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Show WILD OUTBUR8T8 IN JAPANE8E CAPITAL Toklo, April 18. Tho situation brought nbout by tho California alien land holding bills Is becoming increasingly in-creasingly serious. A mass meeting todny, composed for tho most part of Irresponsible people, demanded tho most cxtromo measures of retaliation by Jopnn. During the meeting the Binglng of war songs aroused tho feelings of mnny of tho lower classes who wcro present. Anonymous writers in tho newspapers newspa-pers glvo an outlino of plans for tno seizure of tho Philippines and Hawaii, Ha-waii, and nt tho same tlmo denounce tho Jnpancso government's submissive submis-sive nttitudo. It Is said that tho changed conditions in Japan mako It impossible for the government to restrain re-strain tho nowspapcrs and tho lower classes. Government Friendly On tho other hand, government circles nro Bhowlng a friendly spirit .Hamilton Wright Mhblo of Now Yorki Dr. Pcabody and John L. Mott, secretary sec-retary of the International committee commit-tee of the Young Men's Chrlstion association, as-sociation, were tho guests today ht a luncheon given by Paron Noboakl Ma" kino, tho foreign minister, nt which sorao of tho most prominent Japanese Japan-ese and Americans woro present. A very cordial feeling prevailed. Shortly after tho luncheon Messrs Mnbio, Pcabody and Mott nnd a number num-ber of ropresentntlvo Jnpaneso Christians Chris-tians and Americans met at tho residence resi-dence of Count Shlgenobu Okuma, former premier and minister of foreign for-eign nffalrs. Count Okuma mado a speech, during which ho said that men wcro helpless nnd that only tho Influence of Christianity remained Otherwise, ho declared, war was impending. im-pending. Mr. Mott agreed, In replying that tho Influence of Christianity was now superlative Dispatches wero sent by tho mooting moot-ing to President Wilson and others Imploring them to uso all their Intlu-enco Intlu-enco on Chrlsthlns and thoughtful peoplo to avoid a calamity. Tho Jnpancso government consldors tho present nntl-Japaneso movement In California ns most dangerous and Is faced with the prospect of placing plac-ing Itself In n most unwelcome position posi-tion owing to tho unwillingness of tho lntervono nnd tho Impossibility of Introducing In-troducing counter measures horo. In tho ovent of tho passage of tho California njlen land holding bill through both houses of tho legislature legisla-ture Japan will Issue an Imperial ordinance or-dinance enforcing tho Japnncso foreign for-eign land ownership bill or 1910 nnd will apply to tho federal government nt Washington far permission for I he Jnpancso to becomo naturalized citizens citi-zens of tho United States t rto gjnat mti moit'iig of protest pro-test hold hero last night tlwrc was an hyBtorlcnl nntl-Amcrlcan outburst. Deputy Matsumurn urged tho dispatch of a Jnpancso fleet to California ns a first step toward establishing Jap aneso on nn absolutely equal footing in' tho United States. M. Mlynke, an editor of tho Japan Times, deprecated depre-cated tho constant visits hero of American peace apoBtles, when "their own country is in urgent need of tho principles of Justice and humanity." Other fiery orators Insisted that tho questions between Jnpnn and America Ameri-ca hnd better ho settled now onco au& for nil. Otherwise their constant recurrence re-currence would lend at last to tho arbitrament ar-bitrament of wnr. Twenty thousand peoplo listened to tho remarks of tho flrobrauds who apparently ap-parently nro engineering a campaign to mold public opinion In Japan. |