are going through
times fairer sex . . . this may lead th.? 1 vjJdH .
will be a manisfestation of our confidence and our strength."’
Mild reader to think—oh. oh. some
and again in the January’ 3rd issue:
m open hous and indibony s been putting the pressure o i
*
*
jfc
mac
tney
will
continue
do
in"
so But mile,ss we tiro
be goon who s pouring out th
more careful in the future it will be nobodyj I an It but our own
We must be just to our citizens of Japanese blood, none
o} whom, so far as the public is aware, has fallen short of his
w that such is not the cas
ore careful in the
iO36
duty as a citizen of Canada. We have a legal conviction by
■ - • it.s just a hangover of the Chris: which we set much store that holds a man innocent of a mismas spirit I guess . . . and I sak
o
Gamblings from across the border
demeanom until he is proven guilty. We can not, while
"spirit" not "spiriis".
Last week, two more Nisei
1
fighting for the retention and continuance of such convictions,
Naturally il 1 m going to say kinc
O^nge County
in S^KKATTZ T KX^
hings about our local Jills they wil’
refuse to observe them in our treatment of the Japanese who
lire my .‘Arabella, exceptions tv ^“StttaHT AH"' J'esnective teams. Significant was
live among us. We must assume, until ive have evidence to
me fact that these selections were made after the opening of
He rule of female inferiority am;
the conti ary, that these Japanese are, as they insist they are.
hostilities
last month.
subnormal it y • ■ . but here are some
?m loyal to Canada.3’
Named the •‘most
ire things a out women that is . . .
Kobayashi
Firebrand and vociferous elements in the country have certain women . . .
blocking half for the
and Keig
i Mirand will continue to rage against an hapless and helpless porbusily . . . some unique and dif- Higashi, guard for the Garden Grove High School
M tion of the population. We realize, moreover, that the stand lercm-1 rom-the-common - run skirts
Chinese Clippers
^you have taken has exposed you to the attacks of a few peotse • Hy
a re onia men tai
. . that is easy on
w
the
WCU °f prcssure from their homes.
pie. Nevertheless, sir, we believe that your stand represents ' he optics . . . which is more than
Chinese
Clippers
Class
C entry in the Seattle Courier
you
can
say
lor men in general . .
> the viewpoints of the majority of fair-minded citizens of Canlhe Nlsei ic§aue Tb-ir captain Harry Eng
hat wav whir
I Lada. And we have every confidence that the same spirit of and
is also more than you can say for . ion, that tney had enjoyed playing and would lik” to join
o tolerance and the sense of justice will continue inasmuch as it
;am in the future when the mess was cleaned up.
most men . • • but with men it's
, Ms inherent in the majority of Canadians.
masculinity that counts ... so they
Unjust treatment and bitter persecution of racial minor- say . . . (that faint tattling you hear s egas
^ities belong to the baneful tradition of the Axis gangsters, and
is big masculine me pounding where
i ext time on a clear night when stars are easily
^^aVe n0 ^ar^ an tbe way of life of the democratic powers. In- my chest should be) . . . well, to guishable look for our Intermediate Nippons. way up disti li
way up on the
^deed, the sewing of the seeds of racial hatred and dissension continue on the subject of pretty girls
northern firmament. Look for the star of the first ma;gnitude
Bt^ one of the favourite methods of Hitler’s fifth column co- which is a nice subject to continue on
m the Northern constellation Lyra for that is Vega, the newBihorts, which has been tried and tested with deadly effect in ■ - • a combination of nicely arched
-ound
name of the Intermediate eagers.
big crown eyes, nice
the defeated nations of Europe. For anyone to sow the seeds eyebrows, r
of hatred here is to do a disservice to Canada. And, on the pert nose an nice red bps. on a nicek ....... u™tor Akiyama decided the name Vegas would be more
^^conbary, it is tne patriotic duty of every true and loyal Can- ounded chassis supported by nice appropriate at this time than Nippons. A splendid move Mi!
im gams . .
Vegas play Higbies this Thursday at 7:30; p.m. Let's hope
. . what a satis
o3 adian to foster unity among the peoples of Canada/ In this
fying combination . . . really NICE
coy shine as brightly on the floor as Vega does in the skv
__^fl> sii, you have charted an admirable, unswerving course
(Boy. talk about working an adjec - :.i.
