Kametaro Iijima
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was Japan's Consul General in 1913. 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
. In 1914 his daughter, Mosa Iijima (1910-?), was hit by the car of Diamond Jim Brady.
California Alien Land Law of 1913
The California Alien Land Law of 1913 prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning land or property, but permitted three-year leases. It affected the Chinese, Indian, Japanese, and Korean immigrant farmers in California. It passed thirty-five to two in the Senate and seventy-two to...
while he was stationed in New York City
New York City
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. In 1914 his daughter, Mosa Iijima (1910-?), was hit by the car of Diamond Jim Brady.