Show I CONSUL OUTLINES JAPANESE ANESE LAND LAW Sacramento Cal Ca Jan 16 Governor Gillett has received a letter from Crom the Japanese consul general at al San Fran Frau Francisco cisco chico outlining the laws of his coun country country country try affecting the ownership of or lands lauds by foreigners This was all the re 10 request request quest the governor mado made when tho the consul visited him to protest I rotes against pm PI legislation against Japanese 1 holding property In this state A M lJ Drow of Fresno introduced early ear in the session a measure pro providing providing viding that aliens alfens may hold hohl lands for five years after they ther shall have haver reached r the time ago ngo of but butIr It Ir at al lh th rond ond ol of that time the lands shall not have been boen conveyed to bona bonn bonafine fine lIete purchasers they thc shall be lie sold by bythe bythe bythe the state It also provides that no contract agi cement or lease of or real shall be made mado to an alien for longer period than one year In order oriel to determine what action to lo take when the tho bill should come to tobun him bun for fou signature the time governor asked tho Ow representative 0 of Japan to fur I him with information of the treat nent n ent accorded in the ho he Islands and the reply shows that Drews bill billIK IK iH ii more drastic than the Japanese law In Tn that country countr aliens are arc not allowed to own land on account of or the crowded condition of the islands but corporations may lease property I for lot lOll years giving them thero all tho the rights except actual ownership o 11 e Ip allowed u to natives The ho governor said today that ho had not nol contemplated his investigations lions ions and was not ready read to lo pronounce an sn opinion yf the tho merits ol ci tho ho pro iro proposed I posed measure 1 |