“for others to follow.
il Ski Conditions
rive to death . . . ) but it's still pretn
Ski conditions are A-L the best year in three years Ideal
nice . . .
powder snow in good crispy air has been the dream for a
TWO BEST PLACES TO EAT
However to bring you back down ary
mng time.
to earth and to prevent a storm of
HERE AND HOME
Previous notice that Nisei skiers were banned from Grouse
phone calls I 11 have to confess that
the above glamourous picture is purely Is not true, but it is the wish of the Fuji Club executives that
a product of a too-hopeful imagina not too many outsiders go up in any great numbers.
tion and the real thing probably
FOUNTAIN SERVICE
does not exist ... of course anyone same mistake yet . . . sure, marriage
sex but after ail I can't go
220 Main Street
PAcific 0716
knowing anyone answering to the is a grand institution but who wants on
ting a whole page of this
be shin up in an institution' . . . drip) . . .
above description is asked to run. not
I his brings to a temporary close
(walk, to the nearest phone and
One tbi; ; though. I’ll bet after
m
v
scholarly
essay
on
the
good
fcaus all about it . . .
leading the above paragraphs about
:s of the lemalc animal ... I j my imaginaii ve portrait of the supei
Another good thing about
think of any more at present, looper gal ... a number of gals of
members of the those-who-wearof course it's the
at when I do, girls. I 11 mention
imy acquaintance
skirts - but
going to disthink - that - theythem ... (I can think of lots more
voices
and
phone
up and
should - wear - the - pants sex is that
of not so nice things to say about the {give me their names and addresses.
they somehow or the other have a
mania for cleaning up untidy bachelor
205 Powell Street
Marine 9517
apartments and other like places . .
they think ashes should be in trays
and not on rugs and pants should be
pressed more than once a month and
WREATHS, CUT FLOWERS
the same goes for the sending out of
BOUQUETS, CORSAGES, PLANTS.
laundry, see . . . which is all right to
® Special Low Prices for Niseis.
take once in a while as a tonic but
as a permanent condition pretty fatal
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
for it perhaps is the chief cause of the
henpecked spouse . . . this is just a
, 398 Powell Street
PAcific 5620
(warning to those luckier and smarter
348 Powell Street
MArine 1417
jones of us who have not made the
NEW PIER CAFE
For your Wedding Cake . .
BURRARD BAKING COMPANY
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
JAPAN AND CANADA
TRUST SAVINGS COMPANY
JANUARY 5Z 1942
THE NEW CANADIAN
PAGE 3
An Open Letter To
The Editor of the Province
nee.
vorsl Dear Sir
in u
boll session
th/ F. A. SI.
recent
lP£EllSpatHte
tth^f' 'VadM(i ^’renef Wrousli the city and left
diatribe
lions, sports in life community
One of the outstanding features and most tangible ideals ediio
word for it) on
Two or three c i the smaller organ iza a complete standstill.
of a workaday democratic world is the consideration given
nd though
won't admit
wiped out. Bui now. ahhough
used some ma
peot- to a minority group by the majority group, This feature, this
far from good.
qua in lances to off r me co ng ratal;
one oy one ine different sports
dersh ideal. sir , we have found expressed in a concrete form time
ins and their ho ics lor mv con
whirl of sports.
.g10^ and again in your editorials two of ^’hich appeared in recent
tinucu good health and from the few
issues of your publication.
This wee
tart
gals who will condescend
sneak
Badminton
In this war so terrible and so blighting it is all too easy
League
which
opens
to-night
and the Girls' IT
main
men:
Which begins tomorrow night will have to hurrv
ited for people to forget the very principles which are at stake in
the titanic struggle. In the present world where racial ha sis red then
their somewhat because of the late start. Let's hope p
on".
treds are rampant, it is all to easy for people to forget that
mey were me.
ill t the democratic nations are pledged to exterminate that Hitppos: lei ran tyranny and lawlessness that would destroy the verv
at in sai.i
P^
2
Yee!’a greal deal
complaint from the owner
h Re foundations of democracy—the recognition and respect of the
to each and
Chapman s bowling Alievs on So
mg i
hem that her concei
majority of the
fieedom, lights and privileges of all individuals and groups.
Jays. Practically
. one thing tire .
every night of ne ween the up:
Thus we take to heart the fair and far-sighted outlook pre
are packed with
hat there was more
Japanese. The
which you have taken on the position of the Japanese Can ”*ght people who read mv stuff that bowl, but fron unpltunt docs not
Bom lite numbers that
conditions in which the alleys are left,
adians in this country, first in the December 19th issue:
wing the number of the members of
at
bowlers must keep back of the foul line.
