Japanese-Americans Express Loyalty

HONOLULU, Thursday, June 28. -- The Japanese-American Association of Hilo, the second city of the Territory of Hawaii, at a mass meeting held at the outbreak of the war, passed several patriotic resolutions, pledging themselves to be loyal to the country of their adoption and to uphold the honor and dignity of the American flag.

The wording of one of these resolutions has been a source of gratification to the islanders, who praise it for its patriotic tone. The wording follows in part: "Be it resolved, that we do hereby pledge our unswerving and unfaltering loyalty and fidelity to our beloved country, the United States of America, and do hereby record our readiness to abandon all our personal affairs and to enlist our services in the land and naval forces of this, our country, or to undertake such other service on behalf of this country as we may be fitted to perform." The wording of this resolution says much for the equality and justice to be found under the Stars and Stripes.