Preferred Citation: Duus, Masayo Umezawa. The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920. Berkeley, Calif:  University of California Press,  c1999 1999. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft9290090n/


 

Index

A

Aala Park (Honolulu), rallies at, 108 –9, 110 , 122 , 126

Abe, Isoo, 21

Advertiser Publishing Company, 248

AFL. See American Federation of Labor (AFL)

African Americans:

AFL exclusion of, 258 , 271 ;

citizenship of, 303 –4;

as laborers, 261

Aiea Plantation:

evictions from, 85 –86;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

money sent to Japan from, 69 ;

strikebreakers at, 95 –96;

workers' return to, 122 , 126

Akamine, A., 170 –71, 218 –19

Ala Moana (shopping center), 317 –18

Albany Knickerbocker Press (newspaper), 268

Alcara (laborer), 187 , 206 , 213

Alexander, Arthur C., 287

Alien Land Law:

call to amend, 112 ;

debates over, 252 ;

passage of, 136 , 237 ;

revision of, 238 ;

support for, 251 , 259 , 285 ;

U.S.-Japan relations and, 123 –24, 236

American Cane Growers Association, 261

American Emigration Association (Japan), 21

American Factors, Ltd., 248

American Federationist (magazine), 288 –89

American Federation of Labor (AFL):

allegations against, 268 ;

Asian immigration opposed by, 257 –60, 266 , 287 –90;

conventions of, 43 , 237 , 257 , 258 –59;

goals of, 258 ;

Hawaiian problems linked to, 269 –70;

immigration quota bill supported by, 303 , 329 ;

membership in, 23 ;

Oahu strike ignored by, 265 ;

racial discrimination by, 258 , 271 , 288 –89;

support for, 256 ;

WWI support from, 42

Americanization. See assimilation

American Legion:

Asian immigration opposed by, 290 –91;

immigration quota bill supported by, 303 , 329 ;

on Japanese-language press and schools, 88 , 245 , 287 ;

on Japanese strikers, 68 ;

members of, 214 , 249 ;

national meeting of, 274

American Sugar Beet Company, 260

anarchists, 59 , 138 –39, 269

Andrews, Lorrin, 41

Ang Filipinos (newspaper), 48

Anglo-Japanese Alliance, lapse of, 275

Aragaki, I., 166 –68, 346 n16

Aragaki, Yasuki, 143

Arahata, Kanson, 67 –68

Arita, Hachiro[*] , 106

Arizona (ship), 332

arson, allegations of, 186 –87


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Asahi Theater (Honolulu), events at, 49 –50, 95 , 99

Asama (ship), 289

Asano, Hitoshi, 243

Asia:

attitudes toward, 251 ;

immigration law as opportunity to unify, 316 ;

missionaries in, 72

Asian immigration:

under Hawaiian monarchy, 263 –64;

opposition to, 257 –60, 287 , 290 .

See also Chinese immigrants; Japanese immigrants; Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law; Korean immigrants

assassination, 24 –25, 140

assimilation:

encouragement of, 25 , 36 , 41 , 50 –51, 90 , 239 –43, 307 ;

impossibility of, 284 –86;

obstacles to, 245 , 251 , 254 , 295 , 303 –4

Association to Support the Japanese Language Schools Suit, 293

Atherton, Frank C., 242 –43

automobiles, 97 , 178

B

Baba, Hiroshi, 4 , 9 –10

Baba, Tokuji, fig. 4 ;

alibi of, 191 , 213 , 225 ;

appearance of, 142 , 148 , 190 , 346 n26;

background of, 190 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

indictment of, 221 ;

leadership of, 147 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 158 –60, 162 –63;

Miyazawa on role of, 183 ;

postprison life of, 327 ;

testimony of, 190 –92, 221 ;

WWII relocation of, 334

Baku, N., 213

Baldwin, Harry A., 178 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 287

Bank of Hawaii, 248

Banks, James J.:

background of, 141 –42;

court rules set by, 141 , 173 ;

impatience of, 150 , 168 , 180 , 211 , 213 ;

injunction issued by, 293 ;

instructions to jury, 216 –17, 225 ;

on language, 181 , 183 ;

rulings of, 155 –56, 185 , 187 , 190 , 196 , 198 , 224

beet sugar industry, laborers for, 260 –61

B. F. Dillingham Company, 248

Big Five. See Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA); sugar planters

Bishop Trust Company, 247 –48

Board of Immigration (Hawaiian Kingdom), 13 , 14 –15

Board of Public Health, 76

bombs, as impetus for Palmer raids, 59 . See also explosion

Boston Globe (newspaper), 268

Brooks, Francis M.:

Baba questioned by, 191 ;

background of, 179 ;

closing arguments of, 216 ;

Hasegawa questioned by, 179 –80;

Miyazawa questioned by, 181 , 182 –83, 190 ;

objections of, 196 ;

role of, 142

Brown, Arthur M., 142 , 207

Brown, Raymond C., 294

Buddhism:

affiliation with, 144 , 190 ;

Christian feuds with, 37 , 293 ;

as control mechanism, 254 ;

federation support from, 75 ;

rejection of, 242 , 334 ;

schools associated with, 39 .

See also Honganji sect

Buddhist Youth Association, 190

Bureau of Investigation (later FBI). See Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Butler, Jack, 262 , 267 , 287 –88

C

California:

anti-Japanese feelings in, 10 , 112 , 237 –39, 241 , 244 , 254 , 304 ;

Chinese laborers in, 14 ;

immigration law and, 307 , 329 ;

Japanese safety in, 278 , 313 –14;

political refugees in, 22 –23.

See also Alien Land Law

California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H Sugar), 114 , 260

California Japanese Exclusion League, 17 , 237

Camacho, Antone, 85

cartoons, fig. 5 , 67 , 71 , 97

Castle, William R., 110 –11, 328 –29

Castle and Cook (sugar planters), 111

Cathcart, John W.:

background of, 180 ;

cross-examination by, 180 –81;

death of, 195 –96, 227 ;

illness of, 183 ;

language and, 181 ;

role of, 142 , 165

Central Union Church (Honolulu), 144

Chillingworth, Charles F., 230 , 245 , 249 , 261 –62, 274

Chilton, Wilmot, 261 , 265 –68, 270

China:

anti-Japanese agitation in, 322 ;

Japanese occupation of, 72 , 239 , 275 , 316 ;

territorial integrity of, 275 –76;

U.S. and Japanese interests in, 38 –39, 71 .

See also Manchuria

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882):

AFL and, 257 –60;

move to liberalize, 232 –33;

passage of, 14 , 258 ;

reconsideration of, 233 –35, 244 , 256 , 260 , 283 , 291 ;

upheld, 294 –96

Chinese immigrants:

characterization of, 271 ;

encouragement of, 232 –33, 244 , 245 , 249 , 253 –54, 256 , 260 , 284 ;

illegal entrance of, 299 ;

number of, 232 –33;

opposition to, 14 , 232 , 244 –45, 259 , 260 –62, 267 ;

as strikebreakers, 94 ;

voting by, 235 .

See also Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)


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Chobei[*] Ban-zuiin (novel), 104

Christianity:

Buddhist feuds with, 37 , 293 ;

conversion to, 144 , 181 –82, 183 , 207 , 281 –82, 317 ;

emphasis on, 144 , 145 , 242 ;

schools associated with, 39

citizenship:

of African Americans, 303 –4;

dual, 234 , 240 , 273 ;

legal assistance in obtaining, 104 ;

naturalization for, 292 , 339

Colt, LeBaron B., 272 , 303 –4, 306

communism:

fear of, 32 , 43 ;

influence of, 44 –45

Communist party:

crackdown on, 138 –39;

outlawed, 112 ;

raids on offices of, 58 –62

Congressional Committee on Immigration, visit by, 123 –24.

See also House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization; Senate Committee on Immigration and Naturalization

conspiracy trial:

alibis in, 179 –81, 191 , 192 –93, 194 –97, 213 , 225 ;

appeal after, 282 , 297 , 318 , 348 n41;

Aragaki's testimony in, 166 –68;

atmosphere of, 142 –43;

Baba's testimony in, 190 –92;

bail in, 140 ;

closing arguments in, 214 –16;

defendants in, 220 –24, 325 –30;

defense concerns in, 142 , 222 –23;

exhibits in, 166 , 170 –71, 181 , 198 , 218 –19, 345 n6, 346 –47n28;

Goto[*] 's testimony in, 206 –7;

Hamai's testimony in, 166 ;

Hamamoto's testimony in, 195 ;

Hoshino's testimony in, 196 –97;

indictments in, 140 , 141 , 150 –51, 168 , 220 , 268 –69, 281 ;

indifference to, 226 –27;

Inoguchi's testimony in, 192 –93;

Kawamata's testimony in, 204 –6;

Koyama's testimony in, 207 –8;

language difficulties in, 149 –50, 158 , 180 , 181 , 199 –200, 217 –18, 346 –47n28;

legal concerns of, 169 ;

Matsumoto's testimony in, 146 –61;

Miyazawa's testimony in, 181 , 182 –87, 189 –90;

Mizutari's testimony in, 193 –95;

motives for, 268 –69, 318 ;

pistol's role in, 166 –67, 170 , 175 , 198 –99, 222 ;

prosecution concerns in, 142 , 218 –19;

Saito[*] 's testimony in, 168 –73;

Sakamaki's testimony in, 143 –46, 161 ;

Sato[*] 's testimony in, 209 –10;

sentencing in, 226 , 280 –81;

Suzuki's testimony in, 174 –78, 213 –14;

Takizawa's testimony in, 203 –4;

Tsuda's testimony in, 211 –12;

Tsutsumi's testimony in, 197 –99;

verdict in, fig. 6 , 224 –25, 280 .

See also Banks, James J.; explosion; Japanese conspiracy; jury; specific defendants

Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu:

agents for, 7 –8, 143 , 235 ;

allegations against, 111 ;

on Japanese immigrants, 34 ;

Japanese-language schools and, 37 ;

records kept by, 26 , 33 , 196 , 203 –5, 342 n1, 348 n38;

red flag incident and, 68 –69;

on rice riots, 45 ;

statement on strike from, 82 –83;

"Tsutsumi statement" and, 79 –82;

war bonds sales by, 235

consumer goods, price increase in, 114 –15, 132

Cook, James, 13

Cooke, Clarence H., 287

Coolidge, Calvin, 306 , 315

Council of National Defense, 42 , 257

counterfeiting operation, 296

Cuba, sugar from, 114

D

Davies, H., 290

Davis, Charles, 207 –8

Dean, Arthur L., 90 , 92 , 286 –87

Debs, Eugene, 137

Democratic National Convention (1921), 239

DeWitt, Gen. John, 285

Dillingham, Benjamin Franklin (Frank), 246 –47, 249 –50

Dillingham, Louise, 249

Dillingham, Walter Francis:

activities of, 252 , 274 , 283 –84;

AFL and, 257 , 259 –60;

background of, 245 –49, 317 ;

criticism of, 289 ;

death of, 339 ;

family of, 272 , 287 , 338 –39;

House hearings and, 252 –53, 256 , 271 –72;

mainland relations of, 250 ;

military contacts of, 320 –21;

persistence of, 282 –83, 290 –91, 294 –95;

post-WWII business of, 338 ;

on racial balance, 263 ;

relocation opposed by, 333 ;

role of, 230 , 268 , 299 , 332 ;

Senate hearings and, 272 –74, 285 ;

Shidehara's communication with, 276 –77;

strike mediation and, 248 ;

Wright's testimony and, 262 , 267

Dillingham, William P., 272 , 301 –2

disease:

bubonic plague, 246 –47;

leprosy, 298 ;

tuberculosis, 330 , 336 .