“Vigilance should not be relaxed but until there is
mv ‘amilv able to read . . .
tune and again to keep hack, but someSince I threw so man; cracks .v
some evidence or indication that dangerous Japanese ele
01
slide ncmchalontly about a Kot
me female of the species in my last
ments (he at large in B.C. let us be as tolerant as human
0
onto the carefully polished and think nothin" of it
article I am going to pour forth some
nature will permit. Toleration is one of the virtues of our
Lst or these offenders have hard iron platen heel
h
the alleys, reding
too or the good features of the some ~«h«u. mark,
iace. Its exercise in the trying times we are going through
times fairer sex . . . this may lead th.? 1 vjJdH .
will be a manisfestation of our confidence and our strength."’
Mild reader to think—oh. oh. some
and again in the January’ 3rd issue:
m open hous and indibony s been putting the pressure o i
*
*
jfc
mac
tney
will
continue
do
in"
so But mile,ss we tiro
be goon who s pouring out th
more careful in the future it will be nobodyj I an It but our own
We must be just to our citizens of Japanese blood, none
o} whom, so far as the public is aware, has fallen short of his
w that such is not the cas
ore careful in the
iO36
duty as a citizen of Canada. We have a legal conviction by
■ - • it.s just a hangover of the Chris: which we set much store that holds a man innocent of a mismas spirit I guess . . . and I sak
o
Gamblings from across the border
demeanom until he is proven guilty. We can not, while
"spirit" not "spiriis".
Last week, two more Nisei
1
fighting for the retention and continuance of such convictions,
Naturally il 1 m going to say kinc
O^nge County
in S^KKATTZ T KX^
hings about our local Jills they wil’
refuse to observe them in our treatment of the Japanese who
lire my .‘Arabella, exceptions tv ^“StttaHT AH"' J'esnective teams. Significant was
live among us. We must assume, until ive have evidence to
me fact that these selections were made after the opening of
He rule of female inferiority am;
the conti ary, that these Japanese are, as they insist they are.
hostilities
last month.
subnormal it y • ■ . but here are some
?m loyal to Canada.3’
Named the •‘most
ire things a out women that is . . .
Kobayashi
Firebrand and vociferous elements in the country have certain women . . .
blocking half for the
and Keig
i Mirand will continue to rage against an hapless and helpless porbusily . . . some unique and dif- Higashi, guard for the Garden Grove High School
M tion of the population. We realize, moreover, that the stand lercm-1 rom-the-common - run skirts
Chinese Clippers
^you have taken has exposed you to the attacks of a few peotse • Hy
a re onia men tai
. . that is easy on
w
the
WCU °f prcssure from their homes.
pie. Nevertheless, sir, we believe that your stand represents ' he optics . . . which is more than
Chinese
Clippers
Class
C entry in the Seattle Courier
you
can
say
lor men in general . .
> the viewpoints of the majority of fair-minded citizens of Canlhe Nlsei ic§aue Tb-ir captain Harry Eng
hat wav whir
I Lada. And we have every confidence that the same spirit of and
is also more than you can say for . ion, that tney had enjoyed playing and would lik” to join
o tolerance and the sense of justice will continue inasmuch as it
;am in the future when the mess was cleaned up.
most men . • • but with men it's
, Ms inherent in the majority of Canadians.
masculinity that counts ... so they
Unjust treatment and bitter persecution of racial minor- say . . . (that faint tattling you hear s egas
^ities belong to the baneful tradition of the Axis gangsters, and
is big masculine me pounding where
i ext time on a clear night when stars are easily
^^aVe n0 ^ar^ an tbe way of life of the democratic powers. In- my chest should be) . . . well, to guishable look for our Intermediate Nippons. way up disti li
way up on the
^deed, the sewing of the seeds of racial hatred and dissension continue on the subject of pretty girls
northern firmament. Look for the star of the first ma;gnitude
Bt^ one of the favourite methods of Hitler’s fifth column co- which is a nice subject to continue on
m the Northern constellation Lyra for that is Vega, the newBihorts, which has been tried and tested with deadly effect in ■ - • a combination of nicely arched
-ound
name of the Intermediate eagers.
big crown eyes, nice
the defeated nations of Europe. For anyone to sow the seeds eyebrows, r
of hatred here is to do a disservice to Canada. And, on the pert nose an nice red bps. on a nicek ....... u™tor Akiyama decided the name Vegas would be more
^^conbary, it is tne patriotic duty of every true and loyal Can- ounded chassis supported by nice appropriate at this time than Nippons. A splendid move Mi!
im gams . .
Vegas play Higbies this Thursday at 7:30; p.m. Let's hope
. . what a satis
o3 adian to foster unity among the peoples of Canada/ In this
fying combination . . . really NICE
coy shine as brightly on the floor as Vega does in the skv
__^fl> sii, you have charted an admirable, unswerving course
(Boy. talk about working an adjec - :.i.
