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Ancient Anchors Prove Asians Discovered America

A Letter From Montreal

iSAN DIEGO, Calif. —'An ar­
cheologist said he. is: now convinced- that ^.Oriental- sailors "“discoveied”^-the New World more
than\lt000 years before Christo­
pher Columbus.

'
Dr. James R.Moriarty, pro7

fessorc of archeology and history J - The subject jwas'.presented May
at; the Univ, cf San Diego said 20 at a lecture sponsored by the
he believes that the most com- local chapter of the Archeological
pelling ? evidence of early trans­ Institute of America at the? uni?
pacific voyages . is five Oriental versity.>- ,
stone anchors found in the ocean­ - “Investigations of the sites and

floor off''Southern California.
I am reminded of that' retired army- officer-'in /‘The Iceman
Cometh” who ‘reminisces about his wartime exploits whenever his' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinii
bongue is loosened by . alcohol; 7 and when .he ;.gets,<sufficiently
drunk, he takes off • his shirt. to show his^battle : scars. = < <
~
Then there is that -dear ’lady who /always -brings the con­
versation around to her; favourite;:topic,.. — her last operation.
She never gets tired in the; telling, including the details —— gas
pains, and"all.;
;

* .> Or . the -doting -parent - who .can talk of nothing but their
prodigy of'a child. They reach heights of eloquenceand ecstacy over
such ‘major achievements as''the. ‘time when the child is finally
housebrokeri. - ’
.
.
Should we not add to this list of tiresome people, that group of
TORONTO, ONTARIO
FRIDAY; AUGUST 19, 1977
Nisei intellectuals-'whose discussions always conie around to a post­ Vol. 41 — 61 ’
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together and it never fails to happen. It’s enough to make one puke.
Two incidents have’led me -to this discussion of Nisei psychosis.
The first was a casual statement of a Sansei that he doesnt ।
want to get involved with a Nisei •.•discussion group because they eat,
drink, and dream their; wartime_experience.
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The other incident was an outright accusation by a good friend
of mine —' a non-Nisei — that we Nisei are suffering from a collec­
tive psychosis, brought about by our experiences, prior to and. as an
aftermath of. the evacuation.
"'I think there is some /truth in this accusation. I Jhink we are
suffering from something like a collective psychosis.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey from July 28th ; to 31st. Miss
By BILL HOSOKAWA
It is reflected,.! think, in our deep-rooted'feat — that we must
Wende Hirano; of Richmond Hill,

A
Toronto
Sansei
beauty
was
disperse, maintain a low profile, not rock the boat. We prefer not
Some .folks are making quite a
was
chosen
after
to live in a Japanese community; we prefer not to have another chosen as 1st runner-up in the Ontario,
Miss Oriental Pageant held here winner Miss Grace Santos, of to-do about the fact that Earl
Nisei for our next door neighbour.
_
I think it is reflected in bur perverse, subcon scions, conflicting
Pasadena, representing the Philip­ Warren, in- his recently published
wish to blur our-identity, to seek marriage-outside our race, and m
memoirs, expressed regret that he
pines.
s
our excessive sensitivity to that word “Jap.
. Wende will bake over the crown pressed for the evacuation of
I think it is even reflected in the excessive heroism of the
if: Miss iSanltos decides ‘ to' marry Japanese . Americans d u r i n g
famous American Nisei battalion -that incurred such heavy casualties
as planned this month. She will World War II.
in the second, world war while . covering itself with glory. To be
patriotic is one thing; but to feel the need to court danger over andHe does indeed express unserve as a ■•goodwill ambassador
above the call of duty,.'to feel the need to prove something over and
du ring an 8.. nation- trip to th e equivocal remorse in the book
HAKODATE, Hokkaido — A
above the wish to defend one’s country which, incidentally, dis
Far East^this year. Twenty-two (The Memoirs of Chief Justice
..criminated against you?' I think there is a trace of something gold bar weighing 1.1 kilograms
contestants of oriental ancestry Earl Warren, $12.95,',Doubleday).
Pathological involved here.
_
was found " recently near the
from the U.S. and Canada repre- These/-are the precise words from
•Not being a .psychologist, I find the psychosis hard to define or
wreckage
of
the
last
warship
to ninnomt. I only know that it is an ambivalent feeling,
with
'sented 9 / nationalities at .this page 149: :
Tokugawa
_
iSho
=
the
emphasis shifting between positive-negative, love-hate, superior! y“I -have since deeply: regretted
pageant.