See also influenza epidemic

Dole, Sanford (company president), 118

Donlin, John, 290

drug crimes, 296

Dukakis, Michael, 324

dynamite, uses of, 11 , 169 –70, 222 , 269 –70


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E

earthquakes, 23 , 298 , 311

Eckart, Charles F., 2 , 9 –10

Edward VIII (King of England), 108

Eight Eight Fleet (Japan), 276

Eight Mile Camp, 4

Emmons, Lt. Gen. Delos C., 333

Endman, John P., 287

English-language newspapers:

anti-Japanese articles in, 238 , 254 , 268 , 290 ;

on congressional visits, 308 –9;

on conspiracy trial, 173 ;

on explosion, 269 ;

fear of Japanization in, 67 –72;

on Foreign Language School Bill, 291 –92;

on Hawaii Emergency Labor Commission, 286 –87;

on Hawaii's statehood, 74 ;

on Imperial Hotel Incident, 310 ;

Japanese-language schools opposed by, 38 ;

labor organizing and, 52 –53;

on mediation plan, 91 ;

on Palmer raids, 58 –60;

on 77-cent flag parade, 111 ;

on "Tsutsumi statement," 79 –82;

UWH attacked in, 288 .

See also specific newspapers

English Law School (Japan), 102

Espionage Act (1917), 43

eugenics research, immigration and, 300

European immigrants, quota for, 301 –2. See also Italian immigrants; Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law

Ewa Plantation:

evictions from, 85 ;

explosion at, 187 , 281 ;

fire at, 186 ;

laborers at, 147 , 159 , 162 , 173 , 192 –93, 211 , 223 ;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

parade participants from, 109 ;

rally at, 95 ;

stockholders of, 248 ;

strike at, 19 , 63 , 64 ;

strikebreakers at, 95 –96;

strike leaders fired from, 126 ;

union at, 53 , 148 , 222 ;

workers' return to, 122

Exclusion Act (1924), 12

explosion:

context of, 11 –12;

description of, 1 –3, 139 –40, 143 –44, 155 ;

federation implicated in, 147 –51, 154 –57, 159 –61, 165 –66, 171 –73;

mainland newspapers on, 269 ;

meeting following, 9 –10;

motive for, 220 ;

planning of, 151 –54, 157 –58, 162 –63, 172 , 174 –76, 178 ;

preparation of dynamite for, 169 –70, 222 ;

suspects arrested for, 8 –9, 10 ;

timing of, 167 –68.

See also conspiracy trial

F

Fall, Albert B., 294 –95

Farrington, Wallace R.:

background of, 139 ;

on Japanese problem, 294 ;

newspaper of, 267 ;

reports to, 273 , 283 ;

testimony for House hearings, 253 –54, 256 ;

UWH rejected by, 288

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):

on federation, 190 , 192 , 220 –21, 228 –29;

on Hawaii hochi[*] , 292 ;

Japanese arrested by, 333 –35;

on Japanese immigrants, 241 ;

on Matsumura, 164 ;

radical activities tracked by, 26 –28, 62 ;

raids by, 43 , 58 –62, 112 , 269 ;

records of, 342 n1;

on Tsutsumi, 83 –84;

on Yamazaki's arrival, 227 –28.

See also Palmer, A. Mitchell

Federation of Japanese Labor:

aftermath of strike and, 126 –28;

conditions for ending strike and, 125 –26;

criticism of, 97 –101, 107 , 115 , 122 –24, 126 –27, 133 –34, 243 –44;

defense of, 162 ;

dissolution of locals of, 281 ;

divisions in, 210 ;

emergency shelters of, 85 –87, 128 ;

finances of, 60 –61, 97 –100, 127 –29, 157 , 163 , 171 , 192 , 215 , 228 , 340 , 346 n11;

formation of, 49 , 52 ;

goals of, 81 ;

Honolulu Central Labor Union's link to, 267 –68;

implicated in cane fires, 187 ;

implicated in explosion, 147 –51, 154 –57, 159 –61, 165 –66, 171 –73;

Japanese government influence denied by, 69 , 80 –83;

leaders of, fig. 4 , 88 , 97 –98, 140 , 324 –25;

on Matsumura, 164 –65;

mediation plans and, 90 –93, 116 –18;

meeting minutes of, 202 ;

name of, 113 , 132 –33, 346 n9;

offices of, 56 –57;

reports on, 27 –28, 228 –29;

77-cent flag parade of, 108 –11;

stop strike order by, 118 –22;

on strikebreakers, 95 –96;

strike called by, 61 –62, 64 –66;

structure of, 52 –53, 57 , 129 –31;

unity ensured by, 69 –70, 83 , 224 , 235 –36, 255 ;

wage increase demands of, 53 –55, 58 .

See also Hawaii Laborers' Association

Fern, Joseph James (Keo Kimo Pana), 89

Filipino immigrants:

encouragement of, 250 , 261 ;

evictions of, 86 –87;

Japanese distrusted by, 133 ;

number of, 232 , 282 , 288 , 319 ;

occupations of, 337 –38;

as parade participants, 109 ;

as strikebreakers, 94 ;

strike by, 63 –65;

support for, 182 ;

war bonds purchased by, 235

Filipino Labor Union of Hawaii:

cooperation of, 53 ;

divisions in, 48 ;

rally for, 49 ;

strike ended by, 76 –77;

strikes called by, 56 , 62 , 78 , 318 –19;

support


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for, 68 , 113 , 182 ;

wage demands of, 48 , 56 , 133

First Circuit Court (Honolulu), 141 . See also conspiracy trial

Fletcher, Henry P., 273 –74

Ford Motor Company, 51

Foreign Language Press Control Bill, 137 , 287 , 292

Foreign Language School Bill:

context of, 236 ;

furor over, 291 –93, 294 ;

injunction against, 293 ;

passage of, 138 ;

proposal for, 40 –41;

suit against, 292 –95, 324 –25.

See also Japanese-language schools

Frear, Walter F., 51 , 287

Free, Arthur Monroe (representative), 264 –67

Fujii, N., 175 , 178

Fujimoto, Hajime, 180

Fujimura, allegations against, 190

Fujinaka, Violet, 86

Fujioka, G., 8 –9, 10

Fujita, allegations against, 187

Fujitani, Honji, fig. 4 ;

appearance of, 142 ;

associates of, 190 ;

Baba on role of, 191 ;

dispute with Makino, 204 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

indictment of, 140 , 221 , 281 ;

lack of testimony by, 222 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 147 , 149 , 150 , 156 , 162 ;

named on passenger list, 170 , 219 ;

postprison life of, 327 ;

Saito[*] on role of, 169 ;

speeches of, 185

Fukunaga, T., 206

Furukawa, Hajime, 28 –29, 30 –31

Furusho[*] , Shoshichiro[*] , fig. 4 ;

allegations against, 187 –88;

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

arrest of, 188 ;

background of, 188 –89, 222 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

indictment of, 221 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 157 –58;

postprison life of, 327 ;

role of, 168 –69;

Saito on role of, 169 , 171 –72, 188 ;

Suzuki on role of, 174 , 175 , 213 ;

Tsuda on role of, 211 –12

Furuya, Eiichi:

on conditions for ending strike, 125 ;

Japanese government connection denied by, 69 , 96 ;

on mediation plans, 91 , 118 –19, 121 ;

role of, 122 –23, 228 ;

on 77-cent flag parade, 109 , 111 ;

Tsutsumi questioned by, 79 –83

G

Gaiety Theater (Hilo), 49

gannen mono , definition of, 13

Gentlemen's Agreement (1908):

components of, 17 –18, 27 , 278 , 304 ;

as context, 19 ;

criticism of, 289 ;

effects of, 37 ;

revision of, 239 –40

Gompers, Samuel:

Asian immigration opposed by, 257 –58, 259 , 262 , 287 ;

labor conference and, 51 ;

strike intervention by, 49 ;

testimony for House hearings, 261 , 270 –71;

war position for, 42 ;

as worker, 282

Goto[*] , Ichiji, fig. 4 ;

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 56 –57, 207 , 281 ;

evictions and, 86 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

incarceration of, 297 –98, 349 n12;

income of, 206 –7;

indictment of, 140 , 220 ;

instructions from, 148 –49;

mediation plans and, 92 , 124 –25;

postprison life of, 325 –26, 335 ;

role of, 61 , 62 , 65 , 66 , 99 , 190 ;

testimony of, 206 –7, 221

Goto, Shinpei, 50 –51

Grange, immigration quota bill supported by, 303

grape pickers, strike by, 25

Great Britain, arms race and, 274 –76

Great Depression, 328

Great Earthquake (San Francisco), 23

Great Kanto[*] Earthquake (Japan), 298 , 311

Griffiths, Arthur F., 90

H

Haga, Takeshi:

criticism of, 53 ;

federation leaders and, 97 –98;

mediation plan and, 116 –18;

newspaper role of, 103 –4, 107 –8;

speech by, 50 ;

on Tsutsumi, 84

Haleiwa Hotel Company, 247

Halsey, Richard, 298 –99

Hamai, Goichi, 166

Hamamoto, Take, 195

Hamano (Sato[*] 's friend), 209 –10

Hanihara, Masanao:

alleged threat by, 305 –7;

background of, 305 ;

immigration quota bill and, 302 ;

on Imperial Hotel Incident, 310 ;

on U.S.-Japan relations, 328 ;

Washington Conference and, 275 , 279

Hara, Takashi, 275

Harada, T., 190 , 213 , 280

Harding, Warren G.:

appeals to, 226 ;

appointments by, 245 ;

assistance from, 252 , 290 ;

background of, 250 –51, 253 ;

death of, 295 ;

election of, 137 –38, 238 , 285 ;

Hawaiian interests of, 250 –51;

immigration quota and, 301

Hartwig, O. W., 290

Hasegawa, Gensho[*] , 179 –80, 191 –93, 213 –14


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Hattori, Takeshi, 68 –69, 91

Hawaii:

as American, 231 ;

annexation of, 15 –16, 17 , 232 , 234 ;

birthrate in, 37 –38;

business interests in, 247 –48, 285 ;

climate of, 34 , 85 –86;

court expenses paid by, 318 ;

as exception, 274 ;

gender relations in, 205 ;

guns in, 175 ;

illegal immigrants in, 299 ;

Japanese ships welcomed to, 82 , 96 , 236 , 264 , 276 , 289 , 320 ;

labor study commission in, 290 , 291 –92;

legislature in, 41 , 294 –95;

politics in, 72 , 73 , 224 , 283 ;

social structure in, 14 ;

statehood for, 74 , 233 ;

as stepping-stone, 14 , 33 ;

U.S. military exercises in, 320 –21;

WWII changes in, 337 –38.