“for others to follow.
il Ski Conditions
rive to death . . . ) but it's still pretn
Ski conditions are A-L the best year in three years Ideal
nice . . .
powder snow in good crispy air has been the dream for a
TWO BEST PLACES TO EAT
However to bring you back down ary
mng time.
to earth and to prevent a storm of
HERE AND HOME
Previous notice that Nisei skiers were banned from Grouse
phone calls I 11 have to confess that
the above glamourous picture is purely Is not true, but it is the wish of the Fuji Club executives that
a product of a too-hopeful imagina not too many outsiders go up in any great numbers.
tion and the real thing probably
FOUNTAIN SERVICE
does not exist ... of course anyone same mistake yet . . . sure, marriage
sex but after ail I can't go
220 Main Street
PAcific 0716
knowing anyone answering to the is a grand institution but who wants on
ting a whole page of this
be shin up in an institution' . . . drip) . . .
above description is asked to run. not
I his brings to a temporary close
(walk, to the nearest phone and
One tbi; ; though. I’ll bet after
m
v
scholarly
essay
on
the
good
fcaus all about it . . .
leading the above paragraphs about
:s of the lemalc animal ... I j my imaginaii ve portrait of the supei
Another good thing about
think of any more at present, looper gal ... a number of gals of
members of the those-who-wearof course it's the
at when I do, girls. I 11 mention
imy acquaintance
skirts - but
going to disthink - that - theythem ... (I can think of lots more
voices
and
phone
up and
should - wear - the - pants sex is that
of not so nice things to say about the {give me their names and addresses.
they somehow or the other have a
mania for cleaning up untidy bachelor
205 Powell Street
Marine 9517
apartments and other like places . .
they think ashes should be in trays
and not on rugs and pants should be
pressed more than once a month and
WREATHS, CUT FLOWERS
the same goes for the sending out of
BOUQUETS, CORSAGES, PLANTS.
laundry, see . . . which is all right to
® Special Low Prices for Niseis.
take once in a while as a tonic but
as a permanent condition pretty fatal
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
for it perhaps is the chief cause of the
henpecked spouse . . . this is just a
, 398 Powell Street
PAcific 5620
(warning to those luckier and smarter
348 Powell Street
MArine 1417
jones of us who have not made the
NEW PIER CAFE
For your Wedding Cake . .
BURRARD BAKING COMPANY
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
JAPAN AND CANADA
TRUST SAVINGS COMPANY
Page 4
PAGE 4
THE NEW CANADIAN
§ew Canadian ^
396 Powell Street
PAcific 8431
Vancouver,, B. C.
pu-,
an
and tor s
am
to th
welfare as citizens of Canada.
Published tri-weekiy at the Taiyo Printing Company
40c month; 6 mos: $2.25 in advance; One year: $4.00 in advance.
The Japanese In B. C.
EDITORIAL EROM THE NEWS-HERALD
JANUARY 5, 1942
Japan's Military
Ho you know these?
Leaders
By William Henry Chamberlin
{Hoped newspaper corresponden
and author of ''Japan over Asia”
writing in the Christian Science
Monitor).
y^OM I NATION of Japan's gov
ernment by the leaders of the
Army and Navy has now reached its
climax. The generals and admirals
have the last word on practically
every phase of national activity.
There were seven army and navy
officers out of the thirteen members
of Prince Fumimaro Konoye's last
cabinet and the military predomin
ance in the present government
headed by Gen. Hideki Tojo is even
greater.
Regulations to be Observed
Inquiries to this newspaper have shown that many people are
still confused and unaware of just what laws and regulations have
been issued because of the war. The following summary, made as
A clear as possible, is therefore published to try to make things
straight. Certain things must be done; others are merely up to the
H common sense of the people.
ik
Even before war came to the Pacific—even before
NATIONAL REGISTRATION
incriminating phrases like “Fifth Columnists” were in
In August, 1940, the first national registration was carried
vented—Vancouver had been persuaded to look upon the
out, in which every person in Canada over sixteen years was issued ^f
Japanese resident here as a menace.
a white registration card. This registration is compulsory, and any- ^r
one reaching the age of 16 since then must register with the near- | i
There was much of sincerity in the viewpoint, and
est postmaster. It is also necessary to report changes in address and Ei
there was a degree of justification, too, in all likelihood,
changes
if you become married.
but that justification so far defies measuring. It will
always defy measuring unless an awful day requires our
2.
