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Show JAP-CALIFORNIA ISSUE OUTLINED BY AMBASSADOR Nippon Fears Personal Rights of Its Citizens Will Be Placed in Danger DOESN'T QUESTION U. S. RULES ON CITIZENSHIP But Objects to Recent Methods of States to Show Discrimination i NEW YKK. Jnn. 22. Discussing what he lernv'd "the Cillfornla issue" , In an addn ss today before the Unlver-I Unlver-I sity club. Roland S. Morris, American ami ass idpr to Japan, declared that the Japanese Were fearful that California, and other western states might extend , : the classification of aliens, on the ba- is ot . iigi;.;iit in itizenship, not onl as to property rights, but also to per-1 I sonal rights. Ambassador Morris, who hag been conducting the n gotlations with Baron : Shldeharn, the Japanese ambassador.; with view to laying tho basis of a! treaty between the United States and Japan, further declared that the Jap-aneSC Jap-aneSC protest against the California! anti-alien land law and presenitd to the American people the definite iues- j Hon of whether In the larger view of America's relations with the Orient, it. Is wlso to classify aliens on the basis of their eligibility to citizenship WOT COMF1 ININIG ln present negotiations, Mr. Morris, said the Japanese were not complain-. Ing because Its nationals resident in the United States are Ineligible lo cit-' jzenshlp. not asking any greater rights j for its nationals than those COlfceded ( to other aliens; not questioning the' right of the United Slates government, to pass, subject to treaty obligation?, I legislation covering admission or resi-I ; dence of foreigners, nor seeking remov-l al of present restrictions on Japanese ' 'immigration. The Japanese govern-1 I ment, he added, does "contend that It is unjust and unfair to pick out a par-i par-i ticular group of aliens who are under certain political disabilities and deprive ; them of rights which all aliens aro permitted to enjoy." CANNOT COMPLAIN. "Japanese aliens resident ln the United States, said Ambassador Mor-1 rls. after asserting that ho was e4 ! discussing tho merits of the issue, but Its definition, "are not eligible to citizenship, cit-izenship, our naturalization laws hav-. ing been interpreted as applying only to white persons or persons of African Afri-can descent. This is in a sense of dis-i dis-i rimlnatlon. or perhaps better, a selec-I selec-I tlon of those whom for one reason or ' another we nre willing to admit lo the privilege of .American citizenship. But i it is clearly not u discrimination ol a I 1 character which could properly be the -ubj. it of complaint by a government' whose nationals might be excluded. No ; government would consider it proper! or expedient to protest because Its citizens cit-izens were not permitted to expatriate themselves A friendly state must re-1 gret and deplore such a policy and even hope that some day it would be chang- ed, but it would undoubtedly claim for I Itself and concede to other states th I Inherent right of a sovereign state to , determine the conditions and limits of naturalization. POINTS NO! r issi r. "May 1 ask you. therefore, to note I carefully this point: The Japanese govemmenl Is not complaining because, .1 iponess aliens resident in tho United I States aro ineligible to American clt- j lzenshlp. "Nor is the government of Japan asking for Its citizens resident among. US my greater rights than those con- j ceded to other aliens. It accepts and ' in Its own domestic legislation has f-len f-len acted upon the principle that any state has the right to Impose reasonable reason-able restrictions upon the property j rights of foreigners who choose to llvo or pursue their occupations within its i borders. RIGHTS OF ADMISSION. "May i ask you, therefore, to notfi I ln the second pluco that tho govern-l govern-l ment of Japan Is not In any way epics- ! : tloning the rights of our gov ernment to, pass, subject to its treaty obligations, j j any legislation It may see fli covering tho admission or residence of foreign-1 era among us. It is true that by tho I treaty of Kill Japanese wore granted full rights of admission to and residence resi-dence in our country But this right ( ontlnucd on Page Two) OO Jap-California Issue Outlined by Ambassador (Continued i nun Page One.) ' was granted only upon the express un-j un-j derstanding that the Japanese govern-! govern-! mcnt would continue voluntarily to ' limit Immigration as provided in the I SO-Called 'gentlemen's agreement' of 1 1908 "In tho third place, therefore, may I a.-ik yuu to note that the Jupancse ! government and the people are not j clamoring for tho removal of any of I the present restrictions on Japanese Immigration i n the contrary, the gOV-j gOV-j ernment has shown a willingness to examine and correct of the defects and abusps of the existing arrangement. is.st R is i i. i i i). "What then Is this much-talked or 'California issue 7' Of what does Japan Ja-pan complain'' lvt me try to answer Japanese aliens are. Ineligible to citizenship citi-zenship tinder the administration lnter-ptetatlon lnter-ptetatlon of our naturalization laws But personal and property rights they have ahared equally with other aliens on the t. -sis of their cllglbllltv to citizenship citi-zenship and thn proceeded to deprive! ( these who wrre Ineligible of certain rights previously enjoyed by all aliens In 1920 this legislation was amplified1 b.v an Initiative and referendum act ' Other states are now considering elm-' liar legislation and the people of Ja-pan Ja-pan are fearful lest this method be, used not only In property right, but sis . in personal rights. J A ' A N P ROT KSTI N ( ; "It Is against this method that the I government ond people of Japan art most vigorously and earnestly protesting. protest-ing. They contend that it Is unjust and unfair to pick out a particular i group of aliens who are under certain ' political disabilities and deprive them of rights which all other aliens are permitted per-mitted to enjoy. And the Japanese' protest presents to all our people this very definite question: In all the larger larg-er view of our relations with the Orl- ' ent la It wise to thus classify aliens on the basis of their eligibility to citizenship cit-izenship ? "It Is not for me to anpwer this-question this-question The answer must bn mad'-by mad'-by tho American people But It Is Important Im-portant thnt wo should keep cieurly ' before us Just what the issue Is so ' that we may more ltitr.igontiy deter-! mine it In the light of the facta'and or- I guments which are being submitted to us. .in |