See also Hilo; Honolulu; sugar industry

Hawaiian Dredging Company, Ltd., 247 , 248 –49, 321 , 338

Hawaiian Hume Concrete Pipe Company, 247

Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 118

Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA):

Chinese immigrants desired by, 232 –33;

defendants' appeal and, 318 ;

on 1920 economy, 134 –36;

evictions by, 76 , 85 –87;

experiment station of, 10 ;

on federation, 70 –71;

on Filipino laborers, 63 ;

Hattori's association with, 68 –69;

immigration law and, 312 –13;

insurance coverage of, 346 n23;

on Japanese conspiracy, 71 –72;

legal suit against, 105 –6;

Makino's paper and, 227 ;

Manlapit targeted by, 319 –20;

members of, 55 ;

negotiations with, 54 , 61 –62, 65 –66, 73 , 90 –93, 119 –25, 233 , 244 ;

opposition to, 74 , 104 ;

political power of, 73 ;

posters distributed by, fig. 5 ;

support for, 51 , 60 , 165 –66, 249 ;

tactics of, 83 –85, 93 –95, 97 , 99 , 108 –9, 114 –15, 129 , 319 ;

UWH attacked by, 288 ;

wage increase demands and, 54 –56, 58 , 65 ;

wages raised by, 131 –33, 156 ;

wages reduced by, 228 –29;

Wright's credibility attacked by, 267 –68.

See also Hawaii Emergency Labor Commission; sugar planters

Hawaii Central Labor Council, strike support from, 319 . See also Honolulu Central Labor Union

Hawaii choho[*] (newspaper), 165

Hawaii Emergency Labor Commission:

AFL opposition to plan of, 257 –60;

criticism of, 285 –89;

establishment of, 244 –45;

House hearings and, 252 –56, 264 , 333 ;

Japanese-language schools issue and, 294 –95;

members of, 230 , 245 , 249 , 283 , 299 ;

Senate hearings and, 234 –37, 272 –74;

tactics of, 260 , 261 , 266 –68, 283 –84.

See also Dillingham, Walter Francis

Hawaii hochi[*] (newspaper):

on back to work order, 76 –78;

on Baldwin's statement, 287 ;

competition for, 103 ;

on conspiracy trial, 187 , 201 –2, 226 –27, 297 ;

on explosion and arrests, 8 , 140 ;

on federation, 61 , 70 , 101 , 107 –8, 126 –30, 228 ;

finances of, 227 , 292 , 325 ;

on Foreign Language School Bill, 291 –93, 296 , 324 –25;

founding of, 102 ;

on Halsey's suicide, 299 ;

on immigration, 245 , 292 –93, 307 –8;

on Isobe, 129 ;

on Kawamata, 204 –5;

on newspapers' role, 52 ;

popularity of, 106 –7;

president of, 73 ;

reporters for, 97 –98, 325 –26, 335 ;

on 77-cent flag parade, 109 –10;

staff labor union and, 62 ;

on strike, 65 –66, 70 , 125 –26;

on strikebreakers, 94 ;

on strike mediation, 89 , 91 , 116 ;

on traitors to strike, 83 ;

on wage increase, 132 , 133

Hawaii Island Education Research Group, 35 –36

Hawaii jinbutsu hyoron[*] (newspaper), 152

Hawaii Laborers' Association:

government report on, 27 –28;

leaders of, 140 –41;

name of, 113 , 132 –33, 346 n9;

newspaper of, 138 ;

post-trial weakness of, 228 –29;

Shibusawa's meeting with, 279 –80;

stop strike order by, 122 ;

on wage increase, 133 .

See also Federation of Japanese Labor

Hawaii Macadamia Nut Company, 248

Hawaii mainichi shinbun (newspaper), 41 , 53

Hawaii shinpo[*] (newspaper):

on Baba, 191 ;

on Kawamata, 204 –5;

on mediation plan, 91 ;

owner of, 138 ;

red flag incident and, 68 –69;

on 77-cent flag parade, 110 ;

on wage increase, 132

Hawaii Times (newspaper), 334

Hayakawa, Jiro[*] , 140 –41, 279 –80, 288 , 335

Hay Market incident, 269

Haywood, "Big Bill," 42 –43, 138 , 282

Hearst newspapers, as anti-Japanese, 238 , 290 , 313 –14

Heen, William H.:

Aragaki questioned by, 167 ;

Baba questioned by, 191 –92;

background of, 142 ;

Goto[*] questioned by, 206 –7;

Hamamoto questioned by, 195 ;

Hoshino questioned by, 196 –97;


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inability to identify defendants, 167 ;

Inoguchi questioned by, 193 ;

Kawamata questioned by, 205 –6;

Koyama questioned by, 209 ;

Matsumoto questioned by, 146 –49, 155 , 156 , 157 , 160 ;

Miyazawa questioned by, 183 –90;

Mizutari questioned by, 194 ;

opening statement by, 142 ;

praise for, 225 ;

Saito[*] questioned by, 171 –72;

Sakamaki questioned by, 143 –44, 145 , 146 ;

Sato[*] questioned by, 210 ;

Suzuki questioned by, 174 –76, 213 –14;

tactics of, 150 –51;

Takizawa questioned by, 203 –4;

Tsuda questioned by, 211 –13;

Tsutsumi questioned by, 199 –202

Heimin (Common Man, magazine), 44

Heiminsha (organization), 23

Higginbotham, Joseph, 101

High Treason incident, 31 , 68

High Wage Association, 102

hiimin , definition of, 27

Hilo:

hotels in, 150 –56, 166 , 218 –19;

Japanese establishments in, 34 –35;

labor rally in, 49

Hiroshima, immigrants' link to, 335 –36

Hirota, Tokutaro[*] , 296 –97

Hiroyama, T., 190

Hiruya, Magotaro[*] , 317

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 59

Honganji mission, 86 , 89

Honganji sect:

hostility toward, 242 ;

mission priests in, 6 ;

popularity of, 120 ;

school suit and, 324 –25;

temples and schools established by, 37 , 39 , 213 , 293

Honolulu:

buildings burned in, 246 –47;

businesses in, 34 , 102 , 245 –46, 247 , 317 –18;

celebrations in, 57 –58, 88 , 108 , 111 , 303 ;

churches in, 144 , 241 , 242 , 281 , 296 , 307 ;

clubs in, 52 , 98 , 103 , 123 , 284 ;

court in, 141 ;

evicted families in, 86 –87;

hotels in, 141 , 156 ;

immigration office in, 33 , 298 –99;

influences on, 49 ;

media in, 35 ;

prison in, 296 –98, 317 –18;

rallies in, 108 –9, 110 , 122 , 126 ;

schools in, 36 –37;

as stopping point in travel, 50 –51;

the ater in, 49 –50, 95 , 99 .

See also Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu; Kyorakukan[*] hotel/restaurant

Honolulu Advertiser (newspaper):

on anti-Japanese in California, 254 ;

on Chinese immigration, 233 , 250 ;

on conspiracy trial, 152 , 155 , 162 , 173 –75, 184 , 193 , 195 , 196 , 202 , 208 , 212 , 214 , 216 , 225 , 346 n18;

on 1920 economy, 134 ;

on explosion, 139 –40;

on federation leaders, 108 ;

on governors, 74 , 230 ;

on House hearings, 268 ;

on Koyama, 208 ;

on mediation plan, 92 ;

on Palmer raids, 58 , 60 ;

on Pearl Harbor, 249 ;

publisher of, 246 ;

reporters for, 139 ;

on strike, 64 , 67 , 69 , 70 –71, 125 ;

on "Tsutsumi statement," 79 , 264

Honolulu Board of Health, 87

Honolulu Bond and Mortgage Company, 247

Honolulu Central Labor Union:

Chinese immigration opposed by, 259 ;

contributions to, 265 –68;

criticism of, 270 ;

membership of, 261 –62;

Oahu strike ignored by, 265 .

See also Hawaii Central Labor Council

Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, 119 , 249 , 266 , 283 , 329

Honolulu Club, 52

Honolulu Japanese Physicians' Association, 87

Honolulu Plantation Labor Supporters' Association:

evicted families and, 86 ;

formation of, 49 ;

influence of, 75 ;

labor organizing and, 52 –53;

mediation and, 248 ;

meeting of, 49 –51

Honolulu Rapid Transit Company, 248

Honolulu Star Bulletin (newspaper):

on anti-Japanese in California, 254 ;

on conspiracy trial, 158 , 268 ;

on explosion and arrests, 8 , 140 ;

on immigration, 124 ;

on Palmer raids, 60 ;

publisher of, 253 ;

reporters for, 89 , 139 ;

on strike, 67 , 77 , 125 ;

on Wright's credibility, 267

Hoover, Herbert, 260 , 329

Hoover, J. Edgar, 26 , 27 , 59 –60, 110

Hopwood, John, 287

Hori, Teikichi, 281 , 296 –97

Horner, Albert:

background of, 245 ;

on Dillingham, 250 ;

return to Hawaii, 274 ;

role of, 230 , 253 ;

Wright's meeting with, 261 –62

Hoshino, Chuhei[*] , fig. 4 ;

alibi of, 179 –81, 192 –93, 196 –97, 225 ;

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 196 ;

as dangerous, 196 , 348 n38;

on explosion, 155 ;

federation finances and, 128 ;

incarceration of, 297 , 349 n12;

indictment of, 140 , 221 ;

instructions from, 148 –49;

Matsumoto on role of, 156 –57;

Miyazawa on role of, 183 ;

post-prison life of, 321 , 328 ;

Suzuki on role of, 174 –75;

testimony of, 196 –97, 221

Hosoi Funeral Home, 89


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House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization:

AFL and, 257 –60;

conspiracy trial indictments and, 268 –69;

Dillingham's visits to members of, 252 ;

hearings on Hawaii's labor problems, 252 –56, 259 –66, 270 –72, 333 ;

immigration quotas and, 300 –303;

Kuhio's outburst to, 262 –64;

statement distributed to, 230 –32

Houston (cruiser), 331 –32

HSPA. See Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA)

Huber, S. C., 114 –15, 119

Hughes, Charles Evans:

Dillingham's meeting with, 273 –74;

Hanihara's letter to, 305 –6;

immigration quota bill and, 302 , 304 ;

role of, 239 , 295 ;

Washington Conference and, 275 –76, 277 –78, 285

Hyoron[*] no Hyoron (Review of Review), 228

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Iaukea, Curtis:

influenza concerns of, 76 , 85 , 87 ;

on mediation plan, 91 –92, 186 –87;

strike and, 73 –74, 108

ILWU (International Longshoremen Workers' Union), 338

Imamura, Emo[*] , 6 , 164 , 293

immigrants:

differences among, 15 , 19 ;

encouragement of, 5 , 7 .

