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Japanese Population in Hawaii Fuels Alarm Over War Threats
A Washington bulletin from the Bureau of the Census notes Hawaii's 1910 population includes 79,675 Japanese, 41.5 percent of the total, with Chinese and Koreans at 65.2 percent combined. It warns that in a U S Japan war, Japan might seize Hawaii and the Philippines, while detailing schooling, naturalization, and illiteracy trends among Japanese and other groups.
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