gunate sunken near, here more
Miss Korea was chosen for the the removal order and my own
hack to the evacuation, and the Nisei emerges in my than 100 years ago. .
Best Costume, Miss Japan USA testimony advocating it, because
mind as “ heroic figure. Not had at aW. in fact. But J"”^«
The gold bar was 8
centi­
would behave in the same manner if it happened today. And
was picked as Best In Appearr it was not in keeping with our
meters long, 5.2 centimeters wide
an'ce. The. Miss Congeniality title American concept of freedom* and
^iXsei asked me: “If you-realized that your
and 3.7 centimeters thick.
the rights of citizens. .Whenever I
went to Miss Philippines.
trampled on at the time of the evacuation, why d
y
.
.Its worth is estimated at about
thought of the. innocent little
S-S of cooperate 7 Why did you not «, * ~ I
^ .^
In the talent portion, Wende
children who were torn from
my. rights or lock me up? How many of you did actually take (
^ ^^ ^
•I value is another matter, accord- Hirano, performing a lyrical jazz home, school friends, and con­
dance, was runner-up to -Miss
“.^isk .th'at a group of you who did resist did so>i on ing to experts.
genial surroundings, I was con­
Korea, -a violinist for the New
science-stricken. It was wrong to
The gold bar was ’recovered
York Symphony - Orchestra.
react so impulsively, without posi­
salvage the
work to
during
tive evidence of disloyalty, even
sunken warship Kaiyo Maru. off
•though we felt we had a good
the coast of Esachi near here.
they identify themselves
choice .to
motive in the security of our
that they were people who.-had ^-^^ ^ that fact? Or > The ship was built in 1865 in
state. It demonstrates the cruelty
the Netherlands to build up the

become
Canadian
^^en^
^
cuation
different
from
that
of war when fear, get-tough mili­
was it to win special conditions or evacuau u
naval strength of the Tokugawa
tary psychology, propaganda, and
°f ‘Vh^teessed But above questions are valid and I would Shogunate.
racial antagonism' combine with
In the 1868 war with
the
one’s responsibility for public
Government force, the warship
OSAKA —- : Gold, silver and
belonging to a rebel force laid- ceramics have been used in false security to produce such acts.”
$
. *
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*
Straightforward enough. Yet it
anchor off Esashi to waylay the teeth but they are costly and
Let me now shift the focus bo Japan — not for the sake of
all seems to be-a peculiar and
making Comparisons- or to arrive at value judgments, but because I Government soldiers on the run quickly wear out. A group of oral curious statement from the- man
on land.
surgeons at Tokyo University,
"would add to the understanding.
.
, . ,
But it ran aground and sank headed by Dr. Ichiro Yamashita, who went on to become a distin­
There is racial 'discrimination in Japan. I don’t think ’there is
justice
of
the
any country in the world that has no racial discrimination, either about two weeks later. Capt. 42, told a recent conference ‘here guished chief
United 'States Supreme Court.
Enomoto - and his crewvisible
or latent manifestation of racial discrimination in Japan is j Takeake
” ^Xr^table
^^ were said to have reached coral fixed on a gold -core with
polyadhesivesK is better.
^
themassaere of a l^e num^^s the^^’Kanto earth-’ land safply on dinghys carrying
Yamashita has experimented
^^5^ ^ —7is’^.to have been .triggered by a with them weapons, gun powder
Let us back up' a moment to
with four kinds of coral found in lay out the circumstances of
a settlement near Tokyo were on a and precious stones from the ship.
the East China Sea/He said deep which Warren speaks. He was
rampage, committing atrocities and poisoning wells. The Esashi Board of Education,
sea coral is of crystalline com­ attorney general of California in
The Koreans are probably the chief target of racial discrimina­ which is in charge of the warship
position (calcium carbonnate) and
tion in Japan today. But there exists a nuance of other
early 1942. He was charged with
salvage ’ work, was surprised by
very hard structurally tin .com­
tions — against the“buraku-min” (our Issei parents called them
defending the rights of - Califor­
the recovery of the gold bar.
“Et-ta”) against the mixed-blooded legacy of- the American occupa­
parison to gold and found coral
tion forces, against- orphans in general and children of one-parent
The gold bar was put in the does not inflame the gums nor nians and enforcing the laws of
dissolve in acid.
(Continued on Page 4)