See also Chinese immigrants; European immigrants; Filipino immigrants; Italian immigrants; Japanese immigrants; Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law; Korean immigrants; Mexican immigrants; Portuguese immigrants

Imperial Hotel (Tokyo), 310 –11

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW):

demise of, 138 ;

description of, 341 n5;

influence of, 48 ;

outlawed, 112 ;

raids against, 43 , 59 –60, 269 ;

role of, 23 –25, 44 , 47 ;

Tsutsumi on, 81 ;

WWI opposed by, 42 –43

influenza epidemic:

Board of Health concerns with, 76 ;

cost of, 96 ;

deaths from, 87 –89;

evictions during, 85 –87;

federation concerns with, 62

Inman, J. M., 237 , 239

Inoguchi, Sajo (Sayo?), 192 –93, 201

Inomata, Tsunao, 44

Inoue, Etsuta, 88 –89, 174 , 177 , 193

Inouye, Daniel, 339

Inter-Island Navigation Company, 34

International Labor Conference (League of Nations), 51 , 60

International Longshoremen Workers' Union (ILWU), 338

International Socialist and Trade Union Congress, 24

Iron Molders' Union (Honolulu), 259 , 260

Irwin, Harry, 75 , 76

Ishida, Chikao:

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

Aragaki on role of, 166 –67;

Hoshino on role of, 197 ;

indictment of, 221 ;

Koyama on role of, 209 ;

lack of testimony by, 221 –22;

Matsumoto on role of, 150 –51, 154 –56;

postprison life of, 326 –27;

WWII relocation of, 334

Ishigaki, Eitaro[*] , 44

Isobe, Hosen[*] :

background of, 120 ;

criticism of, 129 ;

mediation by, 118 –20, 121 , 130 ;

questions about, 126 –27;

role of, 141 , 346 n17;

Waterhouse confronted by, 124 –25

Italian immigrants, hostility to, 139

Iwasa, Sakutaro[*] , 24 , 25

Iwasa, Sueji, 8 –9, 10

Iwasaki, Jirokichi (Jiro[*] ), fig. 1 ;

competition for, 9 ;

concerns of, 255 ;

status of, 5 –6;

work duties of, 16 –17

Iwasaki, Tazuko, 9 , 135 , 255

Iwate (ship), 289

IWW. See Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Izumo (ship), 289

Izumo Taisha shrine, 86

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James, Frank, 224 –25

Japan:

arms race and, 274 –76;

business interests in, 243 ;

declaration of war by, 332 ;

discipline in, 224 , 236 , 255 ;

earthquake in, 298 , 311 ;

education in, 29 –30;

gifts from, 300 ;

Harding's election and, 251 ;

homogeneity of, 218 , 232 , 254 ;

immigrants' return to, 96 , 321 –23;

immigration quota law and, 305 –7, 309 –17;

imperialism of, 16 , 17 , 71 –72, 111 –13, 329 –30;

influenza epidemic in, 87 ;

labor movement in, 51 , 78 –79, 257 –58, 323 , 330 –31;

leftist incidents in, 30 –31;

nationalism of, 20 , 50 , 264 –65, 276 , 289 , 312 –13, 315 –16;

politics in, 22 –23, 330 , 336 –37;

red flag incident in, 67 –68;

rice riots in, 44 –47;

U.S. occupation of, 336 , 337 ;

wages returned to, 15 , 69 ;

in WWI, 38 .

See also U.S.-Japan relations

Japan-America Society (Seattle), 328

Japanese Americans. See nisei

Japanese Association (Honolulu), 49

Japanese Chamber of Commerce (Honolulu), 63 , 103 , 123 , 266


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Japanese conspiracy:

allegations of, 79 , 84 –85, 123 –24, 134 , 234 –36, 255 , 268 , 273 , 284 ;

countermeasures to, 113 , 123 ;

denial of, 73 –75, 259 ;

evidence for, 123 , 277 , 285 , 294 ;

fears of, 67 –72, 90 , 238 , 241 , 253 –56;

motives for, 220 , 243 ;

Pearl Harbor attack and, 332 –33;

planning and, 151 –54;

response to, 230 –32.

See also conspiracy trial

Japanese Contractors' Association, 47

Japanese Educational Association of Hawaii, 39 –40, 41

Japanese Exclusion Act. See Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law

Japanese Federation Strike Investigation Committee, 25

Japanese Fresno Federation of Labor, 25

Japanese Hospital (later Kuwakini Hospital):

influenza epidemic and, 88 , 179 , 180 –81;

Tsutsumi's baptism at, 281 ;

workers at, 148

Japanese immigrants:

annexation's impact on, 17 ;

arrival of, 33 –36;

attacks on, 313 –14;

birthrate and, 234 , 237 –38;

characterization of, 81 , 241 , 270 , 273 ;

conditions for, 15 , 17 –18, 264 ;

context of, 13 –18;

earthquake and, 298 ;

exodus from Hawaii, 231 –32;

families of, 240 , 256 , 326 ;

Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomed by, 331 –32;

goals of, 36 , 136 ;

guides for, 5 , 21 –22, 33 –34;

history on, 340 ;

immigration law and, 307 –9;

Japan's interests in, 123 –24;

legal assistance for, 104 –5;

nationalism of, 75 , 78 ;

naturalization of, 292 , 339 ;

number of, 34 , 233 –34;

opposition to, 17 –18, 20 –21, 24 –25, 71 , 90 , 233 , 258 –59, 264 –65, 289 –90;

as political refugees, 22 –23;

recruitment of, 13 , 14 –15;

rice riots and, 44 –47;

savings of, 135 ;

as strike-breakers, 95 ;

terminology of, 35 ;

U.S. support from, 38 –39;

war bonds purchased by, 235 ;

on Washington Conference agreement, 276 ;

WWII relocation of, 285 , 333 –34.

See also laborers; nisei

Japanese-language newspapers:

on conspiracy trial, 173 ;

on Hawaii Emergency Labor Commission, 285 –86;

immigrant history by, 340 ;

on immigration quota bill, 302 –3, 307 –8, 312 , 315 ;

on Imperial Hotel Incident, 310 –11;

labor organizing and, 52 –53, 254 –55;

opposition to, 88 , 214 ;

red flag incident and, 67 –68;

role of, 41 , 75 ;

Sacco and Vanzetti case in, 324 ;

on strikes, 47 , 83 , 125 .

See also Foreign Language Press Control Bill; specific newspapers

Japanese-language schools:

closure of, 333 ;

curriculum and texts in, 37 , 39 ;

as emergency shelters, 86 –88;

establishment of, 36 –37;

number of, 39 ;

opposition to, 25 , 38 , 88 , 234 –35, 244 , 245 ;

rationale for, 39 –40;

types of, 35 .

See also Foreign Language School Bill; teachers

Japanese Nationality Act, 240

Japanization. See Japanese conspiracy

Jernegan, Prescott F., 286 –87

Jiji shinpo[*] (newspaper), 310 –11, 343 n2

Jinbo, arrest of, 172 , 346 n18

Jodo[*] sect, 39 , 276

Johnson, Albert:

background of, 252 , 300 ;

committee actions of, 264 –66, 270 –71;

death of, 330 ;

Hawaii visit of, 308 –9;

immigration quota bill and, 300 –302, 328 –30;

telegrams for, 259

Johnson, Hiram W., 237 , 238 , 284 –85

Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law:

amendment of, 328 –29;

background of, 300 –307;

enactment of, 306 –7;

Japanese attack linked to, 332 –33;

Japanese immigrants' response to, 307 –9;

Japan's protest of, 309 –17;

overturned by new law, 339

Judd, Albert F., 40 –41

jury:

judge's instructions to, 216 –17, 225 ;

language barriers for, 217 –18;

questions by, 146 , 151 , 217 , 225 ;

election of, 141 , 217

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Kagawa, Toyohiko, 322 –23, 330

Kagoshima Commercial School, 123

Kahuku Plantation:

evictions from, 85 –86;

labor organizers at, 44 , 223 ;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

rally at, 95 ;

strike at, 63 , 95 ;

strikebreakers at, 96 ;

workers return to, 122

Kakumei (Revolution, journal), 24 –25

Kalihi, hospitals for workers in, 128

kamaaina , definition of, 14 . See also sugar planters

Kamada, Eikichi, 60

Kamehameha I (King of Hawaii), 14 , 47

kanaka , definition of, 14

Kanda, Hakusan, 311

Katayama, Sen:

associates of, 21 , 24 ;

background of, 7 ;

death of, 331 ;

defection of, 138 ;

on emigration, 5 , 21 –22;

on Japanese occupation, 112 –13;

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labor movement, 43 –44;

role of, 31 , 181 , 206 , 258 , 330

Kato[*] , Kanju[*] , 330

Kato, Takaaki, 106 , 201 , 310

Kato, Tomosaburo[*] , 275 , 279

Katsunuma (immigration official), 299

Katsura Taro[*] , 68

Kauai Federation of Labor, 79

Kawahara, Masao, 90 , 92 , 115 –16, 118 –19, 248

Kawakami, Hajime, 30

Kawakami, Jotaro[*] , 330

Kawamata, Fumio:

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 204 –5;

indictment of, 140 , 221 , 281 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 148 –49, 155 , 164 ;

postprison life of, 327 ;

Saito[*] on role of, 169 , 171 , 172 ;

Suzuki on role of, 174 , 175 , 213 ;

testimony of, 204 –6, 221

Kazan (Volcano, newspaper), 145 –46, 220 , 243

Keightly, Fred, 290

Kido, Koichi[*] , 30

Kilauea, Mount, xii (map), 3 , 317

Kimura, Torakichi, 99

Kingsley Hall (settlement house), 21

Kitano Hospital (Osaka), 331

Kobayashi, allegations against, 187

Kobayashi Hotel, 159 , 172

Koike, Ryosaku[*] , 205

Kokumin shinbun (newspaper), 310 –11

Kokuryukai[*] (Amur River Society), 310 , 315

Komura, Jutaro[*] , 106 , 305

Kona, sugar refinery at, 255

Kondo[*] , Seigo:

