Kametaro Iijima

Kametaro Iijima in 1913

Kametaro Iijima (飯島 亀太郎 Iijima Kametarō) 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.^[1] In 1914 his daughter, Mosa Iijima (1910-?), was hit by the car of Diamond Jim Brady.^[2]

References

1. "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.
2. "Mosa Iijima Injured. Daughter of Japanese Consul General Hit by an Auto." (PDF). New York Times. March 23, 1914. Retrieved 2009-07-30.