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Show Against Adverse Legis-Vlation Legis-Vlation in the State of . : California jSacramento, Calif., Jan. 12. Japan's first official protest 'against proposed anti-Japanese legislation In this stato camo In the form of a letter from Consul General Matsuzo Nagal, at Sa5n Francisco, to Senator Leroy i Wright, chairman of the senate committee com-mittee on foderal relations. lr'l think the people of this state hardly realize the tleep concern felt iiij' Japan on this subject," said tho consul general. "Discrimination at this time would be particularly surprising tpjthe Japanese people in view of the o'fforts which have ibeen made during thp past two years to cultivate the good will of the American people and to. prove to them the sincerity of Japanese Jap-anese good will." "The letter contains figures supporting support-ing tho consul's contention that the Japanese population on the Pacific coast Is steadily decreasing. According Accord-ing to these statistics, the number leaving Japan has diminished each year and the number arriving in Japan Ja-pan has increased each year since 1908. "The tendency of the laboring classes class-es to return to Japan" Is not diminishing;" diminish-ing;" adds Consul Nagi. "We are not looking for extended proprietorship In lands in this state, and, if such possession pos-session were our only aim. It might bo'abandoned with good grace and little lit-tle feeling. Our objections to tho bill's introduced are based on their discriminative natures. They could noi-'be explained to the Japanese peo-pleas peo-pleas being otherwise than unfriendly and offensive to national pride." TJhe writer gives a reminder that Japan has voluntarily enforced "regulation "regu-lation which practically amount to an Exclusion act applied to the Japanese Japan-ese ; laborers," and has shown her friendliness hy sending warships to participate in California festivals and by (Other couitesies. The letter concludes con-cludes with a reference to pending negotiations ne-gotiations for the revision of treaties between the United States and Japan, '"irfeel constrained." says the con-snl;j"to con-snl;j"to express tho fear that such negotiations may be unfavorably af-foctjuby af-foctjuby the passage of measures by tllo-Callforniu "legislature which arc of a discriminating character." The Japanese issue Is believed to have been responsible for a change made yesterday in tho personnel of the senate committee on federal relations. re-lations. Senator D. J. Bohan of Sah Francisco was removed from the committee com-mittee by Lieutenant Governor Wallace Wal-lace and was replaced by Senator C. W. Bell of Pasadena Senator Behan is the successor of Marc Anthony, who Introduced the contentious anti-Japanese anti-Japanese mcasuies in the senate two years ago, 'Among the anti-Japanese bills already al-ready before the legislature is one providing against the holding of land In California "by aliens not eligible to be citizens of the United States." It Is reported also that a bill for the segregation of Japanese school pupils Is to be introduced. It was a measure of this character that occasioned an international controversy In 1909. Upon the earnest solicitation of President Pres-ident Roosevelt, the state legislature at that time dropped the proposals. |