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 158 –59, 222 ;

indictment of, 221 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 155 , 158 , 159 –60, 163 –64;

postprison life of, 327 ;

Saito on role of, 172

Konishi, Shigenao, 30 , 33 , 331

Konno, Tomekichi, 255

Konoe, Fumimaro, 30

Korea:

Japanese control of, 71 –72, 239 , 316 ;

Japanese nationalism in, 314

Korean immigrants, as strikebreakers, 94 , 314

Kosaki, Y., 346 n18

Kotoku[*] , Denjiro[*] (Shusui[*] ), 21 , 23 –25, 141

Koyama, Teru, 208 , 317 –18, 326

Koyama, Tsurunosuke:

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 208 ;

incarceration of, 317 –18;

indictment of, 221 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 150 –51, 154 , 156 ;

postprison life of, 326 ;

role of, 121 –22;

testimony of, 207 –9, 221 –22

Kuhio Kalanianaole:

background of, 263 ;

death of, 283 ;

House hearings and, 262 –64, 272 ;

HSPA communications and, 266 –67;

on Japanese conspiracy, 268

Ku Klux Klan, 43 , 313 –14

Kumazaki, Kumaiichi, 106 , 335

Kumazawa (consulate secretary), 79 , 80 , 82

Kurokawa, Ekan, 29 , 31 , 32 –33, 330 –31

Kurokawa, Eseki, 29 , 31

Kurokawa, Kimiko, 32

Kurokawa, M., 227 –28

Kurokawa, Masano, 28 –29, 32

Kurokawa, Noboru. See Tsutsumi, Noboru

Kurokawa, Reizui, 28 –29, 32

Kurusu, Kazuo, 180 –81

Kurusu, Saburo[*] , 85

Kyorakukan[*] hotel/restaurant:

assault incident at, 157 , 163 , 177 , 182 –83, 188 , 198 –99, 202 , 219 , 223 ;

description of, 61 –62;

doctor's visit to, 179 ;

meetings at, 52 , 171 –72, 174 ;

workers at, 192

Kyoto Imperial University, 28 , 30 –32, 331

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labor contractors:

background of, 188 –89;

duties of, 16 ;

profits of, 135 ;

tax on, 17

laborers:

bango numbers for, 2 ;

children of, 36 –37;

clothing for, 109 ;

conditions for, 4 , 25 , 51 , 54 , 133 , 264 ;

criticism of, 114 –15, 133 –34, 250 ;

House hearings on problems with, 252 –56;

interpreters for, 7 –8, 182 , 184 ;

living expenses of, 54 ;

for navy base, 236 –37;

origins of, 231 –32, 335 –36;

posttrial indifference of, 226 –27;

protests of, 18 ;

reports on, 230 –32, 241 , 290 , 291 –92;

representation of, 43 ;

as strike leaders, 126 ;

support for, 49 –51;

work hours for, 4 .

See also plantations; strikes; wages

labor movement:

as block to Chinese immigration, 257 –60, 266 , 287 –90;

conference on, 51 , 60 ;

as context, 11 –12;

"dynamite" linked to, 11 , 269 –70;

radical elements of, 23 –24;

rice riots' impact on, 44 –47;

WWI's impact on, 42 –44.

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of Japanese Labor; Filipino Labor Union of Hawaii; Honolulu Central Labor Union; Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Labor World (Rodo[*] sekai, newspaper), 21 –22

Lahaina Plantation, strike at, 19

Lake, H. T., 8 , 345 n6

land:

haole ownership of, 14 ;

Hawaiian ownership of, 233 , 263 ;

nisei ownership of, 112 , 237 .

See also Alien Land Law

Lane, Franklin N., 36

Lansing, Robert, 236

Lansing-Ishii Agreement, 38

Laupahoehoe Plantation, laborers at, 209

League of Nations:

Japan and, 277 , 331 ;

labor conferences of, 51 , 60

legal cases:

against Foreign Language School Bill, 292 –95, 324 –25;

Makino v. HPSA , 105 –6.

See also conspiracy trial

Lenin, V. I., 43

Lightfoot, Joseph B., 104 –5, 107 , 117 , 130 , 293

Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii), 73

Lincoln, Abraham, 109 , 110 –11

longshoremen, strike of, 48

Los Angeles Examiner (newspaper), 238 , 254 , 268

lunas (overseers), abusiveness of, 18

Lymar, William B.:

Aragaki questioned by, 167 –68;

background of, 142 ;

closing arguments of, 216 ;

concerns of, 222 –23;

Goto[*] questioned by, 206 ;

instructions from, 205 ;

Matsumoto questioned by, 161 –66;

on Matsumoto's testimony, 149 , 155 –56;

objections of, 189 , 211 , 214 ;

Saito[*] questioned by, 172 –73;

Sakamaki questioned by, 145 –46, 161 ;

Suzuki questioned by, 176 –78;

Tsutsumi questioned by, 197 –99

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Mabuchi, Jutaro[*] , 113

MacArthur, Gen. Arthur, 247

MacCaughley, Vaughan, 287

Makiki Japanese Church (Honolulu), 241 , 242 , 307

Makino, Eijiro[*] , 101

Makino, Jo[*] , 101

Makino, Kin, 101

Makino, Kinzaburo[*] (Fred), fig. 2 ;

background of, 101 –3;

federation and, 97 –98, 100 –101, 107 –8, 227 ;

in first Oahu strike, 73 , 102 ;

on Foreign Language School Bill, 291 –93, 296 , 324 –25;

Fujitani's dispute with, 204 ;

HPSA sued by, 105 –6;

immigration and, 299 , 308 ;

Isobe criticized by, 129 ;

leadership of, 107 ;

legal assistance from, 104 –6;

on Manlapit and HSPA, 76 –77;

Matsumura's relation with, 165 ;

mediation plan of, 116 –18, 130 ;

newspaper of, 91 , 103 –5, 326 ;

77-cent flag parade and, 108 ;

Tsutsumi and, 282 ;

Wright's encounter with, 265 , 267 ;

in WWII, 334 –35

Makino, Michie, 102 , 105

Makino Drug Store (Honolulu), 102

Maloney, Robert S., 252

Manchuria, Japanese occupation of, 329 –30

Manlapit, Pablo:

arrest of, 319 ;

back to work order by, 76 –77, 84 –85;

deportation of, 320 ;

on HSPA wage increase, 132 –33;

incarceration of, 318 , 349 n12;

labor organizing by, 48 –49, 53 ;

new strike call by, 78 ;

Scharrenberg's meeting with, 288 ;

strike vote and, 62 , 63 ;

Thompson's relations with, 76 –78, 219 ;

unity appeal from, 66

marriage:

as adoption into family, 31 –33;

obstacles to, 307 ;

"picture bride," 18 , 37 , 104 , 182 , 237 , 240

Martin, Henry, 2 , 8

Maruyama, Kin'ichiro[*] :

background of, 149 –50;

as interpreter for trial, 157 –58, 168 , 180 , 197 , 200 , 217 –18, 346 –47n28

Massachusetts, explosion in, 1 . See also Sacco, Nicola; Vanzetti, Bartolomeo

Masuda, Seishi, 57 , 61 , 107

Matano Hotel (Hilo), 151 , 153 –56, 166 , 219

Matsonia (ship), 77 –78, 230

Matsui, Keishiro[*] , 302 , 305 , 306

Matsumoto, J. (picket), 211

Matsumoto, Junji (witness):

allegations against, 190 ;

appearance of, 174 ;

Aragaki on role of, 167 –68;

Baba on role of, 191 ;

background of, 161 –62;

confession of, 268 ;

defense and, 161 –66, 176 , 216 ;

employer of, 180 ;

Goto on role of, 206 ;

Hoshino on role of, 196 –97;

Koyama on role of, 209 ;

Miyazawa on role of, 183 ;

name on passenger list, 170 –71;

prosecution and, 215 –16, 218 –20;

Saito on role of, 169 –72;

suicide attempt of, 162 ;

Suzuki on role of, 177 –78;

Takizawa on role of, 203 ;

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Matsumoto, Junji

225 , 275 , 340 ;

Tsutsumi on role of, 198 –99

Matsumoto, Y., 187 , 211

Matsumoto, Z., 187

Matsumura, Tamotsu:

appearance of, 196 ;

background of, 164 ;

employer of, 183 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 164 –66;

Miyazawa on role of, 183 ;

Suzuki on role of, 177 –78

Matsuura, Gyokuei, 129

Maui, longshoremen's strike on, 48

Maui shinbun (newspaper), 57

Maunakea (steamship), 154 , 169 , 170 –71, 188 , 198 , 219

Mauna Loa (volcano), 49

May Day rally (Japan), 113

McCarthy, Charles:

appointments by, 230 , 245 ;

background of, 234 ;

on Japanese characteristics, 75 , 235 ;

on Japanese immigration, 233 –37, 241 ;

Japanese-language schools and, 41 ;

land laws and, 233 ;

mediation plan and, 116 –17, 130 ;

statehood and, 74 , 233 ;

testimony for Senate committee, 234 –37;

Washington trip of, 58 , 73 –74, 107 –8, 283

McClatchy, Virgil S., 284 , 286 , 303 –4, 306 , 308 –9

McDuffie (detective), 160 , 172

Mead, Royal D.:

background of, 72 ;

evictions enforced by, 76 ;

federation contributions and, 99 , 100 ;

negotiations by, 54 , 65 , 73 , 244 ;

successor of, 119 , 262 ;

testimony for House hearings, 252 –53, 254 –55;

on workers, 282

Mexican immigrants, in beet sugar industry, 261

Min (Queen of Korea), 120

miners, strike of, 49

missionaries:

in Asia, 72 ;

in Hawaii, 13 , 72 , 231 ;

Japanese Christians as, 181 –82.

