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Show RADICALS IN JAPAN r TALK WAR Newspaper Writers Outline Out-line Plans for Seizing the Philippines and Hawaii. WAR SONGS SUNG AT PUBLIC MEETING On Other Hand, Government Govern-ment Circles Show Host Friendly Spirit TOKO. April IS. The situation orought about by the California land alien holding bUla 1 becoming increasingly increas-ingly aertoue. A man meeting today, composed for the most part of lrcespon ratbla people, demanded the most ex treme msasnrss of retaliation by Japan. During the meeting tie singing of war songs aroused the feelings of many of the lower rimes who ware present. Anonymous writers In the newspapers (Its an outline of plans for the leisure or the Fnurpplnea and Hawaii ana at the same time denounce the Japanese government' submissive attitude. It hi aid that the changed conditions In Japan Ja-pan make It Impossible for the government govern-ment to restrain the newspapers and the lower rliesse. On the other hand, government eir-elee eir-elee sre showing s friendly spirit. Hamilton Ham-ilton Wright Mabie of New York, I 'r Peabody and John L. Mott, secretary of (he international committee of the Young Mea Christian association, were the guests today at a luncheon given by Baron Noboaki Makino, the foreign minister, at which some of the most prominent Japaaese and Amerl cans were present. A very cordial feeling feel-ing prevailed. Christianity Restraining Infra enc. Shortly after the luncheon Messrs. Mabie, Pea body and Mott and a num her of representative Japanese Chris tlans and American met at the residence resi-dence of Const Shigenobu Oknm. former for-mer premier and minister of foreign affairs. Count (Tkiima made a speech, during which he aaid that diplomacy, the courts and commercial men were 1 helpless and that only the infinenee of ' Christianity remained. Otherwise, he ' declared, war was impending. Mr. Mott agreed, in replving. that the influence of Christianity was now su perlative. Plspatchee were sent by the meeting " to President Wilson and others imploring . them to use all their Influence on Chris- . tlans and thoughtful people to avoid a calamity. 1 k The Japanese government considers the pre-ent antl-Japaneae movement in Call-SjW Call-SjW fornia as most danaerous and is faced e1 with the prospect of placing itself In a moat unwelcome position owing to the unwillingness un-willingness of the federal government at Washington to Intervene and the impossibility impos-sibility of Introducing- counter measures here. Ia the event of the oaaaage of the California Cal-ifornia alien land holding bill throuah both houses of the legislature Japan will June en Imperial ordinance enforcing the re,nanse foreign land ownership bill of 110 and m apply to the federal government govern-ment at Waahlnaton for permission for the Japanese to become naturalised oftt-Srens oftt-Srens of the United States. At the great maas meeting or protest held here last night there was an hysterical hys-terical anti-American outburst. Deputy Mataumura urged the dispatch of a Japanese Japa-nese fleet to California as a first step toward to-ward establishing Japanese on an absolutely abso-lutely equal footing In the United States M. Mlyske, an editor of the Japan Times deprecated the constant visits here of American peace apostles, when "their own country Is In urgent need of the principles princi-ples of hist, re and humanity. Other fiery orators Insisted that the questions between Japan and America had better be settled now once and for all. Otherwise their constant recurrence would lead at last to the arbitrament of war. Twenty thousand people listened to the remarks of the firebrands who apparently are engineering a campaign to mold public opinion in Japan. BITTER DEBATE FOLLOWS TELEGRAM FROM MISSIONARIES oACRAMKsNTo. Cel.. April IS. Another An-other telagram from Tokio protecting against the enactment of an anUaileu land law by California legislature was received re-ceived today by the senate and resulted In l a bitter debate between Senator N W. VSanford. Iemocrat. and Senator N. W. , BSsWThompaton, adminlatratlon leader and coauthor co-author with Senator Blnlftall of the land bill. 1 The message which was addressed to 1 Lieutenant Oovernor Wallace was as fci I SOWS : "Methodist missionaries urge defeat Sti-Japanese legislation. Situation sous. (Signed.) "HARRIS." Senator Thompson moved that the meeaafce be printed In the Journal. Senator Sena-tor Ran ford protested. "I move that this senate send a message mes-sage to Mr. Harrie telling him to attend to his own buslneaa. California can attend at-tend to hers without advice from Japan er elsewhere." he said. Senator Thompson replied: "There is but one man on this floor who would demean himself by making such a motion," he cried. San ford then explained that he wae "tired of all such meaaagea.'' adding- that If this wae to be printed In the journal he had 400 or 600 letters and telegrams takinr the nppoette view of the situation that he wanted printed also. He withdrew with-drew his motion and th? Harris message waa ordered printed. TTAXY INQUIRES AS TO EFFECT ON HER SUBJECTS rf WASHINGTON. April 19. Italy's inquiry in-quiry of the probable effect of the pending pend-ing alien land lawa In California on Ital-- Ital-- lens and their Interests In that state la expected to be quickly followed by simitar simi-tar inquiries from other governments who have subjects engaged In farming, fishing fish-ing and enterprises which might he af-a af-a v - r 4 |