SPECIAL JAPANESE REGISTRATION
local world to endure destruction compounded on treach
In the summer of 1941 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
ery such as has ravaged Hawaii, the Philippines and
carried out the special registration of all Japanese in Canada. At 0 ^
There is no single overwhelmingly
Malaya.
first voluntary, this registration was made compulsory December
And there is no way to measure, either, the factor of dominant figure in either of the
17, 1941. Registration cards are issued, bearing the photograph
error entering into the judgment that the Japanese here Japanese fighting services. Japan
and finger prints of each person over 1 6, and are of three different
colours, white for Canadian-born, salmon pink for naturalized citi
are a menace; no way of picking an acceptable dividing ese, whether they are soldiers, sail
zens,
and yellow for Japanese nationals.
ors
or
civilians,
always
work
instinc
line between truth in either arguments or conclusions
Head office for Japanese registration is at the R.C.M.P. bar
reached, and the mutterings that represented smugness, tively as a corporate group. Indivi
racks,
4950 Heather Street (at 33rd Avenue, FAirmont 1930),
self-righteousness, political, commercial and self-inter dual dictatorship is not in line with
Vancouver, B.C. Any Japanese resident reaching 16 should imme
est. or simple racial blindness as invidious as that which Japanese tradition.
diately communicate with this office, and loss of registration card
Hitler has invoked.
The Japanese army today is large- I should be reported.
Yet the largest single domestic issue for B.C. hes ly run by a triumvirate, consisting of 3
3.
REGISTRATION OF ENEMY ALIENS
between these two extremes:
Gen. Hideki Tojo, Seishizo Itagaki,
^ Alarmist actions; acceptance of every tissue paper-thin
rumor printed in any newspaper as to dirty dealings by
Japanese landlords, or reports from any source challenging
persons in our midst who have the slightest hint of Japan
ese blood in their veins, even though they have been
Canadians into the first, second or even third generation.
(In that case we would follow extremists,
going further even than Aid. Halford D. Wilson,
with a civic career which rests in some degree
and somewhat surprisingly, upon his opposition
to the Japanese which is ordinarily a matter of
national policy.)
and Hoshizo Nishio; and it is typical
of the Japanese system that Tojo,
although Premier, is probably the
least influential of the three.
Nishio and Itagaki, working from
headquarters
of
the
Kwantung
Army, gradually got command of all
the levers of control and influence in
the Japanese military machine. Tojo
rose along with his sponsors. He be
came Vice-Minsiter of War, head of
the air force, War Minister, and
finally, last October, Premier.
f Shutting our eyes; refusing to be alarmed by what our
enemies, whether Japanese or otherwise, have done else
where in damage to our cause—have been able to do be
I have talked with both Nishio
cause persons such as we are have decided to trust them as and Itagaki—with Nishio in Hsina group because we have found certain individuals among king, where he then held the office
them trustworthy.
of chief of staff of the Kwantung
{Ho matter what treatment some members
of their group merit, for instance, it is clear
that many of the children of Japanese veterans
of the last war. born in Canada, have clearer
ideas than could be offered by many of our
own children as to what should be expected
through democratic procedures.)
■ Beyond these things there is one other way in which
British Columbians might meet their challenge but it
seems almost too simple to deserve mention, yet here
it is:
© Let democratic action have a chance to function; let
national policy rather than individual alarms have the right
of way; let whatever we have to say, whether through Aid.
Wilson, our other constituted-representatives, or even our
private irritations directed at individual Japanese, be direc
ted through the channels we set up in our effort to make
this a democratic country.
If this war is to dwindle to the level of Vancouver
vs. a few Japs (or, lower still, some newspaper here
against some local Japanese) rather than an Allied strug&^e against the Axis, it means surrendering a purpose
big enough to claim all decent men for one which is
at best, a town-pump issue, suited to the village green
NAKANO INSURANCE AGENCY
Agents for
Rooms 3 and 4, 366 Powell Street
Telephone: Marine 7656
Vancouver, B. C.
Army, and with Itagaki at his desk in
the War Ministry in Tokyo. Physi
cally and temperamentally there is
a considerable contrast between
these two.
Nishio is a tall man, for a Japan
ese, muscular and square-jawed,
taciturn an dunsmiling. About all |
could extract from him was a declar
ation of intention to resist any
Soviet aggression against Manchukuo.
Itagaki, who has been closely asso
ciated with him, is short, rotund,
and quite talkative.. When he re
ceived me in the War Ministry he
talked at length about Japanese
plans for developing North China,
about prospects of opening up rail
communication and the alleged cer
tainty of eliminating the Chinese
guerillas.
Whereas Nishio barely
tolerated a journalist from an alien
land, Itagaki conveyed the impresSion
knowing more about the
value of propaganda.
a
I
•
Since the beginning of the war in 1939, German and Italian r
« nr
aliens have been required to report regularly to the “Registrar of
yie!
Enemy Aliens." Since Japan's entry into the war, this also applies
d ur
to Japanese in Canada. Two classes must report:
3
(1). Japanese nationals (those born in Japan and not natur
alized.
