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Show COVERNORGILLETT SENDS MBSgT TO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE Treats Japanese Question Conservatively, Considers Matter of Grave Concern to State and Nation, Believes Japan and U. S. Should Act Together in Dictat-ing Dictat-ing Policies of the Far East, Alien Land Laws Should Affect All Nations Alike, Warning of President and Secretary of State Should Be Heeded, Heed-ed, Federal Authorities Better Able to Cope With Situation. Sacrnmnto, Cal., Jan. 26. Govern-or Govern-or GIlletfB rocssago on tho Japaneso miestlon. sent to tho legislature today, bad tho effect of crystaliztng tho sentiment senti-ment for and against the bills by Drew and Johnson against which PrBldont Roosovelt has Invoked all Ms power. ':' The President Informed tho governor gov-ernor that ft would be extremely dangerous dan-gerous for tho legislature to enact any laws that might bo construed by Japan a's discriminatory. Ho wired Gover-. Gover-. nor GlUett today that another letter was on tho way and this Is expected to throw moro light upon tho exact situation between Japan and America. Grove L. Johnson, author of the bill segregating Japanese In residential districts at the option of municipalities, municipali-ties, moved today when the measuro I came up for third reading, that it be mad a special order. Thus two of the anti-Japane6e measures will be before tho lower house at that time and the fight, if any develops, will decide de-cide the whole Issue. The bill, by A. N. Drew, denying aliens the right to hold land, vas set for consideration tomorrow, at tho request of the author, after the governor had indicated that he desired such legislation held up. I Speaker Stanton and the assembly orgnl2atlon is against all of the bills objected to by the administration. The fight for them will come from Grove L. Johnson, the San Francisco delegation dele-gation and assemblymen who have great numbers of union labor constituents. that the Japanese population of. Call-. fornla Is Increasing. The message continues: "Today the relations existing be-1 tweon the United States and Japan are very frlondly. Doth are great powers among tho nations of the world. Both stand In a position, geographically, geo-graphically, to dominate and control tho commerce of tho Pacific. Acting together, they can dlotate the policies ( which old nations must pursue In the Far East and can preserve the peace there. As friendly allies, many benefits bene-fits will lnuro to both nations and a I jrroat commerce can be carried on between be-tween them to the advantage of our people; but. aa enemies, the com-1 merco of both can be driven from the ocean. Everv leason, therefore, exists wbv there should continue between Japan and our government tho most friendly relations, and It Is the exposed ex-posed wish ot each nation that this shall be so. "If the Agreement, already made, does not go far enough; that is, if classes other than those enumerated therein, should have been included, then our .government should make ihnt fact kno-.-n to Japan and ask to have them included and present Its reaeons therefor. If such reasons aro tood and sufllclent, then In all fairness fair-ness and with a desire to do what Is light. Japan will, no doubt, consent to the request made. "This question of immigration is one that affects tho entire nation as 1 veil as our state, and Is one which of misgiving and distrust to exist. We must also remember that no law that this stale can enact will stop Japanese Immigration. Congress alone is vested with authority to pass such legislation. And we must also recognize recog-nize the fact that the Japanese among us are the pubjects of a friendly nation na-tion and arc entitled to the samo treutment under our laws and to the name privileges and immunities as are guaranteed to the subjects of the most favored nations. Japan's treaty with our government guarantees to them this right and as citizens of these United Stateo, we must accord it to tncm. There can not be one law for ihn subjects of Japan and another one for the cltlzenrj of England." Tho governor then proceeds to con-elder con-elder the pending bills. "If aliens are to be discouraged from investing here and not to be permitted to own land in the ttate, a law may be enacted en-acted forbidding the same," "but see to it," says the governor, "that It affects af-fects tho subjects of all nations alike," The governor Bees no reason for a law barring aliens from becoming directors di-rectors of corporations. The measure segregating "undesirables," "undesir-ables," which ho says is clearly Intended In-tended to reach the Japanese, is merely mere-ly referred to. The passage of these Mils, even though they may never become be-come laws, the governor says, may cause tho good faith of the federal government gov-ernment to bo questioned. The governor says that "what we wnnf Ja tr havrt tho nuestlon of Im- Speaker Stanton said: "The govcriior'B message was con-1 eervative and should be heeded by the legislature. The federal authorities aro more able to cope with the situa- j tlon than we.'