Show CHANGE NOT MATERIAL New land La d Ownership Law Lw of Japan Will Wi Be Promulgated at Tokio Today Tokio April Apri recently adopted land ownership law restricting the own ownership ownership of land land in Japan to such for foreigners fOreigners foreigners eigners as a come from a country countr which extends similar privileges to Japanese residents will wi be promulgated tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row Washington April Apri 12 The operation land ownership of the Japanese alien alen law it is said here will wi not materially change the status Of Americans in Ja Sn Japan Japan pan in the matter of land ownership Under the terms of the treaty of 1894 citizens of each ech country may own houses manufactories or hire and occupy house ies les shops and premises in the of the other and may mayles lease les land for residential residental and commercial commer commercial cial purposes but the treaty does not confer cal rights right upon either to own or hire agricultural lands Several states of the union specific specifically specifically ally any prohibit foreigners owning land within their borders In Itt Oklahoma it itis I itIs is prohibited altogether Others of the states allow alow aliens to own land and those who have declared their intention to become lecome so This is also the law in n the District DIstrct of Columbia Ne Nevada vada vda makes no restriction as to the for foreigners eigners except Chinese who are not permitted to own lands in that state Some of the states Including Indiana and Iowa the amount of land an alien may own acres acre In South Carolina the limit is 60 acres and in Pennsylvania In New York and ard Texas the laws are similar in their effect to the law law re recently recently centy passed passe by the Japanese diet allowing aliens to own lands if re reciprocal recIprocal reciprocal rights are granted by the coun country country country try from which they thoy came |