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Show I JACK J3HNS0N MAKES EXPECTED STATEMENT I ON REACHING EUROPE I I Soys He ll Never Return to America; Hay Have to Change Hind. HAVRE, France, July 10. Jack I Johnson, the negro pugilist, arrived here today on board the Corinthian and immediately on landing announced bis determination never to return to the United States. He said he would take up his residence In Paris. WASHINGTON, July IU. Jack Johnson 's announcement that he would never return to the United Btste caused department of justice official immediately to consider steps to briiijt about the forfeiture of bis 30,000 per sons! bond pending in Chicago for his reappesrsnce in connection with white slave indictments upon which he has not yet been tried. Judge Carpenter, s few days sgo. declined de-clined to declare the bond forfeited until it wss clear thst Johnson would i .. . . ,. ....,...! I'h.. .IfLMtT not appeal sum ment of justice, it is said, probably will seek official confirmation of bis announced an-nounced purpose not to return and present pre-sent the matter again to Judge arpeu- Government attornevs expressed no t '-. regret over the negro's announcement. A few davs ago officials considered the f advisability of asking France to deport him upon his arrival, but it was-decided to let the case take its usual course. WASHINGTON, .lulv 10. Jack Johnson may not find refuge in France, in the opinion of the state department de-partment officials. They say that while probahlv there is no provision in the extradition treaty with France under which his surrender could be demanded, the French authorities, even without a formal appeal from this government, may deport Johnson as, like most European Eu-ropean countries, France is understood to have laws prohibiting the immigration immigra-tion of a person convicted of a crime is his own country. |