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In his interesting and rather startling book. The Valor of Ignorance. Homer Lea gives the following figures as to the Japanese immigration to the Hawaiian Islands: Japanese Immigration into the Hawaiian Islands from 1900 to 1908 has been 65.708. The departures during this period were 42.313. The military unfit have in this manner been supplanted by the veterans of a great war. and the military occupation of Hawaii tentatively accom. plished. In these islands at the present time the number of Japanese who have completcd their active term of service In the Imperial armies. a part of whom are veterans of the Russian War. exceeds the entire field army of the United States. And. then. to the mainland of the United States: Immigration by political periods. 18911900 ----------------------------------------------24.806 19011905 ------------------------ ---------64. 102 19056------------------------------------------------- 14. 243 19067 --------------------------------------------------30. 226 Total ----------.... 133.377 And Mr. George H. Maxwell. in his book. Our National DefenseThe Patriotism of Peace. has this to say on the subject: The foregoing rapidly increasing tide of Asiatic immigration forced attention to the subjec . and in 1908 the Japanese Government agreed voluntarily with the United States that in future passports should not be.Issued by the Japanese Government to laborers desiring to emigrate from Japan to the United States. This temporarily checked thi.. c!ass of immigration. and in the year ending June 30. 1908. the total iinmigration fell to 16.418 . the year ending June 30. 1909. to 3.275. the year ending June 30. 1910. to 2.798. I But note the steady increase Since then ! Year ending June 30. 1911. 4.575. year ending June 30. 1612. 6.172. year ending Junc 30. 1013. 8.302 . year ending June 30. 1914. 8.941.