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Show DEU5GU! JIFMEliE JtGEHT- i 1 I j Senator Phelan Says He j Sponsored Dillingham I Immigration Bill. W A SHI X ; TO X , A ti z. 1 7 . enator 1'ln-lan of' California, in a statement to-ni'lit, to-ni'lit, declare-l lliat the irnniitrra.t inn hill recently introduced by Senator 1 i I -liaham of 'r-rinonr, under which inimi-trraitoii inimi-trraitoii would be lixed at 5 per cent of the n ti in her nf n y n a t ion a Is now present in the raited. States, was sj"n-sorcl sj"n-sorcl by fir. Sidney 1. (iulick, who Senator I'helnn charged "is simply a Japanese ai-nt. ' ' With his statement, Senator Phelan made public a copy of a letter addressed to Dr. Culii'k by K. K. Kawakami, a Jajiancse no ws aper correspondent and an t lior of S.i n Francisco, which he declared de-clared proved that the (iulirk lull had been prepared in collaboration with Ka wa It ami. The bill Senator Phelan denounced as ' ' grossly unjust to tlifi state of California, Cali-fornia, which is seekin every means possible of ridding itself of t lie Japanese. Japa-nese. ' ' .Referring to his recent call on Governor Gov-ernor Stephens to have an extra session ses-sion of the California legislature strengthen the alien land laws, Senator Phelan sufrestcd that the laws might be proposed by initiative. The letter, which Senator Phelan declared de-clared in his statement proves ''that Dr. (uilick, although he has denied it, is simply a Japanese aent, and that the bill is the result of collaboration with Mr. Kawakami," is dated June 23, and addressed to Gulick at headquarters headquar-ters of the federal council of churches in Xew York City. As given out by Senator Phelan it is as follows: "My dear Dr. Gulick: "Upon my return homo I find the situation in California very unsatisfactory. unsatisfac-tory. I am deeply concerned with the future development of the situation. 1 am afraid that the Japanese question is going to be a political issue again. Of course, Senator Phelan and the Hearst papers are factors which have brought about this new condition. Mr. A". S. McClatehy of the Sacramento Bee has added strength to the Agitation already started by Phelan and Hearst. He has taken a flying trip to the Orient, covering cov-ering Japan, Korea and China, in perhaps per-haps a month and a half. Upon his return re-turn home he began to write articles in the Sacramento Bee, evidently attacking attack-ing the Japanese. ""When I was in New York you intimated in-timated to me that you would like to come to California to present your proposal pro-posal before the California public. I wonder whether you still think that idea advisable, in spite of the fact that you have been made an object of severe criticism, both in AVashington and in California. "I have not followed the newspapers very closely, and I am at a loss to know whether your immigration bill has already al-ready been presented to congress. "I shall be greatly obliged if you will send me a copy of such a bill if it has already been formulated. "Tf you still think that your trip to California will do much good, I think we can find the. way to bring you here. I should be interested to have your opinion on this matter. "Yours very sincerelv. "K K. K." |