デジタル版『渋沢栄一伝記資料』

昭和4年5月30日（1929年）

是日、当委員会小委員会、丸ノ内東京銀行倶楽部ニ開カル。栄一出席シテ、来ル十月京都ニ開カルル第三回太平洋問題調査会ニ、ステートメントヲ発表スルノ件ニ就イテ協議ス。

日米関係委員会往復書類　（二）　　　　　　（渋沢子爵家所蔵）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（栄一鉛筆）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　四年五月廿四日一覧　栄一
拝啓、益御清適賀上候、然ば左記事項に付篤と御協議相願度小委員会開催致候間、御多用中恐縮に候得共、来三十日（木）午前十一時半丸ノ内東京銀行倶楽部へ尊来被成下度、此段御案内申上候　敬具
　一、汎太平洋問題調査会大会の際排日移民法に関する意見発表の件
　二、排日移民法に関し原田助氏より申越の件
　三、日米親善極東局創立に関しコールマン氏より照会の件
　　昭和四年五月廿四日　　　　　日米関係委員会
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　常務委員　渋沢栄一
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　同　　　　藤山雷太
　　　　　　　　　　殿
　　追て粗餐の用意致置候間御承知置被下度候
　　尚同日御参会願置候方々は団男・堀越氏・井上氏・串田氏・森村男・阪谷男・添田氏・内田氏・頭本氏に御座候
　　乍御手数御諾否御回示願上候

日米関係委員会集会記事摘要　　　　　　　　（渋沢子爵家所蔵）
　昭和四年五月三十日（木）午前十一時半、於東京銀行倶楽部、日米関係委員会小委員会開催
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　　出席者　団男爵。堀越氏。井上氏。阪谷男爵。内田氏。頭本氏。渋沢子爵。藤山氏。幹事　小畑
　　　　協議概要
渋沢子爵　本日は臨時小委員会を催ふするに至りましたのは三つの事柄が私の手元に参つて居ります為め、之れに関し御協議致し度い為めであります。先般鶴見祐輔氏の注意などもありましたが、其れは来る十月京都に開催せらるゝ太平洋問題調査会大会に移民コータ法を提出しては如何にやといふのであります。而して右提出の方法としては自分一個の意見として之れを表示すべきか或は条理に訴へ正正堂々と之れを論するかにあります。更に紐育米日関係委員会の報告を含める原田助氏の書面（爰に書面を朗読す）によればコータ法応用の時期到来せるに非らずやとの意味を明かにして居ります。就ては同氏の書面に付き考慮する必要があると思ひます。尚ほモー一つの事柄はコールマン氏の提出にかゝる意見書を如何に扱ふべきかといふ事であります。
井上氏　子爵は日本太平洋問題調査会評議員長でいらつしやるから、今秋の大会には相成るべくは御出席を願ひ度い。而して大会参列者に対する歓迎の辞を述べらるゝ時に、あつさりと移民問題に触れて戴けば、必ず之れを問題にすべしとの意見がどの方面からか出やうと思ひます。子爵としては之れ位の所が却つて有効の遣方と思ひます。御出席が万一叶はないにしても御意見は是非発表して戴き度いと存じます。
阪谷男　大会の議長は井上君で御座いますが、子爵が移民問題に触れられゝば、取扱方は種々あると存じます。之れは二度と得られない好機会と思ひますから、井上君の言はれた様な方法を御取りなさる事が至極結構と存じます。
頭本氏　私は永く子爵に接近して居りますから大抵子爵の御意向及態度を御忖度申上ぐる事が出来ると思ひますから、兎に角立案致して子爵に御閲覧を願ふ事と致しませう。尚ほコールマン氏の提案は一種の宣伝に過きないものと思ひますから、之れは取置にてよろしいと存じます。原田君に対しては子爵が適当に御処置下されば結構と存じます。以上
　　○本章第三節所収「太平洋問題調査会」昭和四年十月二十八日ノ条参照。
　　○コールマンノ提案トハReason for a FAR EASTERN BUREAU for INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGト称スル意見ナリ。略ス。

