| Show MISSISSIPPI MEMBER I fOR WAR RATHER THAN GRANT JAPANS JAPAN'S DEMAND Sisson Stirs House With Speech in Support of Land Law II April A A war ar W WASHINGTON v speech In support of the proposed California land kind law was delivered In the tho House today by bv Representative Rep Rep- k Sibson Sisson of ofUs Mississippi Us If we mu must l have havo war var or submit to this indignity I am for war cried Mr lr Sisson i I t am with the tle people of or California In iii their thell efforts to pro prevent ent thc these aliens from acquiring land I r I believe bellevo said Mr Ir Sisson that no nonresident alien should be bo allowed to hold a single foot of land laud In the territory terri tern I tory ton of or tho United St States What would Washington ashin ton sa say In answer to the tue question question ques ques- tion lion war or submission What would Jackson say What would Cleveland Sn Ia say What hat would McKInley rel say n I I resent time the efforts of oC Japan to force us r to submit to her demand Mr tr Sisson took the tho position that time the Jap Japanese government In protesting against alien land hand legislation was en endeavoring endeavoring en- en to exempt its citizens ens from I Ithe the tho operation of ot laws Jaws of oC states The President and secretary of or state said al Mr lr Sisson should only that the alien government go al assure UlO an I people of or the time alien nation should bl bo dealt with fairly in accordance with tho the law la of or tho tIme states Only this posItion position position tion would voul lead to tho the federal government govern govern- I I ment taking out from under the laws w I of oC the time states statts tho thio citizens of another state But all citizens or aliens resident in In iii a l tate state must bo held lucid subject to Its laws and to exen exempt Jl tho time alien would and above abo o i him Hl privileges over o give those accorded to American citizens Representative Mann tho the Republican n leader su suggested estel the tho United States held helcl th the constitutional con rl right to treat wIth u d on Paco 2 Z Column col 3 3 r rt t MISSISSIPPI MEMBER FOR WAR VAR RATHER THAN GRANT JAPANS JAPAN'S DEMAND I Continued From Page 1 1 foreign n powers to secure for American citizens property rights abroad and that Mr Ir SIMSon Sisson was contending foreign foreign for for- eign governments Ao did not have ha a similar simi lar right Mr Sisson contended that tho titO people of California had hud the right to patH pass laws regarding alien holding ln of lIf land as asIn a aIn asin In their Judgment seemed e best w en such la laws 4 1 did III not In Infringe trl ngo upon the federal constitution t u He lie II discussed at length th points of International law In- In d ol in the dispute ant and declared that California was as endeavoring to do only what Jav Japan n had hind already 3 done llone If Ie Japan now threatens us UIS with war what would she Mio ho do when millions oCher of oC her citizens have ha acquired land lanel In our count country I l lay down the time proposition that an aim alien population holding land lund within our hor borders ers would be a fixed and constant menace Wo must preserve to the American merican farmer armor the rI right ht to own the thc soil Boll of our country countr without competition which would drag t down his standard of ot liv liv- lug InS I would not miot surrender It unless we w. had lied spent the tho last drop of blood In American manhood and Impoverished Impo our country for tor or a a. hundred genera genera- lions Qu Question R Far Treaty making can never deprive tho time states of a reserved ed power continued Mr SIsson olson This California question is Js reaching far-reaching and Important In its re results re- re suits Nearly eary all an of the states have havo statutes regulating the tho rights of or aliens in reference to acquiring real estate Nearly earI er e every state has lias some seine limita limita- tion Lion This Democratic administration should announce with no imo uncertain tone tono to tho the world the doctrine that Congress proposes to recognize the time II right ht of the people of or the these states to who shall own o the time land hand within with with- in time the tate state and ancI that the United States government gO will hot prevent the states from making tanking such land laws las as the they see sec fit it and proper provided the they do not discriminate against citizens of or tIme the United States Slates If It It tho the President and Senate should commit themselves to any other proposition proposition we will unit havo Internal broils at home and endless international complications and intermeddling into our oUt domestic domestic do do- concerns oca b by the constant constant con con- stant complaints of ot the time alien landowner to his own government go I accord to Japan all tho the equal rl rights with ourselves I would as nM quickly resent a demand from our government gov bO upon Japan to permit an American citizen to own land in Japan contrary to the laws of ot Japan as 1 I do donow donow donow now resent Japans Japan's efforts to compel us to submit to her demands I think it tho the dut duty of ot ever even loyal loal citizen of ot all allour allour our omit states tnt's to stand for California and her ler rights In this fight for tor her own citizens and their descendants Members paid close attention to Mr Ir and amid hl his speech was frequently interrupted with applause |
