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Show GOVERNMENT ASKED TO KEEPHANOS OFF CALIFORNIANS. .DECLARE THEY WILL STAND BV DECISION TO BAR JAPANESE. ' " ' ' v ; . Request Federal Government to Con-- Con-- elude No Treaty That Would ' '. Extend Citizenship Rights ' v. vz A or Nullify Alien Law. !! Sacramento, Cal. A joint resolution requesting the . federal government to conclude no treaty with Japan that would extend citizenship rights to Japanese or that would nullify ' the California antlallen law was favorably reported by the state ensate committee commit-tee od federal relations on January 6. The resolution urges that provision be made , in any immigration treaty with Japan 'to prohibit further emigration emigra-tion of the subjects' of Japan to the United States save and except merchants, mer-chants, students and" teachers, .their servants and employees. It sets forth that there are approximately 100,000 Japanese In California, "comparatively "comparative-ly few engaged In trade'; while ' the great majority are engaged in agriculture, agri-culture, owning and leasing-farming lands, and now control one-eighth of the entire acreage of rich" irrigated lands in . the state, as shown by the official report of the board of control." con-trol." ,.. - . Both countries, the resolution states, '"conceded the unasslmilablllty of its two- races and grant that a continuance continu-ance of existing conditions must develop de-velop a racial question of grave international inter-national consequence out of the present pres-ent economic problem." |