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Show I A VEXATIOUS FOREIGN ANGLE This country Is facing serious problem In dealing with the Japanese question in California ami the time has arrived whan those speaking ir the United States should bs men f mature judgment, having a full knowledge of the situation and devoid of the flamboyant flam-boyant and bombastic dispatch from Washington says Japan has made formal demand de-mand upon the United States that unjusl discrimination against her "itizens In California be considered by the two governments and a decision reached without delay. The trouble arises out of the referendum art by which California aims to debar citisens of Japan from ownership or control of land in that state. A pi ssa dispat b, in giving the history of the negot iationa of late, says Japan contends that it is the duty of the federal government to take precautionary measures thai will protect the .Japanese from nny discriminatory action California might take. It was made clear by state department officials hb.Wfjver, that this government will decline de-cline to deal with the situation until the issue is made complete by passage f the proposed referendum act It was indicated that negotiations nego-tiations are d such a character that' they cannot he concluded m haste and that the;, might even be in progress until after the present administration has completed its term of office It will then 1m in-cumhent in-cumhent upon th next administration to take final step. The present filiation, it was pointed OUt, is entirely different and far more serious than the one with which William Jennings Bryan found himself face to face when he was ft cretary of state. On that occasion the government govern-ment faced on act by the California legislature which might he amended. The proposed new law in California is hased upon a refer-! endura over which the department of state has no influence whatever, and which it admits is sine to pass It was stated ;t the department of slate that in such a eontro-1 versy as that with Japan, the view obtains abroad that the federal government is responsible for tin- acta of any state. T)ne official n -called the fact that when the United states disclaimed responsibility for the lynching of certain Italian citizen! in New Orleans. Baron ' Fava. the Italian ambassador, informed the department that if the United States could not protect Italian citizens in that stale, ids gov-crnmojit gov-crnmojit would send warships to protect them |