（原田助）書翰　　渋沢栄一宛　昭和四年二月四日　　（渋沢子爵家所蔵）
　　　　　　　　　（別筆）
　　　　　　　　　　昭和四年五月三十日の小委員会に協議として提出せらる
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二月二十日入手
　東京　　　　　　　　　　　　一九二九年二月四日
　　渋沢子爵閣下　　　　　　　　　　　　　　原田助
爾来御疎遠ニ打過候処、閣下益御安泰被遊御坐奉大賀候、偖排日移民
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法ニ対スル米国ノ輿論漸次具体化シ来レル模様ニ有之、新聞ニ雑誌ニ時々米人中ノ有力者ガ、移民法ヲ改正シ日本人ヲ欧州人ト平等ニ取扱フベシトノ意見ヲ公ニセルヲ見聞致候事ハ、誠ニ喜敷現象ト奉存候
最近入手致候別紙委員会記録ハ、紐育ニ於ル宗教関係団体代表者ノ会議記録ニ御坐候、就中ギユリキ博士之同会ニ於ケル報告ハ最近ノ情報ヲ伝ヘタルモノト信シ候間、玆ニ封入致シ高覧ニ供シ申候、尤モ此記録ハ公表セルモノニハ無之ニ付全然御内覧ニ御止メノ程願上申候
同封之新聞紙切抜ハ、先般錦地ノロータリ倶楽部大会ニ出席シタル当地ノ実業家タウズ氏ガ帰布後当市ノ或会合ニ於テノ演説要旨ニ有之候是等ノ意見ニ対シ賛成ノ声ハ益々高ク、反対ノ声ハ殆ンド之ヲ聞クコトナキ様ニ相成候事ハ、誠ニ顕著ナル変化ト申シテ可ナリト奉存候
右御報告申上度如此ニ御坐候
尚余寒之折柄折角御自愛被遊度切ニ御健康ヲ奉祈候　匁々敬具
（別紙1）
　　　　　　　　MINUTES OF JOINT MEETING
　　　　Committee on the Orient
　　　　National Committee on American-Japanese Relations
　　　　　　　　　Thursday, December 20, 1928

　　A joint meeting of the Committee on the Orient and of the National Committee on American-Japanese Relations was held on Thursday, December 20, at 2 : 30 P. M., in Room 33, 289 Fourth Avenue, New York.
　　There were present : Drs. Brockman, A. J. Brown, Chamberlain, Franklin, Hinman, Hurvey, Gulick and Van Kirk.
　　Dr. Franklin, Chairman of the Committee on the Orient, presided. Dr. Brockman led in prayer.
　　Dr. Gulick summarized the situation in regard to the conference on American-Asiatic relations which had been proposed two years ago and also in regard to the proposed study of Second Generation Japanese, and stated that a silent leaven was working through the nation in favor of a change in the quota law. At its last meeting the Committee had felt it unwise to stir up propaganda, before the election, but this was now over and the Asiatic question had not come up.
　　Dr. Gulick also referred to recent expressions of dissatisfaction on the part of the Japanese with the present situation ; he called attention to the statements made at the Honolulu Institute and in the Chicago Tribune in favor of putting Japanese on the quota, to the statement of Professor Murray S. Wildman of Stanford University in favor of granting the citizenship if they were admitted to the country, to the appeal from India concerning the Hindoos who were deprived of their citizenship papers by the action of the Supreme Court in determining that
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 they were not "white" in the usual meaning of the word, and to the statement of the Reverend E. Stanley Jones that a high offical of the Bureau of Immigration had told him that the Labor Department and the Department of State were now in favor of putting Asiatics on the quota. He also called attention to the fact that the method of determining quotas on a "National Origins" basis which was to have gone into effect on July 1, 1927, has not yet been adopted; showed how the tentative schedule worked out on this basis would differ from the present quotas on the basis of 2% of the foreign born in the country according to the census of 1890; and stated that Secretary of Labor Davis has recently announced a policy of combining the two methods of determining quotas so as to give each country the maximum number to which it would be entitled under either method. This would give a total of 204,000 instead of 150,000, but Secretary Davis also advocated applying the quota restrictions to immigrants from all parts of this hemisphere except Canada.
　　The Federal Council at its Quadrennial Meeting had renewed the substance to the Declaration of the Executive Committee, adopted in 1925, in regard to the application of the immigration laws to Orientals, and the House of Bishops of the Episcopalian General Assembly had passed (October, 1928) a resolution in regard to naturalization and immigration which, however, got to the House of Deputies too late for favorable action.
　　The Committee expressed much gratification at the signs of improvement in the situation, and after discussion it was
VOTED: To authorize Dr. Gulick to call together advisers and to take whatever action seemed best and make contacts in the most effective places, and to call the Committee together again as occasion required.
　　Dr. Gulick stated that it would be much better for others to appear before Congressional committees and also interview influential men than for him to do so, for he had become known as an advocate for the Japanese. Dr. Brockman and others agreed to help in any way possible.
　　Dr. Brockman spoke of the reception given him in Japan as a member of this Committee, of the request that he speak on American-Japanese relations, and of Viscount Shibusawa's message to the Committees that the Japanese expected them to be very active in promoting better understanding and in securing a change in the immigration situation. Dr. Franklin spoke of similar experiences which he had had, and both men called attention to the very high regard of the Japanese
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 for Dr. Gulick, and to their belief in the efforts of these Committees.
　　Dr. Hinman stated that he had been informed that the House Committee on Immigration was now considering the Canadian and Mexican problems and was not devoting any attention to Orientals.
　　After discussion of the work in Hawaii of Mr. Okumura for the Second Generation Japanese, of the proposal for fellowships to bring Japanese youth to Eastern cities to continue their education, of the few openings in employment in New York City for Japanese, and of the study of Second Generation Japanese on the Pacific Coast now being carried on by Mr. Akagi of the Y.M.C.A., it was decided to be desirable for the Secretary to make every possible effort to bring these Committees into cooperation with such movements.
　　The Committees adjourned shortly after hour.
　（別紙2）
HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN January 25, 1929
　　　　　　　TOWSE THINKS
　　　　　　　　QUOTA SHOULD
　　　　　　　　　APPLY TO JAPAN
　　　　　Honolulu Man's View Is Expressed at
　　　　　　Meeting of Hawaiian Civic Club

