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Show IDAHO GOVERNOR BANS JAPANESE CITIZtNSHIP BOISK. Ida. Dec. 1. Any treaty I that will grani t. forelKii born Japa- nrse in IJah the riKht of citizenship., or In InproaalOsj the number of an mcc which cannot b. assimilated int.. the rxlstlnp form of civilization here, and therefore cannot become prood citizens, will be opposed by Coventor D. W. Davis of Idaho. The action of Governor Davis was taken in response to an, appeal recelv--ed from i nited Btatea senator Jamoaj "D. Phelan of California, who polnt out that a treaty is In the making which will grant American citizenship to Japanese now In this country, and: who holds that the Japanese situation situa-tion In ("he I'liltcd States has reached! a critical stage. The step taken by Oovenior Davij j Is said to forecast a prediction thr.t has been made that Is. tjip Japanese question Is likely to become a moot'-rl one before the sixteenth Idaho legislature legis-lature when It Convenes in regular biennial session in Boise In January. I Many members of the legislature SJ.-I ready haxe been approached on the gubjact oo |