(2). Naturalized citizens, who received their naturalization ^ isi
papers after September I, 1922.
Such residents are given until February 7 to register, and to
sign an undertaking guaranteeing their good behaviour. Certain S'"'
instructions are issued to them when they register. Registrars of 0 Or
enemy aliens are placed in many centres of the country, and if in §gi
doubt where you should register, ask your nearest B.C. (Provincial) S>y'
Police post (not your neighbour). You may inquire by mail to the
Registrar of Enemy Aliens, 4950 Heather St., Vancouver, B. C.
(Note: Certain complications arise in the case of married
lif
women. Women married to citizens naturalized before 1922 need
not register; but officers in different centres may interpret the 1927 Sro1
Naturalization act differently, and it is best to inquire from the local I c
fear
registrar what policy is being followed in your centre.)
%
4.
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY REGULATIONS
Under the Consolidated Regulations respecting trading with
the enemy, traderelations with any person living in Japan, Japan
ese-controlled or occupied territory is forbidden.
It is also necessary to report any property owned by any such
person to the Custodian of Enemy Property, c/o P. S. Ross & Sons, ^ 2,1
Royal Bank Building, 675 West Hastings St., Vancouver.
These regulations also apply to any property, assets, or busi ^00
ness dealing with any persons who are held by the Government ^ fde
under the defence of Canada regulations. That is, those residents
•v now held in custody at the Immigration building in Vancouver.
Id we
Business dealings with such residents, their firms, or their businesses
must be approved by the Custodian.
0 5.
NO OFFICIAL ORDERS
No official orders have been issued banning public gatherings,
but use your common sense. There are no orders confiscating
sf ,L
cameras or short wave radio receivers, or requiring that radio aerials i'ce
be destroyed. No official orders preventing travel, except to re 0 tot;
I 01
stricted areas, and except those issued by the Registrar of enemy
aliens to those who must report periodically.
Generally, it is wise to confirm any information with the proper
authorities, usually the police themselves. There need be no hesi- ^ere
tation in asking them; they will be glad to tell you everything fe oul<
)^( ncessary under the law.
^irOL
^c^^aaggjETaei^^
ne
;ros
was several times Minister of the ally regarded as a moderate in Tokyo, id
Perhaps the most forceful per Navy and was Premier for a Jew Shanghai in 1932. He was gener- Th
sociality in the Navy, and certainly months in 1940. Yonai was anxious Until there is specific evidence to^l
a champion of all-out war in the to avoid a clash with the Western the contrary, it may be considered Hir
Pacific, is Admiral Nobumasu SuetAdmiral Isouku Yamamoto, who possible that Nomura was ignorant wT
'-U9U- _ s ^0™"'an^er °‘
was apparently in charge of the of the details of the treacherous^
submarine flotilla he reduced the u ।
R
। u l
,
,
“or
j x
j
, attack on Pearl Harbour, is more stroke that was beinq planned ’
time required for the undersea craft
to disapoear beneath the surface S f'C’enf aS a. navaJ tactlcian than as agannst Pearl Harbour. His mission }jj ,
doubtless was saddened by his con- ayoi
from i 3 $ minutes to 45 or 50 a political thinker.
Japan's last Ambassador at Wash- sciousness of the gulf between the opk
seconds.
other
pole
from
Suetsuqu
in
9t°n,
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, two countries, which, I think, he d t<
At the
in views was Admiral Mitsumasa ' sa retired naval officer who was sincerely, although vainly, tried to ^
Yonai, a tall genial naval officer who severely wounded in the fighting at bridge.
THE NEW CANADIAN
§ew Canadian ^
396 Powell Street
PAcific 8431
Vancouver,, B. C.
pu-,
an
and tor s
am
to th
welfare as citizens of Canada.
Published tri-weekiy at the Taiyo Printing Company
40c month; 6 mos: $2.25 in advance; One year: $4.00 in advance.
The Japanese In B. C.
EDITORIAL EROM THE NEWS-HERALD
JANUARY 5, 1942
Japan's Military
Ho you know these?
Leaders
By William Henry Chamberlin
{Hoped newspaper corresponden
and author of ''Japan over Asia”
writing in the Christian Science
Monitor).
y^OM I NATION of Japan's gov
ernment by the leaders of the
Army and Navy has now reached its
climax. The generals and admirals
have the last word on practically
every phase of national activity.
There were seven army and navy
officers out of the thirteen members
of Prince Fumimaro Konoye's last
cabinet and the military predomin
ance in the present government
headed by Gen. Hideki Tojo is even
greater.