See also Honganji mission

Mission Centennial Celebration, 108 , 111 , 142

Miyake (laborer), 160 , 187

Miyamura, Kaichi:

Koyama on role of, 209 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 150 –54, 156 –57, 160 , 223 –24;

prosecution on role of, 215 –16;

return to Japan, 148 , 223 –24;

Saito[*] on role of, 169 , 172 , 223 –24

Miyasaki, Seiichi, 85 , 343 n17

Miyazaki, Ryusuke[*] , 330

Miyazawa, Hiroshi, fig. 4 ;

allegations against, 99 ;

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

appointment for, 57 ;

background of, 181 –82, 183 –84, 281 ;

evictions and, 86 –87;

on explosion, 155 ;

income of, 201 ;

indictment of, 140 , 220 , 221 ;

instructions from, 148 –49;

mediation plan and, 92 ;

postprison life of, 326 , 335 –36;

prosecution on role of, 215 ;

Saito on role of, 171 ;

strike vote and, 62 , 64 –66;

testimony of, 181 , 182 –87, 189 –90, 221 ;

Tsutsumi on role of, 198 –99

Mizuno, Yoshimi, 105 , 335

Mizutani, Chozaburo[*] , 330 , 336

Mizutari, Yasuyuki, fig. 4 ;

background of, 193 ;

Hamamoto on role of, 195 ;

testimony of, 193 –95, 198 , 225

Moana Hotel (Honolulu), 141

Mochizuki Club (Honolulu), 98 , 123

Mokuleia Ranch and Land Company, 247

Molokai island, leprosy cases sent to, 298

Moore, Fred, 138 –39

Moori, Iga, 90 , 92 , 115 , 119 , 248 , 280

Morgan, J. P., 59

Mori, Ritsuko, 311

Morikawa, M., 178

Morita, Sakae, 113

Moroi, Rokuro[*] , 35 , 40 , 68 , 79 , 233

Morris, Roland, 239 –41, 251 , 257 , 278

Murakami, Tsunehiko:

appearance of, 142 ;

lack of testimony by, 222 –23;

Matsumoto on role of, 150 –54, 159 –60, 168 ;

postprison life of, 325 –26;

prosecution on role of, 215 –16, 218 –19;

Saito on role of, 169 –70, 172 ;

Suzuki on role of, 176 , 213

Muto[*] , Sanji, 60

Mutsuhito (Emperor of Japan), 22

Myojo[*] (periodical), 276

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Naalehu Plantation, merchant at, 101

Nagai, Ryutaro[*] , 310

Nakabayashi, Kiyofumi, 79 , 80 , 281

Nakahashi, Tokugoro[*] , 113

Nakano, Seigo[*] , 50

Nakazawa, Hayaji, 187 –88, 203 , 211 –12

Naniwa (ship), 82

National General Mobilization Law (Japan), 331

National Masses party (Japan), 330

Native Sons of the Golden West, 303

Negoro, Motoyuki, 102 , 108

newspapers. See English-language newspapers; Japanese-language newspapers; specific newspapers

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Nine-Party Treaty. See Washington Conference, treaty from

Nippu jiji (newspaper):

on Baba, 346 n26;

on Baldwin's statement, 286 , 287 ;

on Chinese labor, 292 –93;

closed in WWII, 334 ;

competition for, 103 ;

on conspiracy defendants, 297 ;

editor of, 73 , 102 –3, 320 ;

on explosion, 197 ;

on Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit, 332 ;

Foreign Language School Bill and, 293 , 296 , 324 ;

on military exercises, 320 ;

popularity of, 106 –7;

reporters for, 57 , 326 ;

on 77-cent flag parade, 110 ;

on strike, 65 , 89 , 91 , 116 , 125 –26;

subscriptions for, 147 , 162 , 222 ;

on wage increase, 132 ;

on Washington Conference, 275

nisei:

allegations against, 252 –53;

Americanization and, 242 –43;

appeal to, 286 –87;

definition of, 35 ;

dual citizenship for, 234 , 240 , 273 ;

on federation support, 135 ;

hostility to, 284 , 285 ;

land ownership by, 112 , 237 ;

military service of, 339 ;

occupations of, 337 ;

political concerns of, 320 , 339 ;

voting and, 72 , 235 ;

WWII relocation of, 285 , 333 –34

Nishida, Kitaro[*] , 30

Nishimura, Sam, 78

Nishio, Suehiro, 336

Noguchi (clerk), 173

Nuuanu Union Church (Honolulu), 281 , 296

O

Oahu, restaurant in, 95 , 99 , 175

Oahu Ice and Cold Storage Company, 285

Oahu Island strike (first) (1909):

context of, 19 –22, 25 ;

failure of, 25 , 44 ;

leaders of, 73 , 102 –3;

legacy of, 52

Oahu Island strike (second) (1920):

acting governor's statement on, 73 –75;

aftermath of, 122 –31, 240 –41, 339 –40;

beginning of, 65 –66;

Chinese immigration and, 233 ;

conditions for ending, 124 –25;

congressional hearings and, 252 –53, 264 , 270 , 272 –73;

context of, 11 –12, 51 –52, 67 –69, 93 –94, 112 –14;

criticism of, 70 –72, 114 –15;

divisions in, 76 –78;

Filipinos' role in, 47 –49, 56 ;

Japan's interest in, 72 , 113 , 343 n2;

mediation of, 89 –93, 115 –18, 130 , 186 –87, 233 , 248 , 279 –80;

organizing for, 47 –54, 56 , 95 ;

pickets in, 147 , 148 , 163 , 169 , 174 , 177 , 185 –86, 199 , 204 , 211 ;

planters' description of, 254 –55;

planters' profits in, 134 –36;

posters about, fig. 5 ;

77-cent flag parade in, 108 –11;

songs in, 94 –95, 99 , 116 ;

stop strike order in, 118 –22;

strikebreakers in, 94 –97, 174 –75;

Thompson's machinations during, 76 –78;

traitors denounced in, 83 ;

"Tsutsumi statement" and, 78 –85.

See also conspiracy trial; Federation of Japanese Labor; influenza epidemic

Oahu Railway and Land Company, 193 , 247 , 248

Oahu Shokai[*] (cooperative), 189

Oahu Sugar Company, 248

Ogata, Manpachi, 83 , 187 –89, 203 , 222

Ohashi[*] , Tadakazu, 316

Oka, Shigeki, 23

Okazaki (pineapple grower), 214

Okino Hotel (Hilo), 150 , 152 , 166 , 218

Okubo[*] , Gen'ichi, 194 , 198

Okubo, Kiyoshi, 325

Okumura, Takie:

Americanization movement of, 241 –43, 334 ;

associates of, 90 , 242 –43;

background of, 36 ;

immigration act and, 307 , 309 ;

on Japanese-language schools, 295 –96, 325 ;

as mediator, 115 , 280 ;

status of, 103 ;

strike opposed by, 243 –44

Olaa Japanese Christian Church, 144 , 153

Olaa Japanese Temperance Union, 144 –45

Olaa Nine Mile, site of, 144

Olaa Plantation:

closure of, 338 ;

development of, 16 –17;

evacuation of, 317 ;

improvements at, 134 –35;

laborers at, 161 ;

location of, xii (map);

owner of, 246 –47;

schools at, 36 , 39 ;

strike at, 18 –19, 209 , 338 ;

temple at, 36 .

See also conspiracy trial; explosion

Olaa Sugar Company:

church building funded by, 144 ;

current facilities of, 3 –5;

employees of, 2 , 7 , 143 ;

proposed purchase of, 255 ;

vice president of, 248

Onodera, Tokuji, 172 , 266

Open Door Policy, 275

Oriental Exclusion League of California, 284 , 306 , 309

Osugi[*] , Sakae, 24 , 67 –68

Oxnard, Henry T., 260 –61

Ozaki, Yukio, 50

Ozawa, Takao, 292

P

Pacific Bank, 56 , 61

Pacific Savings Support Corporation, 128

Paia Plantation, laborers at, 177 –78


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Palmer, A. Mitchell:

Bureau of Investigation established by, 26 ;

investigations by, 134 ;

prediction of, 113 ;

presidential bid of, 119 , 137 ;

raids by, 58 –62, 112 , 269 ;

reports to, 114 –15;

strikes and, 49 , 75

Palmer, Albert W.:

background of, 89 –90;

on Chinese immigration, 244 ;

church of, 241 ;

letter to nisei, 286 –87;

mediation plan of, 90 –93, 186 –87, 233

Pan-American Association, 112

Pan-Pacific Commercial Conference, 251

Papala sugar mill, 196

Paris Peace Conference, 50 , 236 , 277

Pearl City, rally at, 95

Pearl Harbor:

attack on, 285 , 332 –33;

dry dock at, 236 –37, 248 –49, 250 ;

expansion of base at, 276 , 321 ;

Franklin D. Roosevelt's tour of, 332 ;

Navy facility at, 47 , 194

Phelan, James P.:

background of, 237 ;

campaign of, 237 –38;

on Hawaiian situation, 284 , 286 , 308 ;

Japanese immigration and, 234 –37, 289 ;

role of, 239 , 258 , 260 ;

Senate testimony of, 304 ;

on U.S.-Japan relations, 112 , 347 n5

Philadelphia Record (newspaper), 268

Philippine Labor Bureau, 84

Philippines:

as exception, 274 ;

unification of, 48 .

See also Filipino immigrants

Pineapple Association, 245

pineapple production, 115 , 245

Pioneer Plantation, laborers at, 193

plantations:

doctors on, 18 ;

housing on, 4 –5, 19 , 55 , 76 , 85 –87;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

managers of, 15 , 247 ;

mechanization on, 337 ;

overseers on, 18 ;

schools on, 36 –37;

stores on, 45 –46, 317 , 326 .

See also labor contractors; laborers; sugar industry; specific plantations

Portsmouth Treaty, 305

Portuguese immigrants:

settlement of, 20 ;

strike and, 63

Prince Fushimi Memorial Scholarship Association, 103

prison:

activities in, 298 ;

description of, 296 , 317 –18;

people in, 296 –97, 318

Prohibition, 129 , 144 –45, 295 –96

proletarian party movement (Japan), 330

prostitution, allegations of, 238

Puerto Ricans:

recruitment of, 244 ;

strike and, 63

Puerto Rico, as exception, 274

Puna Sugar Company, 338 . See also Olaa Plantation

R

racial conflict, emphasis on, 71 –72, 73

racial discrimination:

of AFL, 258 , 271 , 288 –89;

justification for, 273 ;

ubiquitousness of, 19 –20;

in wage increases, 75 .

