Show Will MILL EXTEND GlAD HAND TO BRYAN BRYANt t Californians Will Welcome Secretary o of State When He J-Ie Arrives for Conference on Land Legislation HE HOPES TO FINISH MISSION IN A WEEK We May Create Precedents Says ays Head of of St State te Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment but It Would Not Do to Speak of Them in Advance April 25 I I shall go direct to Sacramento and will return to toV V Washington 3 as soon as I J possibly can cnn said saul Secretary of ot State William J. J Bryan here tonight as hi his train I cannot forecast how long Jong my absence may IDay maybe maybe be but I hope to finish my mission in a n week I ought to be in Wash Wash- in ington ton fr r Bryan nodded his head with emphasis and added I hated to leave c fa Washington hington just now row I would not have done so if it had not been necessary rhe e ar are important days day at the capital Mr M r Bryan Bran declined to make any statement in connection with the coming conferences with Governor Go J Johnson and the California legisla legisla- ture tUfe My I mission he said in 10 answer to toa toa toa a question a as tar far ar as my ny memory goes oc Is without precedent We n may may- B create Ie precedents In our out conferences but it would not do doto to to speak peak of or them in advance Hospitable Welcome Augured tib thc secretary cr i will will qi have 4 ar an ri hospitable ble welcome In California wn wa w z shown toda today In five n e Invitations he re received re- re here b by telegraph to addre public bodies In San Sin Francisco and Sacramento The Chamber of ot Commerce Corn Com merce of ot San I Francisco the thc Commonwealth Commonwealth Common Common- wealth 1 club the Commercial club an and the California Development De board alt all altof of oC San Sun Francisco telegraphed asking for addresses s and md the Chamber oC ot Commerce of or Sacramento offered tha the Continued on Page 8 S Column 1 l WILL EXTEND GLAD GLADi i i HAND TO 10 BRYAN BRYANt t Californians Califon Welcome Visit of oft g t Secretary of State Stat to Cant Confer Confer Con Con- t I fer on Alien Legislation nl 4 J t Continued From Page Pago 1 T A uso use of ot a 0 theatre and asked for a pub- pub 9 lie speech a Mr Bryan Bran said ald that ho lie had hall been beon obliged ed to decline tho the Invitations In from San Francisco as 35 there wai was no II- II hood that he ho would bo be able ablo to speak there Thoro Thero was moro more chance that he would speak PC C In Sacramento but he could not make an engagement I 1 replied to tho the gentlemen In Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento that I had been heen dispatched h by bythe the President to confer with tho governor gov- gov and legislature of or their state Mr Bryan said And these circumstances I appreciated their Invitations I did not deem It proper propel for me to mako make any speaking eD engagements Mr Br Bryan nn added that as representative tive Uve of ot tho the President he had never doubted a R. cordial welcome from Call Call- fornia To President Washington April 25 Secretary Secretary Dr Bryan Brynn an lt is not expected to spend more moro than a n week at Sacramento conferring with Governor Johnson and ond tho the state l legislators gi over the tho proposed land laws From semi official sources today It was wan as said that Mr Bryan ex expected ex- ex l to present tho the views of or President dent lent Wilson and do o all that was possible possible pos pos- sible to remove remove friction bet between Cen tho the United States and Japan over tho the particular legislation In time to beback be bo boback back In Washington on stay May ny 7 1 In official circles today It was wag suggested sug sUS' that tho the energy with which Japan had protested against the enactment enact enact- enactment ment of the pending alien land Jand holding holdIng holding hold hold- ing legislation In California c. had to obscure the fact tact that the tho Chinese would bo ho affected by such laws lAw though not In proportion to tho the Japanese residents The Tho Chinese legation here hore though h thought t noting the facts has refrained from lodging any protest at nt the tho state department de dep department de- de I p while awaiting Instructions I from Peking Peking- as ns well as ns tho the Issue of tho the negotiation between America and Japan regarding tho the question of ot alien land Jand ownership It Is Js apparent hoever however how how- ever over that th the tho situation is viewed with deep concern developing as It has at atthe atthe atthe the very moment when tho the United States government o Is about to ago tho the Chinese people h by extending recognition to tho the Infant democracy Specific treat treaty