Show DENY DENY REPORT REPORT OF OF I TREATY Understood However That Japanese Cheap Labor Is to toBe toBe toBe Be Kept Out Washington ton Dec 7 On On behalf of I the State department formal denial was made today of or th the report that a treaty Is to be ho negotiated between this government o and Japan for tho the exclusion exclusion ex ex- elusion of or Japanese laborers from the United States Stales Even en E this however does docs not dispose dispose dispose dis dis- dis- dis pose of or the matter and the statement Is reiterated that these laborers bor rs are to tobe tobe tobe be excluded without offense to the Japanese en Those who i have said this would be he so and at least two Iwo United States State senators are Included Include in the number insist that thai there Is soon to hE be a n I lt of the the- troublesome coolie question Their Information is to the effect that tho the adjustment Is to be brought ht about b ut with the consent and perhaps on the tha initiative of tho Japanese e gov gov- em There is a strong J likelihood that It ft will take the forI of li regulations en enforced enforced enforced en- en forced by tho the Mikado to divert ert the stream of or emigration from this this' country country coun coon try to Korea and Manchuria It will probably be based on tho the ground that th the Japanese government desires desIre these men to pro promote ote Japanese Interest 1 In 1 ino tho territory whIch has re c un under cr the control of their nag Hag raUl rather rathor r than to labor In n alien aHen land lands This will be a very velT plausible and perhaps perfectly sincere for or such ac ac- ac tion T To ru i Remove Competition it loir Whatever hate the tle motive moli It will accomplish accomplish accorn- accorn the main purpose of rc removing mo this form of competition with Amelian Amen Ameri- can qan an labor Jabor and solving problems that otherwise would be the cause of constant constant constant con con- stant and dangerous dang friction between the United States and Japan If re request request re- re quest should be made In order to uphold uphold up up- hold hole the dignity of Japan that a con cor- responding regulation should be enforced on- on forced excluding American laborers from Crom Japan It in fn all probability receive the tho cordial approval of this s government ent It is 19 not expected that steps to settie settle settle set set- tle tie the labor question will be taken until the III hI feeling caused b by the present pres pres- ent int nt agitation n has died away Now that the school chool question has been started on the way toward amicable settlement it Is tho thought that there w will soon be an tin end of the agitation og With nothing nothing- to feed raco race prejudice the thew way w will then be opened for settlement settlement settle settle- ment of the broader and more Im Important im- im question I |