! i The message In part is as follows: To tho Senate and Assembly of the State of California: "There is certain legislation now pending before you which I believe to be of grave concern, not only to our Etnle, but to the nation as well, and v:hich should be most thoroughly con-eldered con-eldered before it is acted upon. . ' "Certain bills have been Introduced, Fome of which have been favorably leported by your , committees, Indirectly Indi-rectly intended to affect the Japanese people at least such Is the lmpres-rion lmpres-rion abroad. These bills have attracted at-tracted the notice of the whole nation and have caused Japan to call the attention at-tention of our government to them. They have produced an agitation not only in our own country, but throughout through-out Japan and the Japanese minister of foreign affairs has stated to the authorities au-thorities in Washington that if the bills should be passed, the government govern-ment of Japan would consider it very embarrassing." The governor then reviews what has been done by the governments of the United States and Japan, resulting in a compact for the restriction of Immigration, Immi-gration, the provisions of which, he Eays, Japan is now carrying out. Figures are here given, showing a decrease de-crease In the ' Immigration of Japanese, Japan-ese, and the governor says he knows of nothing to sustain the assertion me ieaerai uvc,"u,c"'' settle. It may be settled In two ways: First, by an agieement between be-tween the two nations, which has been done, or by legislation passed by congress, as wns done in the case of the Chinese. "If wo find out that, notwithstanding Japan's efforts, her coolie labor continues con-tinues to pour into our state, or though calling themselves agriculturalists, agricultur-alists, are landing upon our shores and settling In our cities, or leasing and purchasing our valuable agricultural agricul-tural lands, and changing white settlements settle-ments to Japanese to the detriment of this state and its citizens, then it is our plain, duij to call the attention of the government to the facts and petition it to lake such prompt action as may be proper, and by an agreement agree-ment with Japan, or by legislation, if necessary, to remedy conditions. If our complaints are Just, they will be taken np by congress and the President Presi-dent and acted upon. "While the settlement of the Questions Ques-tions of immigration are pending, we rhould do no act to embarrass those in authority at Washington, thereby waking their task more difficult We should bo very careful about passing any legislation not absolutely necessary neces-sary for our Immediate protection, intended in-tended solely to affect the Japanese people being lawfully among us, because be-cause in so dcing we make the taBk which we expect our government to perform harder to achieve, and such legislation at the be6t can only tend to widen the breach between Japan and our country and cause a feeling migration settled amicably and tettled right." The message concludes as follows: "The President of the United States and tho secretary of the state have 1s-fcued 1s-fcued a warning against passing any Mils of the nature proposed. Representing Repre-senting the nation and knowing the bltuation as they do, their warning should be heeded. This matter is one in which our Interests are not alone involved, but one in which tho whole country Is Interested. The passage of all or any of the proposed bills w ill not prevent a single Japanese from landing here or cause one to leave the country. They will in no sense check immigration or change the Japanese way of doing business or his manner of living. They can only tend to embarrass the nation na-tion in its dealings with Japan, and render future negotiations more difficult. dif-ficult. "Whatever we shall attain in the way of restricting Japanese Immigration Immigra-tion must ccmo to us through treaties entered Into by the federal government govern-ment or through laws enacted by congress.' con-gress.' "Our efforts should be made through the proper channels and we should prepare a statement of facts to support a petition we .'nay present. "I would, therefore, recommend that a sufficient appropriation be made to enable the labor commissioner to take a census showing the number of Japanese now in the state, the number num-ber classed as laborers, and those classed as agriculturalists, the number num-ber of acres of land owned by Japanese Japan-ese and the number of acres leased and to get such other and further information in-formation as way be useful in making a proper report to the President of the United States and to congress. "With such a census we can ascertain ascer-tain hereafter whether or not the Japanese Ja-panese population of this state is increasing in-creasing or decreasing and whether or not they are extending their real property holdings. "1 most respectfully submit this whole matter to your most careful and thoughtful consideration, hoping and believing that no mistakes will bo made in the proper solution thereof, and that nothing may be done in the way of passing legislation which will tend to hereafter embarrass the representatives rep-resentatives of our country in dealing with the nation of Japan concerning Immigration matters." |