Kametaro Iijima
Kametaro Iijima (飯島 亀太郎, Iijima Kametarō) was Japan's Consul General in 1913.[1] He arrived in the United States in June 1913 to lobby against the California Alien Land Law of 1913 while he was stationed in New York City.[2][3] In 1914 his daughter, Mosa Iijima (1910–?), was hit by the car of Diamond Jim Brady.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "K. Iijima, Japan's Consul Gen[eral]". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Tells Japan's Side Of California Case. State's Attitude Inconsistent with Our Previous Acts of Friendship, New Consul Says" (PDF). New York Times. June 30, 1913. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
Asserting at the outset that he meant to be very frank in his discussion of the subject, Kametaro Iijima, the new Japanese Consul General to this city, talked to a reporter yesterday about the California situation at his home, at Central Park West and Eighty-sixth Street. Mr. Iijima arrived in this city last Saturday from Japan.
- ^ The Library of Congress (1913-01-01), K. Iijima, Japanese Consul Gen[eral] (LOC), retrieved 2020-06-15
- ^ "Mosa Iijima Injured. Daughter of Japanese Consul General Hit by an Auto" (PDF). New York Times. March 23, 1914. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
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