Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-14 | Page 2 | Japs Protest Latest Laws

I JftPS PROTEST i I LATEST LAWS Face Army Service If They Go . To Nippon for Love or Business H WASHINGTON". July 14. Japanese I In the United State? and Hawaii xrr a6 In official dtipatohM reoelvad here tod.iv t.. b making vigorous pro-I pro-I iest against the application of rc- fontly pi omtilgated laws relative to military obligations of foreign-rerddmt uapanese The new laws raised tho military exemption age of Japanese ii.ine outsld Japan China or Slberlal 10 ."7 rears and reduced the time I Which a Japanese suhjeei living out- -1-1. the threi countries may spend In Japan without becoming liable for military service from six months to II r i m.uit ii DI AL C ITI.l N SHIP, The new laws do not ufe"t Jap-H Jap-H "anese born In foreign countries who fl renounce their allegiance to the cm- I Veror of Japan before reaching the nee of 1 T. Those fn l M n n m l" SO however, present the problem of dual pltlsenshlp, as Japanese born In this ountry become American subjects unless the citizenship IS formally de-hied. de-hied. On account ol this conflict and by reason of dissatisfaction with the new Japanese law affecting Citi DNhtpa Japanese in the I'ntted .sfUitew have sent to Tokin thiee reprr . Live of the Association of Japanese Hj String in America to obtain It possible, lellef from the more stringent pro-g pro-g visions of the new laws. LOVE OR HV SINESS. The Japanese-American representa-lives representa-lives who now are 111 Tuklo accord-ing accord-ing to advices rceclv d here, claim rhat since the majority of Japanese Q nrho revisit Japan do so either for H business or marrlaue, onS month is loo brief a period to accomplish uh-B uh-B satisfactorily." They h.-j.-t-tI al-o 8 hst the present restrictions against bP ' picture brides " in ibis country have .made it necessary elect .i wlfo In BBBa ,erson in Japan and ' one month gives BBBJ insufficient time, while al 87 one BBa t 00 old " Plans are being made. It Is Bl reported, to have the Question BBBfl 'rought up .! the present 't.sion of ,'ihe Japanese diet. WAStNGTON 1M -Y. WASIIIXOTi 'N. July 14. Unoffl-BBa Unoffl-BBa la) exchanges. It was Icarni d today BBBfl already have taken place on Che BBBfl 'nation n California caused by tne irculallon of a petition looking to the amendment of the existing state BBBfl law so na to limit further the lights of Japanese or other peoples BBBfl um hold real proper; under leases H The successes of the petitions are H .'said to have led to the belief in offi- -cial circles that soon there must be lcgotkatlon.-t of u formal nature be- 1ven the sovfrr.i, c.ty of the I'nitcd I" States and Japan with the i-bie.-i if 'arriving at a clearer understanding j-egarding the diff r. i.i .i. s griming jut of the steady, even thougn slow, Increase of the Japam ic population in li he Pacific cossj Bta es, ii la iio..jiijii) that the expected formal negotiations Rnay he deferred unt'.l the state of I .Tlifornia. actualh adopts the restrictive restric-tive measures prop'oaed In the inltla-tlvs inltla-tlvs petition, but it !s not doubted In official circles that Hi- negotiations will promptly follow tho. action.