guarantees g I It was pointed out probably would give o I the tho Japanese property owners owner's a a. decided advantage nd over or tho the Chinese In protecting protecting pro pro- their rights In tho event of ot discrimInator discriminatory dis dis- lE legislation The Tho number of ot Chinese In California Is said to heen hevery he ho very en much smaller than commonly supposed f According to time tho report of tho Immigration commission owing to tho the stoppage e of ot immigration tho the re return return return re- re turn of oC man many Chinese to their own country and tho the migration of ot many others other In California to tho east of ot the tho United States their number In the west has decreased materially In the thelast thelast thelast last decade Even In 1900 there thre were only Chinese In tho the whole of ot continental United States about 40 0 of ot whom resided In California Society Supports Support Wilson Now New York April 25 The rhe The Japan so society society so- so clet at nt a no meeting of or Its executive O committee adopted today toda a n. message which was dispatched to President Wilson Wil Wil- Wilson 11 son Ion supporting him In all he I la is doing to maintain tho honor of ot the nation in his attitude toward California's proposed proposed pro pro- posed Japanese anti legislation The Tho alien allon land bill tho message Je declares de de- clares Ignores Inores treaty t obligations of or ortho tho the United States and Is directed against t a 0 friendly nation that has scrupulously observed Its engagements in this countr country and raises a a. grave rae Issue California's bill was as deplored In speech letter and tele telegram am at tho meeting Communications were read b by Lindsay Russell president of or tho the society from Andrew Carnegie Jacob IL Ir Charles W W. Eliot president prel emeritus of Harvard Har university President President President dent David Starr Jordan of ot Leland Stanford university former Mayor Seth Low and Lloyd Q A Griscom former former former for for- mer ambassador to Ital Italy all executive members Dr Jordan telegraphed Most Mast but not all Intelligent ent ment opposed to antl Japanese le legs legis I lation laUon If It bill passes matter motter should be bo settled once for tor all nIl in federal courts Seems Seem absolutely absolute certain no state has Jurisdiction In fn discriminating against I aliens no state can mako make foreign al alliance alliance alliance al- al liance nor have foreign n quarrel Subject ct J Held ld In J Sacramento April Pressure 26 Pressure of ot other Important legislation kept kepl the question entire entirely In tho the background background back back- ground today and gossip In the capitol corridors was confined to dl discussion of ot procedure to bo be observed when Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Bryan Dryan arrives Monday to take tako the subject up in conference with Governor GO Johnson and tho the majority loaders leaders In tho the absence of or Intimations from Mr h Bryan an as to his wishes In the matter mat mat- ter hr It IB lEi presumed that ho will trill go JO Into consultation with Governor Go Johnson after breakfast at tho the executive residence resi rosl- dence Monday and that later leaders lenders of both houses will be summoned to participate participate par par- in tho the discussion If It Mr Bryan Dran wishes to present his views direct to the leSl legislature a Joint sitting Bitting of both houses probably will bo be held in the tho assembly assembly as as- chamber Assemblyman plan to InvIte tho the governors of or Washington Oregon Nevada Nevada Ne and Arizona to tho the conference embodied In a resolution offered In tho the lower house failed to receive even en full tull Democratic Democratic and was voted Ito down n 41 cl to 11 T The tc resolution was not presented In n tho the sonata Action Mollifies Mollified Japanese April 25 Satisfaction Satisfaction is gen generally generally gen gen- expressed hero over o tho the decision of or President Wilson to send Secretary of State Stale Bryan to Sacramento Co Cat CaL to consult eOD with tho the legislators legislates there on the tho question of ot tho the proposed alien land landownership ownership o legislation le Tho The majority of ot tho the Japanese 3 newspapers newspapers news news- papers adopt a moro more tranquil tone tODO to toda today today to- to circulated O Osaka da day but tho widely I an Independent independent nowa newspaper Jap Japa In Ina a 1 warlike spirit points points to tot tho Japan Japanese so e fleet fled as no no to toy and says nays a a that It If forced to action by discriminatory legislation leg lel It is capable of vindicating tho tutu national honor |