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Show JAPAN TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION IN LAND MATTER EMBASSADOR DIRECTED TO MAKEPR0TE8T Irritation in That Country Over California Land Legislation Increases. ONE PARTY THERE PROPOSES BOYCOTT State Notified That Effect WU1 Be Disastrous to Trade. TOKIO. April 12. Viscount Ghlnda, Japanese embassador to tbe United States, was instructed today by the foreign for-eign eases to snake formal representations representa-tions at Washington regarding the anti-Japanese anti-Japanese legislation of tbe state of California, Irritation over the California land legislation as increasing throughout the country. All the political parties have aant deputations to the premier and to the foreign minister asking them to adopt measures to piosoiM Japanese treaty rights in America. Tbe Constitutional party has proposed pro-posed aa anti-California boycott aad tbe chambers of commerce here have telegraphed to similar bodies la Saa Francisco aad Los Angeles aad elsewhere else-where asserting that the result of the legislation would be disastrous for trade between the United States and Japan., BRYAN WILL CROSS BRIDGE WHEN HE GETS TO IT WASHINGTON, April 12.-Becre-tary Bryan was noncommittal when told of the Japanese government's in mictions to Embassador Chinda, as recorded la the news dispatches, to make formal representations ia regard to the California land legislation construed con-strued as anti-Japanese. He expressed only -the sentiment that it would be time to consider formal representations after tbe laws in question had been passed by the California legislature and were under consideration by the government. Representative Raker told President Wilson today be held a telegram tele-gram from Senator Saaford of California Califor-nia containing assurances that tbe alien land bill when Anally pessed would not haw provisions to conflict with any treaty obligations between the I'nited States and Japan. |