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Show uu TRYING TO SETTLE JAPANESE QUESTION. Every day the Japanese problem !has assumed larger proportions, until now the federal government is required re-quired to take n stand which may h j nothing less than an exclusion act bar-j bar-j ring the Japanese In much the samp .manner as the Chinese are excluded Looking to this end a new treaty now is being negotiated, the tentative draft of which has proved objection able to the lenders of the California movement to restrict the Japanese. Secretary of State Colby is carry ing on the exchange of views with To-kio, To-kio, but is leaving the final determlna tion of policy to the time when he shall bring in the foreign affairs and foreign relations committee of congress con-gress Inasmuch as the np administration will be entrusted with the working out of the difficulties. Secretary Colby should consult President-elect Harding Hard-ing and the Republican leaders and get their views before committing the countiy to an agreement with Japan Congressman Johnson ot Washing ton objects to leaving the control of Japanese immigration with ihe Japanese Jap-anese government and contends that the Nipponese never ean be excluded effectually until the United States exercises ex-ercises its proper prerogative in this respect If the treaty conflicts, he contends it should be terminated, as provided, on six months' notice. He alco objects to any bargain with the Japanese insolving an American guarantee guar-antee of the right of Japanese now in this country to hold agricultural land. Representative Kahn of California I will present the Japanese problem to the house next week in a speech in 1 which he will contend that the gentle men's agreement entered into bv Theo- dore Roosevelt has failed to prevent the influx of a horde of Japanese Rep I resentatives Siegel of New York and Welty of Ohio., members of the rum mlttee, are in Canada investigating : the smuggling of Asiatics across the! international boundary, to deal with ( which there is to be a pro ision in the j immigration bill. The entire decision in the Japanese! affairs should rest with the commit- j tees of congress charged with responsibility respon-sibility in foreign relations |