"The Mikado," a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, was canceled in Cleveland but was still on the schedule of a company in Washington, DC. The Washington company explained that the opera shows Japan in the light of history.
Japanese people in the U.S. were feeling the stress of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor with some of them committing suicide, being interned, being sanguine and facing hostility from the U.S. public.
Alderman Halford E. Wilson made the suggestion that Japanese in British Columbia be removed from their homes and sent east of the Rockies to stem the possibility of fifth column activity.
T.T. Hayashi, a Japanese alien, turned in his bows and arrows to Seattle police headquarters after learning that they were among the items banned among aliens.