THE NEW CANADIAN

Toronto Sansei Second
In Miss Oriental Pageant
Tokugawa Ship
Yields Gold
1.1 Kg. Bar

■■ /.rr/’“ ^^^

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Coral Teeth To
Replace'Gold &

On Earl
Warren's
Memoirs

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Friday,- August -19,J1977

PAGE a

Asians First

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The NewCanadian

Warren

analysis1' of' the anchors now de- records . that ’ established / that the! state.' He bhose/ /instead,- to tion of Japanese Americans on a : . Second ClaMmailNo., 00366
demand ' that/the civil rights of * racial basis, tarid-that precedent
'
nionstrate their origin and some ■ Chinese ~ and - ■ Japanese mariner s
. AmemberoYE^
Press
Association' of Ontario reasonable estimate' of their age/” riiade abdeasb 27? “accidentalKvby^ Japanese Americans be violated still stands more than three
aridCanadaFederation
he said in an interview. ‘‘.They ages”' toNorthAmerican" shores and .'thaMhe laws pertaining to decadss later. Warren chose -to
ignore'
these
facts
jin
his
book.-He
J are approximately- 1,500'to ^,000 withirT historical times up -to 1919.- those rights be suspended where
T. UMEZUKI PUBLISHER
- K.C/TSUMURA
chose, instead,' to devote one
years old.”r
“All of'the vessels were -junk­ the 'Jap an ese~ American -minority
1 . English: Section Editor
paragraph: ■ of his book ; telling
'
One of -. the doughhut shaped like ships and boats not much wasconcerned^
- :
-KEN MORI
about how/his- conscience hurt him
In. taking the position- that
anchors was dredged up from - a different or less seaworthy than
- ; -Japanese Section Editor
Oriental
vessels,” . he Warren did in '1942,‘ he became in­ when - he rememb ered. that, - he-; had
, c depth i of: over. 1,000 meters off ancient
Published ohevery/Tuesdays
helped ' to • put - innocent ..little
Santa Rosa Island :in 1975.- Mori- noted.' “Itseems' reasonable’ that volved' in some deep philosophical
and .Fridays'
children
behind
the
barbed
wire
of
accidental
.
/
voyages
also
,
.
could
'issues about Constitutional; rights,
arity said the other four anchors
SUBSCRIPTIONin ; prehistoric issues that, he had to wrestle .with American--concentration -camps.
were found . in- shallow /locations, have .-occurred
$15«.00forone year.
It is also peculiar that -Warren
times.” ?' r
which he refused to identify.:

; |-in - later_y^
Supreme Court
... $9.00 for .Six’Months
devotes
^several
pages
(about
the.
' Moriarity -counts .as additional justice. The decisions at which he
479 Queen Street West, •
“The sites are; still under in­
arrived while on .the Court did same amount of space- that- he
evidence
the.
discovery
of
broken
. Toronto,. Ont. M5V 2A9
vestigation and we ■ don’t want
gave the .entire subject Japanese
much
to
force
Americans
to
recog
­
pottery
in"
Peru,
whichalthough
PHONE 366-5005
them plundered by: a 'bunch of
Americar.s) about the. role^he;had
divers,” he explained. “You can it was ' American -made; bears nize the rights of . all - minorities,
played -in chasing the prostitutes
particularly the Blacks.
say they are in the Lbs Angeles-. striking’ resemblance^ M
out of towns near California mili­
year-old Jomon pottery of Japan:
Santa Barbara area.”
Yet -^- and this is 'the' curious tary camps. Thus, he indicates, he
Legend of “Fu-Sang
Moriarity said the anchors have
part—^Warren in his book makes helped reduce the venereaL dis­
been under intensive study for
; .Moriarity said that While/ some no. mention’ of the specific legal ease ' rate among the. troops and
■ "over a year; and, although -they scientists still question -the evid­ •rights that were violated by the' contributed to the national de—
SIX room; house, for rent. Dan­
have not 'been specifically '- dated ence for traris-Pacific prehistoric evacuation.-He ignores the issues
Were
these
episodes
of
forth
& ^ CoxwelL~ area.
$359
fense.
by chemical, techniques, a com­ voyages; a growing number : of that were .raised by ' the Yasui
monthly. Phone Tosh Iwai, 757equal importance in his life ?
parison with Chinese-records ; and investigators are -x accepting - the arid Hirabayashi law suits that
5184'(Toronto).'

