Show I REPEL fEEL JAP INVASION SION CALIFORNIA'S CALIFORNIA PLEA 0 ORIENTALS ORIENTALS' RI EXCLUSION I IS SOUGHT Governor Stephens Declares Sovereignty x of State Is Menaced in Letter to Secretary of State Colby 1 fly r A Associated Press SACRAMENTO Calif June 21 The Thc influx of Japanese into California Cali Cali- California fornia has lias brought about It alarming I Ic c conditions and it has become necessary necessary I sar sary to protect the sovereignty of the tho state against this growing menace through diplomatic negotiation or a strict exclusion act Gov William D. D S Stephens sni said in a letter addressed to io Secretary of State Colby today Governor Stephens expressed the hope lopo In tho letter that the tho initiative measure neasure no now being pr projected In th the tho state stale to deny the tho rights to all land purchases or lease leoso holds would rould I c 1 re c accepted by the electorate by an aa overwhelming majority 1 lion Kin n Must End While California harbors no animosity animosity animosity animos animos- h he e ity against the Japanese people them to wish said the t I tate state does not settle seUle within her borders and to develop develop de develop de- de a no Japanese population in her midst He asks that immediate negotiatIons negotiations negotiations be bo entered into with the tho empire empire empire em em- pire of or Japan to lo make impossible any further evasions of ot existing gailon gatlon agreements and to make such agreements as lS rigorous as possible po Twenty years cars ago our Japanese population was nominal the letter said bald Ten years ago tho th-o census re reports reports reports re- re ports of ot the United States government showed a Japanese population in California Call Cali fornia Cornia of or A J. computation and survey recently made mado by the board of or control of ot the tho state of ot California in indicates indicates In- In that this Japanese population has been more than doubled doubled amount amountIng amount amount- Ing lug to The Thc best figures available avail avail- available able indicate that our Japanese population population population tion comprises between 80 and 85 per Continued on Pa Page c 2 REPEl KL JAP JAR INVASION S APPEAL Continued From Page 1 cent of ot the total Japanese population of ot continental United States Initiative Measure Inefficient Governor Go Stephens Stephena said he feared that the tho Initiative measure if It passed might fall tall short of ot its purpose through the Japanese retaining possession of oC agricultural lands through personal employment contracts an ana that therefore therefore there there- fore tore government action was necessary Although respecting Japanese culture culture culture cul cul- ture and advancement and the right of ot Japan to true development Governor vornor Stephens held that the tho people of ot California Gall Cali fornia arc are determined to exhaust eyer every power In their keeping to maintain this state for tor Its own people After that stating tho the blood fusion of ot the tho Occident and the orient has nowhere nowhere no- no o- o where ever successfully successful taken place Governor Stephens said that California Califor Califor- nia views with alarm the rapid growth of these people within the last decade in population as well welt as In land control control control con con- and foresees in the not distant fu future future futuro fu- fu ture turo the gravest menace of oC serious conflict conflict conflict con con- if It this development is not Immediately immediately imme Imme- and effectively checked Spirit of Law Lair Defeated I The spirit of existing land I laws Jaws and Immigration agreements has haa hasI I been evaded through the employment of legal and othor other subterfuges to such an extent that the purposes of ot the measures have havo been boon frustrated Governor Gover Gover- nor Stephens charged Ho He referred to the suspension of ot the Asiatic anti-Asiatic legislation legislation leg leg- In tho the state during tho the peace conference at tho the request of or Secretary of or State Lansing but held that decisive action was necessary r now The Japanese are aro not of ot a servile or docile stock the letter continued Proud of or their traditions and history they brook no suggestion of oC any dominant dominant domi dorni- nant or superior race And It Is just because they possess these attributes attributes and feel more keenly tho social and race barriers which our people raise against them that they aro are driven to race isolation and ond I I fear ultimately ultimately ulti ulti- will reach roach that race rac resentment which port ds danger to the peace olour ol ot our state in tho fut future re |