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Show CABINET AND LAND LAWS Express Hope California Califor-nia Will Not Pass Any Measure That Will Impair Im-pair Treaty Obligations Washington April 11. The form3l; address of the new Chinese republic to the world was received here today 1 bv cable and taken up by Preslc-nt W llMn and the cabinet Its text may bo made pubiii later The cabinet discussed the question of recognition No action was taken but word went out that as soon as organization of j the constitutional assembly is finish-edf finish-edf which probably will be tomorrow, formal recognition of Yuan Shi Hal's government would be made bj tho I 1 ,;ited States. Members of the cabinet talked en thusiastlcally of the address as a diplomatic dip-lomatic utterance that breathed tbi spirit of liberty of an awakened peo- I pi? The fact that Brazil, Pern and Mexico already have recognized China did not create an expression of regret that the United States had 1 not been tho first to recognize the , in": republic Members of the cabinet pointed out that the members of the! I n ted State' in appealing to the na-j lions of the world lor joint action had I In ofect been the first lo demonstrate jits attitude. It will be a matter of onlj a few days. too. the isaid when' ! the new republic would be taken Into the family of nation:-- represented at Washington Reports of attempted assashlnatlon and political unrest are , nut disturbing the administration, t!ie declared. The cabinet look under consideration considera-tion also the questions created by the pending alien laud law legislation in California with the expressed hope thai California would not enact an) tail to impair treat obligations. The friendly feeling of this country for China, whose citizens also cannot be naturalized was cited as an evidence thai the Wilson administration was anxious to promote good feeling in the far east and was especiallj anx- i ious to retain the friendship of Japan. |