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Show PRESIDENT ASKS ONLY FOR JUSTICE Washington, Jan. 19. Senator Flint, commenting upon the report published in Sacramento that President Roosevelt Roose-velt ahd taken a hand In the effort to stoy anti-Japanese legislation before the California legislature, stated today to-day that the president's position as outlined in the Sacramento dispatches is absolutely correct. He said that the president is determined that this legislation shall not be enacted until after the Callfornlans have had pointed point-ed out to them the injustice of their auuune towaru ine Japanese. i ne president is proceeding on the theory that Japan has stopped the emigration of coolies to this country and is doing everything possible to remove the causes of friction between the two countries, says Mr. Flint The Cal-fornla Cal-fornla senators frequently havo conferred con-ferred with the president and are aiding him in holding up the legislation legis-lation pending a full explanation of the federal government's position in the matter. That President' Roosevelt feels sufficiently suf-ficiently concerned about the proposed Japanese legislation In California jLo write an Important letter to Governor Gillett of that state, Is admitted at the White House today. The letter was mailed from the White House three or four days ago and will be. received toy the governor in a day or so. The president stronglv feels that the objection to Japanese immigration to this country Is fact being settled by by the agreement in existence between be-tween the United Stales and Japan under the terms of which, the president presi-dent points out, .2,00 more Japanese have left America in the last six months than have come in. The president pres-ident is convinced that Japan is sincere sin-cere in her intentions to greatly reduce re-duce the number of her citizens In the United States and territories, both by prohibiting their coming hero and by advising their departure when their employment and business interests inter-ests will permit. Because this decrease de-crease of Japanese In this country is actually going on, as the figures show, the president considers is seriously ser-iously unwise to attempt legislation discriminating against these people. He has no power, except his own moral influence, to stop this legislation legisla-tion and he will not attempt to exert any other Influence. Not only does he deem discriminatory legislation unwise, un-wise, but he thinks that it is fair to the Japanese that agitation of the question also be suppressed by leading lead-ing men of the Pacific coast. |