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Show JAPANESE RECEIVE J NEWS WITH REGRET Tokio Government Had Hoped up to the Last f Minute That Federal Intervention Would (j Prove Successful in California Newspapers Throughout Empire Publishes Extra Editions Announcing Signing of the Alien Land Bill JAPAN MUST TAKE THE NEXT STEP 5 Secretary of American Embassy at Tokio j Advises Foreign Minister That Every Effort g Will Be Made to Find a Friendly Solution of the Question Japanese Statesmen Arrive in San Francisco to Investigate Conditions Legal Test of the Law Will Be Made Wafthingrtnn, May 20 Roprrsentativp.s Bart hold of Missouri an-g; an-g; fiouiiccd today that he purposed to introduce next Friday a resolu-K resolu-K tll,n " '"-mpowrr eonfrress to legislate exclusively on all" questions affecting the rights of aliens residing in the United states The J purpose of the measure would he to prevent individual slates frcm passing laws which might cause friction n-ith foreign countries. La. k of federaJ control, he said affecting the ability of the government jgW to carry out a treaty in all its intergrity, was a palpable defect. Tokio, May 20 The news that the California alien land ownership bill kll had been signed by Governor John- WSPg son was received here with regret, al- M though it had been discounted In official of-ficial and non-official circles It was hoped up to the last moment, however, how-ever, that Washington's intervention n would prove successful The newspa-1 newspa-1 am pers published extra editions with the "j announcement that the bill had been Ulii signed The efforts of the Japanese gov-ernment gov-ernment are concentrated at present fefw pacifying public opinion, but the task Ural Is regarded In some quarters as a air 1 1 more difficult of? thnn that at the MB time of the California school controversy. contro-versy. Since the death of the emperor the authority of the government has it steadily gTown weaker in resisting the 111 growing Influence of public opinion JllJ and the spirit of democracy is augment aug-ment Inr throughout the '-mplre. Arthur BaiHy-Blanc hard, secretary r6 of the T'niied States embassy, visited iBB Baron Makino, the Japanese foreign minister today and reiterated the determination de-termination of the United States gov-BH gov-BH ernment to exert ever effort In order to find a friendly and satisfactory so-BSB so-BSB lution of the question He empha-nK empha-nK sized the fact that it was a f'alifor-nian f'alifor-nian and not an American question, and thanked the Japanese government memm for its friendliness and for its at-; at-; tempts to restrain the excitable publle . opinion of Japanese ( It Is generally believed here that Washington will find a solution of the Uf problem but the more conservative B3B elements in Japan are now cchoine L ,np public agitation for equal treatment treat-ment of the Japanese. They declare jfl t that the racial l?suc which It Is contended con-tended s involved, and the steady recurrence of anti-Japanese hills in n , ( allfomla should receive "basic curry cur-ry Btlve treatment " A prominent official said today: fB J "The Japanese people feel that their national honor Is Involved The present question will be solved pi ... pill fnllv but vvnai is needed to assure the ' - permanency of our tradition friend -t ship i a change of heart hi some Americans toward the Japanese " k Japan To Take Next Step. Washington Maj 20 -With the an.-' an.-' I Bwpr of the United States to Its pro- test in hand. It Is now up to th" Japanese foreign office to take the K nexl step in the negotiations over the m California alien-land act It la ex-m ex-m !-,-. that the forthcoming rejoinder t., Secretary Bryan will b strongly I argumentative and calculated to re-J S suit In the conduct of the future nego tlatlons on a strictly legal basis fff Ab It Is understood thai the state frm department is looking to the Japanese ll ? (government, or some Japanese ctti 7en to test the new law by recourse! i l in lb.' I nuil State I DM w V'm t.e sicnifirxint o' the drawing or an ..'i other Issue that the Japanese are be-lleved be-lleved to be reluctant to b-gln such a nir.v . it'. ii t Tn his protest of May 9 to the 9tnte department, the Japanese ambassador IjK is understood lo have made it per HfjtJ ..'!;, n,Mi that I., pin finding it lm possible to deal directly with the . .. ' .i' f-Trra u r. Iv'.ng en tirely upon the federal government to insure what he believes to be fair treatment for Its subjects. Probablv that contention will he extended to cover the legal test of th? California land law, though the ordl-; ordl-; nary procedure in such caBes would j be to allow a Japanese subjert threatened threat-ened with escheatment of his lands to begin action by application for an Injuncl ion Meanwhile, it Is expected, that several sev-eral days will elap3e before the Jap-I Jap-I anese rejoinder Is received. In view I of the fact that ten days were taken for the preparation and delivery of the American reply to the original I protest Japanese To Investigate San Francisco, May 20 V. Yama-moto. Yama-moto. who is general secretary of the ! Young Men E Christian association at Tokio. and K lbukn. an International I representative of the Worlds Stu dents' Christian Federation, are I the two associates of Soroku Bbara land Ano Hattori, the Japanese slates ni-n here to Investigate conditions in .connection with alien land legislation. legisla-tion. Thev will aid In formulating the report that Is to be made. The Japanese Investigators Intend j to demote four months to their stud of conditions in ihis ountrv For a part of this period. Ibuka will be awa attending a meeting of the Students" Stu-dents" Christian Federation which la ! to be held shortlv at Lake Mohonk N. Y. Troops for Hawaii Washington. May 20 Secretary Garrison pointed out today that the i movement of troops from Fort Slo-etim. Slo-etim. N. Y. and other eastern pomis : to the Pacific coast was being made j under an order Issued March l" by former Secretary Stimson. which directed di-rected immediate recruiting of 2,000 men to bring the Hawaii garrison up to its full strength Army officers as; it is difficult to secure recruits ion the Pacific coast and that it necessary to enlist the men In the eastern and middle states. The or 1 der for 2.000 recruits has not nearlj been filled and war department offl rial? say the movement will go on for some time To Talk on Situation. Washington. May SO. During a ten-minute session of the house today to-day Representative Slsson of Mississippi Mis-sissippi announced his Intention of making a speech on the legal points Involved In the California-Japanese situation when the house meets again Friday. Cabinet Touches Question Lightly. Washington. May 20 President Wilson and the cabinet today had the shortest meeting of the administration administra-tion thus far P lasted less than an hour and concerned chiefly appointments. appoint-ments. The Japanese question was touched on briefly but It was understood the cabinet deferred full discussion awaiting a reply from Japan to the latest American note. No nominations nomina-tions were expected to be sent to the I senate today. |