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Show JAPAN FILES I OBJECTIONS I Tokio Chamber of I merce Takes Action H Regarding the Cali- !H fornia Land Owner- H ship Bill Tokio. April 11 Buel Nakano, president of ihe Tokio Chamber of Commerce, todaj visited the United iH 9tatei Embassy and outlined the views of the Japanese business com- i. .unity in regard to th California land ownership bill. He requested the charge d-affaires, Mr. Brailh - Wm Blancbard, to la his arguments be- Hg fore his government at Washington A joint meeting of the chamber of commerce of Kobe, Osaka. Yokohama and Tokio, ha6 been summoned by M. Xakano to discuss the question. M. il Nakano is well known in the rnited Slates, having visited several of the principal chambers of commerce there lm In 1909. A joint meeting of the Japanese political parties is also being planned Kr to discuss ihe situation. H$ The clause of the California bill W. providing for confiscation of property flg of persons unable to become natural- flg I eed American citizens has aroused Hp th strongest criticism here. M& Unnecessary Alarm. (Bft Sacramento. Cal.. April 11. The ag- Hi ; itation In political and business cir- iR i cles In Tokio concerning trie pro- posed alien land law now pending Br I before the California legislature Is not ; Justified by the facts in the case. I according to members of the senate who read the dispatch today from the Japanese capital. "Nothing in the bill now before the legislature can be construed as af-fecting af-fecting the present holdings of any aliens, regardless of their right to become citizens," said Senator i Thompson, who was active In draft-; draft-; ing the measure. "No confiscation is plunned, and the Japanese have heen Bp' ml - informed as to our Intentions, Land 'BX now held by aliens may be retained forever, for all that this bill is con-! con-! cerned. ' The only restrictions are on land QHft to be acquired hereafter, whether by leaae or purchase, gift, devise or oth- rwlse The bill limits future leases to three years' duration, ana owner-ship owner-ship to one year This is regarded 1 ampl" time (or an alien to dispose of such properly without loss "The rights of any alien lo citizen-slop citizen-slop will not affect his status so far as his ownership of land Is concern-, concern-, ed. All aliens will be treated alike .M under this act for it has been drawn to apply equally to Japanese. Ger-man Ger-man or English subjects, or the sub- jects of any other foreign nation " jjaaV |