See also Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law

Railroad Brotherhoods, 75 , 114 –15

railroad workers:

in Hawaii vs. mainland, 75 , 193 ;

strikes of, 110 , 112

Raker, John F.:

Hawaii visit of, 308 –9;

House hearings and, 254 , 256 , 262 , 263 , 266 , 271 –72

Realty Syndicate, 247

red flag incident (1908), 67 –68

Reed, David A., 303 –4

Rego, William, 135 –36

religion. See Buddhism; Christianity; missionaries; specific churches

Renown (cruiser), 108

Republican party, sugar planters' support for, 137 –38

rice riots (1918), 44 –47

Robello, Serphine, 343 n14

Rodo[*] (Labor, magazine), 25

Rodo sekai (magazine), 206

Rogers, John M., 261

Rolph, George M., 260

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 331 –33

Roosevelt, Theodore, 17

Rotary Club (Honolulu), 103 , 284

Russo-Japanese War, 17 , 20 , 37 , 38 , 71 , 305

S

Saburi, Sadao, 284

Sacco, Nicola:

arrest of, 1 , 26 ;

draft evasion by, 42 ;

execution of, 323 –24;

trial of, 138 –39, 226 , 297

Saikaiya Hotel (Honolulu), 156

Saikin Hawaii annai (guidebook), 33 –34

Saionji, Kimmochi, 22 , 68

Saito, Y., 206

Saito[*] , I.:

appearance of, 174 ;

Baba on role of, 191 ;

background of, 168 –69, 173 ;

confession of, 268 ;

defense and, 216 ;

employer of, 180 ;

Goto[*] on role of, 206 ;

Hoshino on role of, 196 –97;

Koyama on role of, 209 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 150 –57, 159 –60, 168 ;

Miyazawa on role of, 182 –83;

prosecution and, 215 –16, 218 –20;

Suzuki on role of, 177 –78;

Takizawa on role of, 203 ;

testimony of, 169 –73,


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185 , 188 , 189 , 194 , 210 , 225 , 340 ;

Tsutsumi on role of, 198

Saito[*] , Seikan, 214

Sakai, Toshihiko, 43 , 67 –68, 141 , 330

Sakamaki, Ben, 5 , 6 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, George (Joji[*] ), 5 , 8 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, Haru, 5

Sakamaki, Hisao, 6

Sakamaki, Juzaburo[*] (Frank), fig. 1 ;

activities of, 144 , 151 –53, 183 , 220 , 243 ;

background of, 5 –7, 143 , 144 –45;

death of, 332 ;

description of home, 4 –5;

explosion in home of, 2 –3, 118 , 139 –40;

laborers' request for dismissal of, 19 ;

Matsumoto's relations with, 160 –61;

status of, 5 –6, 9 , 217 ;

testimony of, 143 –46, 161 ;

Tsutsumi on, 197 ;

work duties of, 7 –8, 16 –17.

See also conspiracy trial; explosion

Sakamaki, Masa, 5 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, Noboru, 5 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, Paul (Tokuo), 5 , 8 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, Shunzo[*] (Shunzo), 5 , 345 n7

Sakamaki, Yuroku[*] (Charles), 5 , 345 n7

San Francisco:

earthquake in, 23 ;

immigration law and, 307 ;

mayor of, 237 ;

school segregation in, 17

San Francisco Chronicle (newspaper):

on House hearings, 268 ;

on "Japanese colonization," 124 ;

on military exercises, 321 ;

on Oahu strike, 269

San Francisco Peace Treaty, 337

San Francisco School Board, 17

Sarminento, Juan, 48 , 76 –77

Sato[*] , Sazo[*] :

appearance of, 142 ;

death of, 327 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

Hoshino on role of, 197 ;

indictment of, 221 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 156 , 223 ;

Suzuki on role of, 174 –76, 223 ;

testimony of, 209 –10, 221

Sato, Yokichi[*] , 148 , 155 , 213 , 221 , 223

Sawayanagi, Seitaro[*] , 30

Scharrenberg, Paul, 237 , 259 , 260 , 287 –90

schools, segregation in, 17 . See also Japanese-language schools

Seaside Club (Hilo), 151

Seibu group (companies), 342 n3

Senate, Phelan's speech for, 284

Senate Committee on Immigration and Naturalization:

Hawaii's labor problems hearings, 233 –35, 272 –74, 284 –85;

immigration quota hearings, 301 –5, 306

Senate Committee on the Philippines, 250

Shakaishugi (Socialism, newspaper), 341 n3

Shaw, Guy L., 253 , 264

Sheldon, William, 78

Sheppard, L. E., 290

Shibayama, Tokuzo[*] , 117 –18, 130

Shibusawa, Eiichi:

federation leaders' meeting with, 279 –80;

immigration quota bill and, 306 ;

on Japanese immigrant laborers, 258 ;

Okumura's meeting with, 243 ;

role of, 43 , 61 ;

at Washington Conference, 277

Shidehara, Kijuro[*] :

on American flag incident, 313 ;

Chinese immigration and, 276 –77;

meetings of, 239 –41, 251 , 257 , 278 ;

at Washington Conference, 275

Shingle, Robert, 235

Shirai, S., 346 –47n28

Shivers, Robert, 335

Shortridge, Samuel M., 303 , 304 , 305 –6

Shunyo-maru[*] (steamship), 33 , 192

Siberia, Japanese occupation of, 111 , 112 –13, 239 , 275

Siberia-maru (ship), 96 , 267

silk industry, description of, 29

Sino-Japanese War, 37 . See also China

Smith, John Mott, 118 , 130

socialism:

advocates of, 21 –24;

Palmer raids and, 59 ;

red flag incident and, 67 –68;

in WWI, 43 –44

Socialist Party (Japan), 336 –37

socialist revolutionary party, 24 –25

Society for Formation of Labor Unions (Rodo[*] Kumiai Kiseikai, Japan), 258

Society for the Study of Socialism (Japan), 21 , 24

Soga[*] , Yasutaro[*] :

background of, 102 –3;

in first Oahu strike, 73 ;

Foreign Language School Bill and, 293 , 296 , 324 ;

immigration act and, 310 , 316 –17;

on military exercises, 320 ;

newspaper of, 91 , 326 ;

on prison, 349 n50;

on religious leaders in Japan, 322 ;

on strike, 339 –40;

on Washington Conference, 275 ;

WWII relocation of, 333 –34

Sogobeya, Goro[*] , 313

Soma[*] Inn, 163

Soto[*] sect, 39 , 120 , 129 , 141 , 344 n58

Soviet Union (USSR):

establishment of, 32 , 43 ;

nonintervention in, 111 ;

U.S. reports on, 27

Stafford, Harold:

background of, 214 ;

closing arguments by, 214 –16;

foreign-language schools control act and, 245 ;

judicial requests by, 210 –11;


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Stafford, Harold

letter to nisei, 287 ;

praise for, 225 ;

role of, 142

Stephens, William D. (Calif. governor), 124

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 246

strikes:

in China, 322 ;

extent of, 47 –49;

government reports on, 27 ;

in Japan, 79 , 323 , 330 ;

money-raising for, 61 ;

origins of, 18 –19, 25 , 47 ;

of railroad workers, 110 , 112 ;

"silent send-off" tactic in, 96 , 182 .

See also Oahu Island strike (first) (1909); Oahu Island strike (second) (1920)

sugar:

beet vs. cane production of, 260 –61;

price of, 93 , 114 , 126 , 132 , 134 –35, 228 ;

tariffs on, 250

sugar industry:

control of stock in, 80 –81;

dynamite used in, 11 ;

expansion of, 14 ;

fear of Japanization in, 67 –72;

innovation in, 10 ;

investment in, 246 –47;

postwar changes in, 337 –38;

profiteers arrested in, 114 ;

rainfall needed for, 93 –94;

terminology in, 16 .

See also laborers; plantations; sugar planters

sugar planters:

annexation sought by, 15 –16;

Filipinos' relations with, 48 ;

Japanese as threat to, 20 –21;

other business interests of, 247 –48;

paternalism of, 56 , 254 ;

political connections of, 137 –38, 262 ;

power of, 16 , 44 , 55 , 73 –74, 262 ;

profits for, 131 –36, 260 –61;

racial discrimination of, 19 –20;

railroads operated by, 75 ;

strike described by, 254 –55;

worker negotiations with, 126 .

See also Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA)

Suigoro[*] restaurant (Waiau), 121 , 124 –25, 127 , 194 –95, 198 , 225

Sumitomo Bank, 56 –58, 84 , 99

Sumizawa, Suzuki on, 213 –14

Suzuki, Bunji:

convention attended by, 43 , 237 , 258 –59;

Kagawa's link to, 323 ;

rice costs and, 45 ;

role of, 31 ;

support for, 279

Suzuki, D., 171

Suzuki, J., 171

Suzuki, Mosaburo[*] , 44 , 330 , 336

Suzuki, Seiichi:

background of, 176 –77;

defense on role of, 216 ;

employer of, 180 ;

Sato[*] on role of, 210 ;

testimony of, 174 –76, 177 –78, 212 –14, 223 ;

Tsutsumi on role of, 198 –200

syndicalism, advocates of, 24

T

Tabata, H., 170

Taiwan, Japanese control of, 71

Taiyo-maru[*] (ship), 279 , 305

Takahashi, Korekiyo, 310

Takano, Fusataro[*] , 258

Takeda (doctor), 153

Takematsu (picket leader), 169 , 187 , 189

Takeuchi, Tetsugoro[*] , 25

Takizawa, Kan'ichi:

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

background of, 203 ;

as dangerous, 203 , 348 n38;

indictment of, 140 , 221 , 281 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 148 –49, 155 , 163 ;

postprison life of, 327 ;

Saito[*] on role of, 169 , 171 –72;

testimony of, 203 –4, 221

Tanaka, Kikuzo[*] , 33

Taniguchi, M., 150 , 170

teachers:

examinations for, 40 –41, 138 ;

on language education, 39 –40;

legal assistance for, 104 ;

organizations for, 35 –36, 39 , 41 ;

role of, 26 , 33 , 164 , 187 , 201 , 291

Teapot Dome scandal, 295

temples, as emergency shelters, 86

Tenyo-maru[*] (ship), 122

Terasaki, Teisuke:

on conspiracy trial, 227 , 280 –81;

diary of, 60 , 89 ;

on Dillingham, 285 ;

on immigration act, 309 ;

on labor union, 62 ;

on Matsumura, 165 ;

on mediation, 91 , 118 , 130 ;

on newspaper, 292 ;

role of, 103 –4;

on strike, 63 , 67 , 73 , 97 , 108

Terauchi Masatake, 45

Territory of Hawaii Board of Education, 291 , 324

Territory of Hawaii v. I. Goto et al. See conspiracy trial, appeal after

Thompson, Frank:

associates of, 180 ;

defendants' appeal and, 318 ;

employees of, 172 –73, 180 ;

House hearings and, 260 , 266 –67;

machinations of, 76 –78, 165 –66, 178 , 219 –20, 268 , 270 ;

newspapers watched by, 73

Thompson Cathcart law firm, 180 , 183

Thurston, Lorrin A., 246

Tobei (magazine), 5

Tobei annai (Guide to Going to America, Katayama), 21 –22, 181 , 206

Tobeikyokai[*] kikanshi (Going to America Society Magazine), 341 n3

Togashi, Tomiji, 6 , 213

Togo[*] , Capt. Heihachiro[*] , 82

Tohoku[*] Hotel, 158 –59, 171 –72

Tokimatsu, role of, 213

Tokiwaen restaurant (Oahu), 95 , 99 , 175


373

Tokonami, Takejiro[*] , 113

Tokugawa, Ietatsu, 275

Tokutomi, Soho[*] , 311 , 332

Tokyo, U.S. Embassy in, 313

Tokyo (magazine), 311

Tomota, Shunji:

appearance of, 142 ;

on explosion, 155 ;

indictment of, 221 , 281 ;

lack of testimony by, 221 ;

