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Show j CALIFORN I A IS TO INCLUDE ALL ALIENS With surprising quickness, the Jap- aneje imbroglio is clearing up During Dur-ing the last campaign, the question of war with Japan was diSCUBSSd by a number ot speakers and young Roosevelt Roose-velt openly advocated a highly aggres she policy. On Monday, Julius Kahn, head of the military afiairs committee of the house, decian d he had j ea.-on to be- , lleve Japan had withdrawn opposition to the California la prohibiting Jap ansae from owning land in that state It was only a month ago when Reprc-sentative Reprc-sentative Kahn was throwing down I the gauntlet to Japan and Informing the American people that he was ready to fight-Mr. fight-Mr. Kahn stated yesterday that he would confer with Ambassador Morris on a proposal now being considered I ;. the California delegation to ask the California legislature to enact a new law prohibiting all aliens from acqulr llni land in that state. At the state i department it was stated that Sena-j Sena-j tor Hiram JohnRon had also discussed' this proposal with tho department and that it is now being officially consld ; ered. Asked If ihe reported withdrawal ef Japan s opposition to the existing law WOllld llffei t thn mnvnmonl n . ..... i- uiT-ui lvJ l-AWUU the prohibition against acquiring California Cali-fornia lands to all aliens, Mr Kahn said: "The state department undoubtedly Will Issue a statement about the sltua Uon when it reaches a definite stage." Several members of the California delegation have stated that a strong and growing sentiment In favor of a law barring all aliens from acquiring lands exists in the state, and it Is like-l like-l thai proposed extension of the pres ent staiute will not be abandoned. natevsr Japan may do about her protest. pro-test. Rapid encroachments on California I ioll lands by the English ,wbo now own 30 per cent of the entire oil acreage, are said to have aroused this" sentl ment. With the growing scarcity of loll and Great Britain's refusal to permit per-mit Americans to enter the Mesopo-tamlan Mesopo-tamlan and other oil fields under her control, the Californlan feels that tfil vita necessity should be conserved as Ja matter of national safety. The California legislature meets early in January, when a draft of itr proposed law Is expected to be submitted. sub-mitted. it begins to look aa though the whole Japanese excitement will blow over hen the 'allfornlans so broaden Jtheir inhibitions sl tO not single on I the Japanese for adverts legislation, j |