Show fl fT PRESENTS NEW JAPAN iI FL ELIMINATING SOME SOM OLD OID RESTRICTIONS r Feb 22 Tho Tho text of oC a trtat with Ith Japan designed ned to rou rou ro- ro u C. that of 1894 and drawn with the tho Hal cal design of oC eliminating tho i ni tie upon Immigration contained In that I tho senate at was laid before beron yes yes- Siy day by President Taft difference between the rh rhe be ped d treaty and tho the existing conven- conven a 15 uM id to be that It omits all refert refer refer- and leaves to toi t e to all such uch restrictions i honor of Japan the enforce enforce- nt it at tt It t her Mr own ports of oC the tho limitations n emigration from Japan now express express- I paced d upon Immigration Into the tho Unit Unit- States Tb TM the document Is said paid tn in provide that denounce the tho treaty br ber country may the tte ll end nd of oC six months if JC It tails falls to torte rate rte u as 8 expected ause it embodies this radical de- de from tho the existing treaty and tIu the question of or the tho deepest im- im and Interest to the tho Pacific of this contention Into ae the pethe the Injection t closing hours of or the Sixty first con- con MJ u created a sensation toda today mat nal the n nw W treaty treat will encounter op- op ernon stems certain for lor oven If It It wH O be te r reported to the seni senS sen- sen i S from iron the tho committee without serious dO y within the tho committee room stern lI senators are nrc expected to In- In slat upon opportunity for debate which will develop tho the full ox extent tent of or their opposition opposition to the tho treat treaty Not Killed by Failure to Act Unlike matters of or ord ordinary legislation failure of tho the senate to act upon tho the treaty during the remainder of or this session sos ses sion Sian of aC congress would not of or Itself ex extinguish cx- cx Its vitality which could bo be k kept pt I Indefinitely I alive lIvo In the tho le legislative o flics g gIn in the senate to be taken up at nt an any convenient convenient con con- time This new treaty Is one of trade and commerce intended to replace tho the treaty of or 1894 negotiated b by the tho late SecretAry Gresham and Baron Kurino then Japanese Japa Japa- neso nese minister to tho the United States That treaty Is a most mORt comprehensive document comprising twenty articles dealing with Ith trade and navigation rights of or dwelling Import and export duties tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage nag dues port regulations desertions shipping rights consular functions and other subjects It ml ha has already antiquated mainly main maln- I ly 13 because of oC the rapid advance of or the tho Japanese o in W ways II of oC civilization It was drawn simultaneously with several other Japanese treaties of ot similar scope negotiated negotiated negotiated with all 11 the groat great powers But unlike tho the others the particular treaty was not promptly ratified and did not riot go into effect until about a year car after the tue others wore were in force Japan has already alre-ad negotiated trea treaties tics to replace those of oC the nineties with nearly nearly nearly near near- ly all the other powers except tho United States If It our government were to In Insist Insist In- In slat upon Its Us rights tho the existing treaty could be continued In force Corce until Jul July 17 17 11 1912 Embarrasses Piscal Policy This little incident the incident the difference cf fir a year ear In the tho expiration of or the tho old treaties is I Is proving ver very embarrassing to tho the Japanese In developing a 11 fiscal poll policy e As all the new treaties contained the nation favored clause the Japanese government government gov gov- ov- ov would be obliged to concede to the nations other than the United States Slates all tho privileges America now enjoys Under under under un un- der the treaty of 1894 The practical result may bo to delay for lor a a. full tull year ear If IC America refused to ent enter r upon a a. new treaty relation at Dt once tho the readjustment of oC tariff rates and other forms of or taxation vital to the sound cound financing of or tho the Japanese empire Hence the Japanese government has been using every effort to Induce the thes s state ato department nt to follow CoUo the fhe example of oC the great European n nations and consent consent con con- sent to Immediate revision of oC the treaty The department has delayed doing BO so principally for the reason that it de desired desired de- de sired to await the conclusion of or all the treaties which Japan Is hI making with the theother theother theother other powers In order to make certain of securing tOt for America any advantage extended cx- cx tended to other peoples people Tho The radical difference difference- between this now new treaty and the one now in force torce and the tho one which may Drove obnoxious to the tho western senators is Js understood to tobe tobe tobe be the omission of oC any reference to the tho Immigration question The Tho two go governments have hare enjoyed the undeniable right to legislate regarding Immigration either b by restriction or by total exclusion of or coolie labor Unquestionably Unquestionably tho the United States government could do this without any treaty stipulation stipulation stipulation tion on the tho subject Just as It did In the case caso or Of China when it enacted tho the Chinese exclusion laws Do Not Object to Extension It Is understood that there is no disposition die dis ls- ls position on the tho part palt of oC tho the Japanese to toden den deny tho the extension of oC such cowers Dowen What the they do Io object to is the tho inclusion In a formal treaty to which they are arc a pai part party ty of a n. stipulation asserting that right which Is not embodied In any treaty treat America has mado made with European powers powers powers pow pow- ers and md which serves c only as an Irritant to Japanese so pride In other words tho the consummation of or orthe the new now treat treaty would be he a tribute to the Iho advanced position which Japan has taken among amon the tho nations without In any de degree curtailing the power of the United States Slates government to regulate Immigration tion ion b by legislation The Tho presidents president's nes action in submitting this treat treaty created great reat surprise fiUl in congress con con- gross gress the only per persons persona on not nol taken un un- being the tho members of or tho the senate sea sen ate committee on foreign relations who at al a H dinner recently given to tn them at atthe atthe the HIP White hite Ilou house e. e were Informed b by Prudent Pros Pru dent Ident Taft of what the tue administration had harl In mind These senators consequently wore were re In a position to realize the full fuli Importance of he the formidable document which was laid before the tho senate In th the executive session on Just at the Iho close of the thedR dR day There Thero was WiS no opportunity to rc read d dt It t before It had been referred to lo the Iho committee on foreign n relations relation It Il Is said lId that tho the White house houFe dinner dev developed loped some views on the part or of In- In senators of great Interest as alJ scaring hearing upon the probable fate of the treaty when it comes before tho the senate for foi- approval Dt There was a disposition on the part of some ome to apprehend a demand on the tho part of or China for a relaxation of or tho the rigid exclusions laws Jaws If It this concession should be bo made malc to tn Jap Japan n. n But Dul It was as pointed out that the government would not surrender sur fiU- render an any right of control of Chinese Chinee Immigration even f if a n new treaty t were d to China Another argument for the treaty was wasa a production of figures to show V that last year Japan voluntarily prevented tho the tie dc- of or coolies so 80 that the Immigration tion of ot that clasa class h has ben been practically stopped This Thin was cited as demonstrating ing that reliance o might I safely ho placed upon the Japanese tien n of honor hono |