Matsumoto on role of, 156 ;

postprison life of, 327

tourist industry, 111 , 337 , 338

Toyama[*] , Mitsuru, 310

Toyohira, Ryokin[*] , 97

Toyo[*] Steamship (company), 33

Treasure Island (Stevenson), 246

Trotter, Frederick, 76

Tsuchiya, Seiichi, 106

Tsuda, Bunkichi, 211 –12

Tsutsumi, Chiyo (Noboru's wife):

background of, 31 –33;

children of, 32 , 282 ;

death of, 331 ;

living situation of, 321 –23, 330

Tsutsumi, Hideo, 342 n1

Tsutsumi, Koto, 31

Tsutsumi, Masao, 321

Tsutsumi, Michiko, 32 , 33 , 321 –22, 323 , 330

Tsutsumi, Mihoko, 336 –37

Tsutsumi, Noboru, figs. 3 and 4 ;

alibi of, 194 –95;

alleged warship statement by, 79 –85, 264 ;

appearance of, 142 , 148 ;

appointment for, 57 –58;

arrival of, 33 –36;

Baba's relation with, 191 ;

background of, 28 –33, 200 –201;

baptism of, 281 –82;

criticism of, 100 –101, 243 –44;

death of, 336 –37;

on explosion, 155 ;

federation and, 57 , 127 –30, 157 ;

goals of, 297 ;

government reports on, 241 ;

Hamamoto on role of, 195 ;

history written by, 330 ;

incarceration of, 296 –98, 317 , 349 n12;

income for, 201 –2;

indictment of, 140 , 220 –21;

instructions from, 148 –49;

labor organizing and, 45 –47, 49 , 83 –85, 95 , 108 –9, 185 ;

Matsumoto's altercation with, 157 –58, 163 , 166 ;

mediation plan and, 92 , 117 –18;

Miyazawa's relation with, 182 ;

Mizutari on role of, 193 –94;

name of, 342 n4;

as newspaperman, 41 , 53 ;

postprison life of, 321 –23, 330 –31, 336 –37;

request to judge, 226 ;

Saito[*] on role of, 169 , 171 –72;

stop strike order and, 118 –19, 121 ;

strike vote and, 56 –57, 61 –62, 65 –66;

as suspicious person, 26 –27;

Suzuki on role of, 174 –78, 213 ;

testimony of, 197 –202, 221 , 225 , 346 –47n28;

Tsuda on role of, 211 –12;

on U.S.-Japanese cooperation, 39 –40;

on wages and conditions, 54 –55, 60 –61

Tsutsumi, Norio, 323

Tsutsumi, Taizo[*] , 31 , 32 , 33

Tsutsumi, Takashi, 27 –28

Tsutsumi, Tamotsu, 331

Tsutsumi, Toshio, 33 , 321

Tsutsumi, Tsuruyo, 331 , 336 –37

Tsutsumi, Yasujiro[*] , 342 n3

Twenty-one Demands, 38 , 71

U

Uchida, Kosai[*] (foreign minister):

Americanization and, 243 ;

instructions from, 122 ;

reports to, 82 , 85 , 91 , 109 , 111 , 118 ;

on Washington Conference, 277 –78

Uchida, Yasuya, 106 , 113

Uchimura, Kanzo[*] , 311

Ueda, Sachiko, 189

Umemoto (federation director), 194

United States:

anti-Japanese feelings in, 10 , 12 , 71 –72, 111 –12, 123 ;

arms race and, 274 –76;

exports of, 328 ;

Far Eastern policy of, 275 –76;

geography knowledge in, 251 –52;

ideals of, 304 –5;

imperialism of, 16 ;

indentures in, 15 , 17 , 256 .

See also assimilation; California; citizenship; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Hawaii; immigrants

U.S. Army, 236 , 320 –21

U.S. Congress, Oahu strike's impact on, 12 . See also House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization; Senate Committee on Immigration and Naturalization

U.S. Constitution, proposed amendment to, 302

U.S.-Japan relations:

Americanization movement and, 243 ;

Chinese immigration and, 233 ;

crisis in, 329 –32;

discussions on, 239 –41, 251 , 257 , 278 ;

immigration quota bill and, 305 –7;

issues in, 124 , 239 , 277 , 280 ;

Japan's misperceptions of, 315 ;

Phelan's speech on, 112 , 347 n5.

See also Johnson Reed Immigration Quota Law; Washington Conference

U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, 337

U.S. Navy:

exercises of, 320 –21;

expansion of, 111 –12, 236 ;

workers supported by sailor from, 110 .

See also Pearl Harbor


374

U.S. Supreme Court:

appeal denied by, 318 ;

on Foreign Language School Bill, 324 –25;

on Ozawa case, 292

United Workers of Hawaii (UWH), 288

V

Van Reed, Eugene, 13 , 18

Vanzetti, Bartolomeo:

arrest of, 1 , 26 ;

draft evasion by, 42 ;

execution of, 323 –24;

trial of, 138 –39, 226 , 297

W

wages:

bonus system in, 55 , 56 , 126 , 131 –32, 184 , 231 ;

calls for increased, 41 , 44 –45, 47 –49, 51 –58, 65 , 133 ;

for contract workers, 15 ;

discrimination in, 19 , 25 , 75 ;

for first-year arrivals, 13 ;

gender differences in, 54 , 109 , 131 , 133 ;

increased by HSPA, 131 –33, 156 ;

for mainland laborers, 54 ;

planters' evidence of sufficient, 69 –70;

poststrike, 126 ;

postwar increase in, 338 ;

reduced by HSPA, 228 –29

Wahiawa Plantation, pickets at, 147 , 187

Waiakea Plantation:

labor contractors at, 223 –24;

laborers at, 208 ;

store at, 317 , 326

Waialua Plantation:

evictions from, 86 , 191 , 327 ;

fire at, 186 ;

influenza epidemic and, 87 –88;

labor contractors at, 188 –89;

laborers at, 147 , 162 , 188 , 190 , 192 ;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

organizing at, 44 , 52 , 95 ;

strike at, 19 , 94 , 164 –65, 199 ;

strikebreakers at, 95 –96

Waianae Plantation:

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

rally at, 95

Waiau:

hotel in, 121 , 192 ;

restaurant in, 121 , 124 –25, 127 , 194 –95, 198 , 225

Waikiki, development of, 234

Waikiki Water Company, 248

Waimanalo Plantation:

fire at, 186 ;

labor organizer at, 48 , 221 ;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

strikebreakers at, 96

Wainaku Plantation, contractor at, 152

Waipahu Plantation:

evictions from, 86 ;

explosion at, 187 ;

fire at, 186 ;

laborers at, 168 –69;

location of, xii –xiii (maps);

parade participants from, 109 ;

photography studio at, 113 ;

pickets at, 169 , 204 ;

rally at, 95 ;

stockholders of, 248 ;

strike at, 19 , 63 , 64 , 66 , 200 , 203 –4;

strikebreakers at, 95 –96, 327 ;

traitors at, 83 ;

union dissolved at, 281

Wakabayashi (pineapple dealer), 119 , 121

Wakikawa, Seiei, 102 –3, 320

Walter-McCarran Immigration and Naturalization Act (1952), 339

Washington (state), depression's effects on, 328

Washington, D.C., cherry trees in, 300

Washington Conference:

immigration concerns and, 277 –79, 312 ;

proposals in, 274 –75;

Senate hearings postponed for, 274 ;

treaty from, 275 –76, 282 , 331

Waterhouse, John:

background of, 119 ;

on 1920 economy, 134 ;

family of, 176 ;

on Filipino immigration, 94 ;

Isobe's confrontation with, 124 –25;

motives of, 123 –24;

negotiations and, 55 , 118 –19, 121 , 130 , 148 , 192 ;

poststrike posters distributed by, 126 ;

questions about, 127 ;

on strike, 71 , 125 ;

on sugar profits, 131 , 250 ;

workers criticized by, 133 –34

Wilson, J., 287

Wilson, Woodrow:

Alien Land Law and, 285 ;

idealism of, 137 , 251 ;

immigration quota bill and, 301 ;

on labor conference, 51 ;

League of Nations and, 59 ;

on racial equality, 236 ;

reelection of, 42

Wobblies. See Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

women, suffrage for, 137

women workers:

as percentage, 109 ;

wages of, 54 , 109 , 131 , 133

Woodlawn Stock and Dairy Company, 247

workers. See laborers

World War I:

as context, 32 –33, 35 –36;

German-language schools closed during, 38 ;

U.S. labor movement during, 42 –44

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 310

Wright, George W.:

background of, 261 ;

credibility of, 267 –68, 270 –71;

Filipino strike and, 319 ;

job for, 326 ;

leadership of, 259 , 261 –62;

Scharrenberg's meeting with, 288 ;

testimony for House hearings, 262 , 264 –67

Y

Yada, Chonosuke[*] :

appointment for, 79 , 122 –23;

associates of, 164 , 305 ;

conflicts with, 196 , 203 , 348 n38;

departure of, 227 –28, 253 , 279 ;

on federation after strike, 131 ;

on Harding's election, 251 ;

influence on, 280 ;

Isobe's mediation and, 127 ;

on Japanese-language press bill, 138 ;

on 1920 economy, 135 ;

strike condemned by, 123 ;

on wage increase, 132


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Yakumo (cruiser), 82 , 96 , 236 , 264

Yamagata, Aritomo, 22

Yamaguchi, Kumano, 105 –6

Yamakawa, Manjiro[*] , 70

Yamamoto, Tsuneichi, 41 , 84 , 97 –98

Yamamura, Kohachi[*] , 145 –46, 172

Yamato shinbun (later Nippu jiji , newspaper), 102 , 311

Yamazaki, Keiichi, 227 –28, 253 , 255 –56, 303

Yanagihira, Byakuren, 330

Yanagiya, Sangoro[*] , 314

Yao, Kizaburo[*] , 336

Yap (island), Japanese mandate over, 239

Yokohama Specie Bank, 61 , 255

Yokoo, Eijuro[*] :

on explosion, 155 ;

fired from job, 126 ;

indictment of, 152 , 221 ;

mediation and, 148 ;

return to Japan, 223 ;

strike declaration read by, 122 ;

Suzuki on role of, 176 ;

Tsuda on role of, 211

Yokoo, Toyo, 148 , 152 , 223

Yoshimura (laborer), 151 –52, 169 , 215

Young Hotel (Waiau), 121 , 192

Yuaikai[*] (Friendly Society, Japan), 31 , 43 , 45 , 237 , 258 –59, 279 , 323


 

Preferred Citation: Duus, Masayo Umezawa. The Japanese Conspiracy: The Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920. Berkeley, Calif:  University of California Press,  c1999 1999. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft9290090n/