Regulations to be Observed
Inquiries to this newspaper have shown that many people are
still confused and unaware of just what laws and regulations have
been issued because of the war. The following summary, made as
A clear as possible, is therefore published to try to make things
straight. Certain things must be done; others are merely up to the
H common sense of the people.
ik
Even before war came to the Pacific—even before
NATIONAL REGISTRATION
incriminating phrases like “Fifth Columnists” were in
In August, 1940, the first national registration was carried
vented—Vancouver had been persuaded to look upon the
out, in which every person in Canada over sixteen years was issued ^f
Japanese resident here as a menace.
a white registration card. This registration is compulsory, and any- ^r
one reaching the age of 16 since then must register with the near- | i
There was much of sincerity in the viewpoint, and
est postmaster. It is also necessary to report changes in address and Ei
there was a degree of justification, too, in all likelihood,
changes
if you become married.
but that justification so far defies measuring. It will
always defy measuring unless an awful day requires our
2.
SPECIAL JAPANESE REGISTRATION
local world to endure destruction compounded on treach
In the summer of 1941 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
ery such as has ravaged Hawaii, the Philippines and
carried out the special registration of all Japanese in Canada. At 0 ^
There is no single overwhelmingly
Malaya.
first voluntary, this registration was made compulsory December
And there is no way to measure, either, the factor of dominant figure in either of the
17, 1941. Registration cards are issued, bearing the photograph
error entering into the judgment that the Japanese here Japanese fighting services. Japan
and finger prints of each person over 1 6, and are of three different
colours, white for Canadian-born, salmon pink for naturalized citi
are a menace; no way of picking an acceptable dividing ese, whether they are soldiers, sail
zens,
and yellow for Japanese nationals.
ors
or
civilians,
always
work
instinc
line between truth in either arguments or conclusions
Head office for Japanese registration is at the R.C.M.P. bar
reached, and the mutterings that represented smugness, tively as a corporate group. Indivi
racks,
4950 Heather Street (at 33rd Avenue, FAirmont 1930),
self-righteousness, political, commercial and self-inter dual dictatorship is not in line with
Vancouver, B.C. Any Japanese resident reaching 16 should imme
est. or simple racial blindness as invidious as that which Japanese tradition.
diately communicate with this office, and loss of registration card
Hitler has invoked.
The Japanese army today is large- I should be reported.
Yet the largest single domestic issue for B.C. hes ly run by a triumvirate, consisting of 3
3.
REGISTRATION OF ENEMY ALIENS
between these two extremes:
Gen. Hideki Tojo, Seishizo Itagaki,
^ Alarmist actions; acceptance of every tissue paper-thin
rumor printed in any newspaper as to dirty dealings by
Japanese landlords, or reports from any source challenging
persons in our midst who have the slightest hint of Japan
ese blood in their veins, even though they have been
Canadians into the first, second or even third generation.
(In that case we would follow extremists,
going further even than Aid. Halford D. Wilson,
with a civic career which rests in some degree
and somewhat surprisingly, upon his opposition
to the Japanese which is ordinarily a matter of
national policy.)
and Hoshizo Nishio; and it is typical
of the Japanese system that Tojo,
although Premier, is probably the
least influential of the three.
Nishio and Itagaki, working from
headquarters
of
the
Kwantung
Army, gradually got command of all
the levers of control and influence in
the Japanese military machine. Tojo
rose along with his sponsors. He be
came Vice-Minsiter of War, head of
the air force, War Minister, and
finally, last October, Premier.
f Shutting our eyes; refusing to be alarmed by what our
enemies, whether Japanese or otherwise, have done else
where in damage to our cause—have been able to do be
I have talked with both Nishio
cause persons such as we are have decided to trust them as and Itagaki—with Nishio in Hsina group because we have found certain individuals among king, where he then held the office
them trustworthy.
of chief of staff of the Kwantung
{Ho matter what treatment some members
of their group merit, for instance, it is clear
that many of the children of Japanese veterans
of the last war. born in Canada, have clearer
ideas than could be offered by many of our
own children as to what should be expected
through democratic procedures.)
■ Beyond these things there is one other way in which
British Columbians might meet their challenge but it
seems almost too simple to deserve mention, yet here
it is:
© Let democratic action have a chance to function; let
national policy rather than individual alarms have the right
of way; let whatever we have to say, whether through Aid.
Wilson, our other constituted-representatives, or even our
private irritations directed at individual Japanese, be direc
ted through the channels we set up in our effort to make
this a democratic country.