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materials has erased doubts about, theory. '
-.
... - challenged' the - military’s -selec­
their origin and antiquity.
- It >s a notable footnote,to hisHe said the more recent ?dis- tive curfew order against civilians
Auth or writing Evacuation His­
• “We can now- say that these coveries, such as • the an ch orS; pro­ hh th e - ab s enc e of martial law, and tory that Earl Warren,''after,, all tory seeks' .diaries/ letters and
stone anchors originated on the vide a- possible explanation.;.for. the Korematsu and Endo cases these years of silence, finally got personal - exp erienees from . the
Asian mainland,” 'he ; said.
- _ the Chinese -' “Legend of Fu- that challenged the legality of the around to admitting he was wrong period 1941 to 1950. Anonymity
evacuation and continued incar­ in 1942. But it is only an awk­ guaranteed . if desired. Please
Moriarity said much of the re­ sang,” written by. a Buddhist
write Ann Sunahara,. 318 - 155
ceration.
' monk
in
600
A.D.
The
legend
de
­
ward, mawkish admission when Royal Road, Edmonton, Alta. T6J
search verifying the ■ authentic
scribes
the
discovery
by
Chinese
character of the anchors was done
|
The Supreme ■ Court, ' before he could have made it so much 2E7.
by Larry Pearson of Los Angeles, mariners of what they called the । Warren joined it, heard- some of more. It is- a sorry performance,
“Diety Islands,” a land of strange
an underwater archeologist.
these cases. The Court upheld the totally unworthy of an American
herbs, -fruits, woods and people.
contention that the military was who contributed so much to the
Moriarity also cited a recent
'— San Diego Union, justified in ordering the evacua- progress of his country.
study of West Coast historical


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vault of a 'hank said to be the
safest in the town.
- The Kaiyo Maru salvage work
began in earnest -in June 1975.
About €,000 articles such as cannons, Japanese^swords, shells, and
tableware have so -far been re­
covered.
But this .is the first time that a
gold.bar. has .been found.
Since there is' a. possibility that
more gold bars, would be found,
town officials are -concerned that
the finding might trigger a
treasure hunt.
TAKE NO HANA GA ORAGA YOMO.
The gold bar was /found only
four to five meters from a pier of

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to begin or to continue’your education, and to enlarge your knowl­
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available in the City-of Toronto.
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In each of the libraries there are books for all —-whatever your
occupation or interest, whether you want to read for. pleasure or
information, profit, or simple curiosity. Some of our staff members
speak many languages and are experts in various’ subjects.-They are
ready and willing to help you.
The largest stock of books in the Japanese language can be
found at Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd., in the
Yorige-Engliton area. Through an interloan system we have access
■toany Japanese books 'which are at the .Metropolitan Languages
Centre or in libraries anywhere in the Metropolitan area. These can
be requested by you at your neighbourhood library, not only at
Northern District.
._
-Jf interest in Japanese books grows, our collections can be
! expanded. Besides the_adult books, which are a good mixture of con­
temporary -fiction and popular biographies, travel, history, cook­
books, etc., we have anattractive selection of children’s books (fairy
tales, picture books) which were.-donated to the Library .mainly by
the Japanese Government. - <
The Library also has Japanese musical records, tapes and some
records to learn Japanese.4
.
Other services such as films, talking books, shut-in service
are available to everyone, and a monthly list of community pro­
gramming can be picked up at any library. Why not explore your
neighbourhood (library in uae City of Toronto for a whole world
of information. — TPL.