　　"In my opinion the immigration quota allowance should apply to Japan."
　　Such was the view of Ed Towse, Mercantile Printing Co. owner and prominent Honolulu Rotarian, expressed today at the weekly meeting of the Hawaiian Civic Club at the Sweet Shop Den. Towse was the principal speaker, telling of his experiences at the recent Rotary convention held in Japan.
　　"The Japanese people are not viciously resentful over the immigration situation but are deeply hurt about the U. S. immigration laws," Towse declared. "I believe that the quota allowance should apply to Japan. With such a restriction the immigration to the United States from Japan would not exceed more than 150 Japanese anually. But whatever my opinion in this matter may be I do object to the local Japanese criticizing the United States policy. This is a matter of my own personal loyalty and it should also be a matter of personal loyalty among Japanese residing within the boundaries of the United States."
　　In his talk, Towse outlined the immense building projects
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 undertaken in Japan since the earthquake of 1923. He characterized the Japanese as the "most progressive people of the Orient," pointing to the immense wealth of the country.
　　"The Japanese people have a peculiar talent for the successful development of business enterprises," the speaker said.
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渋沢栄一書翰控　　原田助宛　昭和四年六月八日　（渋沢子爵家所蔵）
　　　　　　案
　ハワイ、ホノルヽ市
　　ハワイ大学
　　　　原田助殿
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　東京　渋沢栄一
拝復、時下益御清適奉賀候、然ば二月四日付尊翰並ニ御同封の英文書類落手（英文は翻訳により何れも領意仕候、来旨排日移民法改正問題は米国人間に於ても日本人を欧州人と同様コータ法に依らしむべしとの意見追々濃厚と相成候由詳細之御申越拝承仕候、当地にても同様之情報に接し居候に付何等かの形式に於て米国有力者の注意を喚起し、其発案に拠りて一般の輿論と相成候様致度ものと相考へ、過日来日米関係委員会中より小委員会を開催し、阪谷・団・井上・内田・藤山・森村・頭本等の諸氏と親しく協議致候結果、来十月京都に開催せらるる太平洋問題調査会大会の際、老生も評議員会長として歓迎之辞を述ふる都合ニ相成居候間、其際婉曲に此問題を挿入陳述して徐ろに其反響を求むるの方針を採用する方穏当なるべしとの事に意見相纏まり候に付ては、健康の許す限り右大会に出席して努力仕候積ニ御坐候、右ハ疾く御回答可申上等の処、老生二月下旬より風邪の為め籠居致居、思ひなから延引致候次第不悪御諒恕被下度候
右乍遷延貴答如此御座候　敬具
　　昭和四年六月八日