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Show IIIEWPAIIESE TREATY ems JIHIISOII DAP California Senator Criticizes New U. S.-Japan Treaty Which, He Says, Provides For Equal Rights. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Senator Johnson, California, today Issued a statement criticizing th reported agreement between Japanese Ambassador Ambas-sador Shtdehara and American Ambassador Am-bassador Morris dealing with the etat-ua etat-ua of Japanese in America. "When stripped of diplomatic camouflage," Senator Johnson said that reliable Information ha had regarding re-garding the agreement waa that It provided for repeal of California's anti-alien land laws. I A new "gentleman'a agreement" for exclusion of Japanese, which "does not exclude," also la proposed. Senator Johnson declared. Senator Johnson's statement follows fol-lows : "From authoritative sources It Is stated that the agreement between Ambassador Shldehara and Morris embraces (1) an exchange of diplomatic diplo-matic notes defining passport regulations, regula-tions, etc., which would 'tighen up- the present gentleman's sgreement relal-I relal-I lng to exclusion of Japanese from thla country; and (2, a treaty defining the rights of the nationals of each country and which will. In effect abrogate and destroy the alien land lawa of the state of California. Stripped of diplomatic camouflage, this means that our representative and Japan's have agreed upon the repeal Qflhi4d laws passed" by the state of California and prohibit the passage of those contemplated by many other western slates. Japan has ever insisted upon the control of her own people and therefore will not agree to an exclusion treaty, but will enter Into a so-called gentleman'a agreement which does not exclude: "The new gentleman's agreement, notwithstanding ita additional phases, can be Just as loosely administered aa 1 the present one and Just aa in the case of the present gentlemen's agreement. agree-ment. It will be honored more In the ( breach than In the observance. The result will be, under the suggested arrangement, ar-rangement, if adopted, a continuance I of Japanese Immigration and Increase in the Japanese population In the 'west. "I'pon the meagre facta now before us. the situation appeara to be this: Japan does not like an American law and Japan protests that law. Resort is had not to American courts but to American diplomats. The proteet 1 deemed of sufficient gravity for American diplomats to agree to a treaty exactly aa desired by Japan. This by a short cut. without participation partici-pation ly those most Interested, repeal re-peal laws passed afer due deliberation laws admittedly within the Jurisdiction Jurisdic-tion of the state passing them which cannot Justly give offense and upon a subject of paramount Importance to the present well being and future existence of the stste. Of course, a situation of this sort Is Intolerable and I think 1 voice the sentiments of California Cal-ifornia when I aay that In every legitimate le-gitimate and legal fashion the consummation con-summation of such a plan will be resisted." |