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The following article about early/Japanese pioneers in’Canada, immigrants -in Vancouverincreasis a translation from a series of recollections in ?a book edited (by ed so did the nurnrier of children.
Jinshiro Nakayama, “CANADA DOBO HATTEN TAIKAN”, pub- We; that'is myself, Chiyoshichi
lishedin 1922. The translators were Hanako Sato and Tsutae Sato
of Vancouver, Sumi Nogami,* Dri i Yuki /Nogami,; Mitsii Moriyama, Uchida, Kbsaburo Tanaka/ Waichi
and Tom Yoshida of /Hamilton and: WakikoHarukiof Waterloo.[Roy Kanemura decided to start .a

Ito acted as editor and co—ordinator/ Assistance for the project was schodl.
-^iven by the National Japanese* Canadian Citizens’ Association.
/ "> ^Originally I wanted to move to
‘; iKusa
koromo can .be translated as ^ “^
the .Seattle rather' than remain ‘ in
’grass.” • " ' - '
Vancouver. Because of family
reasonsistayed in Ganada. When.
I was a sailor^ I had 'been /to
Seattle several times. Seattle then
I well. I purchased the store from was ' just- a harbour;. rather de­
By WASHIJI OYA
;him and I. have been / running it serted compared, to Vancouver.
I used to be. a sailor. Seven or
But -now Seattle has developed
ever since.
.
.
" eight - years'before coming to Van­
The-w ages for labourers at.that into a larger and more prosperous
couver I travelled to' Shanghai,
7
time was $1.00 to $1.35 per day city than Vancouver;
Hong’ Kong and New York.
Mr. 'Furuya arid Mr. Ban are
with meals. The only place that
When I arrived in Victoria and
really, looked like a store was ..the doing well in Seattle. I think that
Vancouver, I could see ..that
if I had gone to Seattle I could'
one' operated by John Taylor. ■
British. Columbia was : a good
■have been- more successful <as a
.Koyakura began importing, toys”
place to stay. I "came to Van­
business man. I think that it is
from Japan. - It was' such -a
couver f rom Yokohama with my
very .important to-.choose a good •
promising
venture that consul
wife in 1887. I was the only marlocation -when starting a business/
Sugimura
made
arrangements
to
ried man .amorig the Japanese.
I am riow an old man. I go to
incorporate
the
business
into
a
In 1888 /Asajiro Ishida of Izu.
church .: every day._/ I never- 5 miss
company
wifli?
Jiiv
as
a
partner.
got a wife from Japan and a baby
visiting /.the cemetery even on
was born to them. Mr. Ishida wa? Shares were tissued- at. $10 each rainy and windy days. When I go
the second married man. He saved arid a store opened _on Cordova: to the cemetery, I never take the
Street. Unfortunately the store
a little money and returned to
street car;- I always walk. When
was hit by a fi^e: and' the stock
Japan in 1896.
I am home I help in the store if I

h
ad
to
be.
sold
at
reduced
prices
Vancouver was a very . lonelyam needed, mother than that I
but
everything
seemed
to
.
have
place. There were no houses.
have plenty of leisure time; I
been all right eventually. Before
Some '150’ bunkhouses were builthave nothing to worry about/ My
around jthe C.P.R. and around the fire, Shinkichi Tamura join­ contact witiKthe world is steadily
where the sugar - refinery is now ed the company and the business diminishing and I seldom meet
located. Men of different nation­ later became Tamura Sho ten. my old friends.

> 4 *
In
1897
Prince
Arisuga-noalities . lived there.- Kiryu and
Canada Dobo Hatten Taikan,
miya
-passed
through
;
Vancouver
~, Morishima and four or five others
Section 3, Pages 165 to Page
had bunkhouses 60 feet by 12 feet on his' way: to Great Britain.
167. ' . .
Arrangements
were
made
by
the
. which accommodated 20 to' 30
leading
Japanese * citizens -^
■ men. .
.
"There was a man called Takeji-' Nakazo Hamamura, Shinkichi Ta­
san. His real name was Takezo; mura, -Torasaburo Tanaka, Kat-?
,
AND ASSOCIATES
“He. was able to get employment suzo Is h i k a w a / Chiyoshichi
CHARTERED
Ucihida, Tsunekichi Kato, Toyo- j
for Japanese at Hastings Mill.
ACCOUNTANTS ;
Mr/ Alexander of Hastings Mill kichi Matoba, Tsuneishi—- for the/
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the ^fishing
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Japanese workers. Now, there are grounds rear. Steveston.
many Japanese working in many, _ On the way to Steveston ..a
different sawmills.— It was. men strong wind came up and .many
like Mr. Alexander who gave people in the boat became - ill.
In Toronto’s: West End
Japanese workers the opportunity ; Tsunekichi Kato became seasick
for employment and we should be. and the Prince offered him a cup
of water./ Kato recalls this in­
grateful to them.
; Chuta Doyabu of Shiga-ken cident many times.
As the number of Japanese
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