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Soyeda, Kamiya (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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• Richard Norton said:

  Juichi Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya COMES TO COUNSEL JAPANESE HERE; Dr. Soyeda Sure That in the End Californian Situation Will Be Settled Amicably. "The Japanese are much surprised by the attitude of the Californian Legislature, and some of them are annoyed, but the thinking persons in Japan trust that the trouble will be solved in the light of justice and humanity," Dr. J. Soyeda said yesterday at the Hotel Astor. ... Dr. Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya who is associated with him in his mission, were entertained at a luncheon yesterday by the Publishers Association of New York ... Source: June 26, 1913, Thursday; New York Times Link: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E5D6103CE633A... I have started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juichi_Soyeda

• Arden said:

  Richard Arthur Norton: Thank you for your information on Juichi Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya. It is great to have their full names and some idea of why they were in the news at the time. We will add some of the information to the description when we update the database.

• Wystan said:

  Date inscribed on photo negative: 6-22-1913. They were here to lobby against the racist California Alien Land Act of 1913. So was Mr. Iijima:

• Art Siegel said:

  A detailed entry on Soyeda, aka Soeda Toshikazu, on Japanese Wikipedia: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B7%BB%E7%94%B0%E5%A3%BD%E4%B8%80

• Art Siegel said:

  Richard Norton It seems as if Soeda is now the accepted transliteration of his name, so it might be best to have the Wikipedia article under that name.