If this war is to dwindle to the level of Vancouver
vs. a few Japs (or, lower still, some newspaper here
against some local Japanese) rather than an Allied strug&^e against the Axis, it means surrendering a purpose
big enough to claim all decent men for one which is
at best, a town-pump issue, suited to the village green
NAKANO INSURANCE AGENCY
Agents for
Rooms 3 and 4, 366 Powell Street
Telephone: Marine 7656
Vancouver, B. C.
Army, and with Itagaki at his desk in
the War Ministry in Tokyo. Physi
cally and temperamentally there is
a considerable contrast between
these two.
Nishio is a tall man, for a Japan
ese, muscular and square-jawed,
taciturn an dunsmiling. About all |
could extract from him was a declar
ation of intention to resist any
Soviet aggression against Manchukuo.
Itagaki, who has been closely asso
ciated with him, is short, rotund,
and quite talkative.. When he re
ceived me in the War Ministry he
talked at length about Japanese
plans for developing North China,
about prospects of opening up rail
communication and the alleged cer
tainty of eliminating the Chinese
guerillas.
Whereas Nishio barely
tolerated a journalist from an alien
land, Itagaki conveyed the impresSion
knowing more about the
value of propaganda.
a
I
•
Since the beginning of the war in 1939, German and Italian r
« nr
aliens have been required to report regularly to the “Registrar of
yie!
Enemy Aliens." Since Japan's entry into the war, this also applies
d ur
to Japanese in Canada. Two classes must report:
3
(1). Japanese nationals (those born in Japan and not natur
alized.
(2). Naturalized citizens, who received their naturalization ^ isi
papers after September I, 1922.
Such residents are given until February 7 to register, and to
sign an undertaking guaranteeing their good behaviour. Certain S'"'
instructions are issued to them when they register. Registrars of 0 Or
enemy aliens are placed in many centres of the country, and if in §gi
doubt where you should register, ask your nearest B.C. (Provincial) S>y'
Police post (not your neighbour). You may inquire by mail to the
Registrar of Enemy Aliens, 4950 Heather St., Vancouver, B. C.
(Note: Certain complications arise in the case of married
lif
women. Women married to citizens naturalized before 1922 need
not register; but officers in different centres may interpret the 1927 Sro1
Naturalization act differently, and it is best to inquire from the local I c
fear
registrar what policy is being followed in your centre.)
%
4.
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY REGULATIONS
Under the Consolidated Regulations respecting trading with
the enemy, traderelations with any person living in Japan, Japan
ese-controlled or occupied territory is forbidden.
It is also necessary to report any property owned by any such
person to the Custodian of Enemy Property, c/o P. S. Ross & Sons, ^ 2,1
Royal Bank Building, 675 West Hastings St., Vancouver.
These regulations also apply to any property, assets, or busi ^00
ness dealing with any persons who are held by the Government ^ fde
under the defence of Canada regulations. That is, those residents
•v now held in custody at the Immigration building in Vancouver.
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Business dealings with such residents, their firms, or their businesses
must be approved by the Custodian.
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NO OFFICIAL ORDERS
No official orders have been issued banning public gatherings,
but use your common sense. There are no orders confiscating
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cameras or short wave radio receivers, or requiring that radio aerials i'ce
be destroyed. No official orders preventing travel, except to re 0 tot;
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stricted areas, and except those issued by the Registrar of enemy
aliens to those who must report periodically.
Generally, it is wise to confirm any information with the proper
authorities, usually the police themselves. There need be no hesi- ^ere
tation in asking them; they will be glad to tell you everything fe oul<
)^( ncessary under the law.
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was several times Minister of the ally regarded as a moderate in Tokyo, id
Perhaps the most forceful per Navy and was Premier for a Jew Shanghai in 1932. He was gener- Th
sociality in the Navy, and certainly months in 1940. Yonai was anxious Until there is specific evidence to^l
a champion of all-out war in the to avoid a clash with the Western the contrary, it may be considered Hir
Pacific, is Admiral Nobumasu SuetAdmiral Isouku Yamamoto, who possible that Nomura was ignorant wT
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was apparently in charge of the of the details of the treacherous^
submarine flotilla he reduced the u ।
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, attack on Pearl Harbour, is more stroke that was beinq planned ’
time required for the undersea craft
to disapoear beneath the surface S f'C’enf aS a. navaJ tactlcian than as agannst Pearl Harbour. His mission }jj ,
doubtless was saddened by his con- ayoi
from i 3 $ minutes to 45 or 50 a political thinker.
Japan's last Ambassador at Wash- sciousness of the gulf between the opk
seconds.
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Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, two countries, which, I think, he d t<
At the
in views was Admiral Mitsumasa ' sa retired naval officer who was sincerely, although vainly, tried to ^
Yonai, a tall genial naval officer who severely wounded in the fighting at bridge.