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Japan and the California Problem

Japan and the California Problem

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY 3

CHAPTER II

JAPANESE TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE 9

Emotional Nature--Æsthetic Temperament--Group Consciousness--
Adaptable Disposition--Spirit of Proletarian Chivalry--
Philosophy of Life--New Turn in Thought.

CHAPTER III

JAPAN'S ASIATIC POLICY 33

Korean Situation--Policy of Self-Preservation--Shantung
Settlement--Coöperation with China--Understanding with
America--Japan's Proper Sphere of Activity.

CHAPTER IV

BACKGROUND OF JAPANESE EMIGRATION 50

Causes of Emigration and Immigration--Japan's Land Area--
Agriculture--Population--Industry--Social Factors.

CHAPTER V

ATTEMPTS AT EMIGRATION: RESULTS 64

Australia--Canada--South America--The United States--Results.

CHAPTER VI

CAUSES OF ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATION 75

Modern Civilization--Various Attitudes Towards Japanese--
Psychological Nature of the Cause--Chinese Agitation
Inherited--Local Polities--"Yellow Peril"--Propaganda--
Racial Difference--Japanese Nationality--Modern Nationalism--
Congestion in California--Fear and Envy Incited by Japanese
Progress--Summary.

CHAPTER VII

FACTS ABOUT THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA--POPULATION AND BIRTH
RATE 90

Number of Japanese in California--Immigration--"Gentlemen's
Agreement"--Smuggling--Birth Rate--What we May Expect in the
Future.

CHAPTER VIII

FACTS ABOUT THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA--FARMERS AND ALIEN LAND
LAWS 120

History of Japanese Agriculture in California--Causes of
Progress--Japanese Farm Labor--Japanese Farmers--Anti-Alien
Land Laws--Land Laws of Japan--Effect of the Initiative Bill.

CHAPTER IX

ASSIMILATION 148

Nationalism and Assimilation--Meaning of "Assimilation"--
Biological Assimilation--Is Assimilation without Intermarriage
Possible?--Cultural Assimilation--Assimilability of Japanese
Immigrants--Native-Born Japanese.

CHAPTER X

GENERAL CONCLUSION 178

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A 198

Charts on Comparative Height and Weight of American,
Japanese-American, and Japanese Children.

APPENDIX B 201

Extracts from the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation and
Protocol between Japan and the United States of America,
of February 21, 1911.

APPENDIX C 204

California's Alien Land Law, Approved May 19, 1913.

APPENDIX D 207

Alien Land Law, Adopted November 2, 1920.

APPENDIX E 216

Crops Raised by Japanese and their Acreage.

APPENDIX F 217

Japanese Immigration to the United States.

APPENDIX G 218

Japanese Admitted into Continental United States; Arrivals
and Departures.

APPENDIX H 218

Immigrants and Non-Immigrants.

APPENDIX I 219

Distribution of Japanese and Chinese Population in the
United States.

APPENDIX J 220

Distribution of Japanese in the United States, According
to the Consular Division, as Reported by Foreign Department,
Japan.

APPENDIX K 221

An Abstract of Expatriation Law of Japan.

APPENDIX L 223

A Minute of Hearing at Seattle, Washington, before the
House Sub-Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
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