Show y VI JV h O t AY CLEARED fOR LAND lANU B III o BILL BILLI r I V Vote ie Expected in in ins in's iI C California Senate Today on Drastic Ownership Act Aimed Against j Japanese p n se seI I BRY BRYAN AN MAKES VISIT i TO S SAN N FRA FRANCISCO Q r Both President Wilson Wilson- and andS Sec Secretary 1 of State Refrain From Expression of pf Opinion on on the Measure as NoW flow ow Amended L S Gal April 30 An open right of wily way for fi final al action in in the ho Senate tO tomorrow brrow morning morn in on Oil the thc Webb ing cb a d act ct was prepared today bv by ly fh floor leaders lenders in m the thc upper r h house hous us and and- b before bo- bo fore foro tomorrow night a concrete expression cx- cx of the legislatures legislature's attitude do toward Secretary of State Bryan's Bryans diplomatic vi vit ViSit it will win be at hand haud in in the of a U vote oto on the most niost dra dra- dra t tic ic lan laud land holding act yet proposed Secretary Bryan spent the day in iii San ban Francisco returning late to to- night It was not not known blown whether ho he had locce received cd In further instructions from President Wilson regarding regarding his his propositions to tile the le legislature ln In his IliS ab absence enc the thc original plan to p no lo further dela delay was carried out out arid and when the senate adjourned t tonight 16 to- night tile the Webb bill wh which cb stands on the file 1110 as 8 the tho Accepted 1 substitute le to for the original Thom Thompson on meas mea ure mc was vas due to bo be reached within a a. lew te my minutes after tho the upper hous hou coi enes tomorrow morning morning- Hill t to Be lie Through A long long- debate Is n not 1101 t Improbable b bIeard and an t I C Cw W amendments ma may be offered d i illey h s b. eJ sJ tf j ot fIC I. I tonight that diat they expected tb the ac act lo to 0 be pass passed l In its pros present nt form torm There was wide wile discussion of ot the noW new bill biH to today a although h but little critIcism crit crit- was forthcoming from the standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of oC California In comparison on with various ls drafts lats that preceded It ft tile the Webb ebb act t I Is said af to be more drastIc and effective ti e in reaching the Japanese farmers of oC the state than an any ally other proposed propos d mea measure and amid at atthe the same time least objectionable of ot all aU from an International International international Inter Inter- national point pf of view Senator Thorn Thompson on declared tonight t that the tue bill provided pro for tor the imme imm diate and direct Solution of or the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- Jap- Jap anese problem and to this tillS extent it Is tho the most rigid an and uncompromising measure that has been suggested Senator Thomp Thompson on denied that the Continued on Page 6 Column 3 1 I w WAY NAY IS CLEARED FOR FORLAND LAND BILL California Senate to Vote T To Today Today To- To 0 day on Ownership Ownership Owner Owner- ship Act i I Continued From Pago Page 1 wording ordin of ot the th Act ct or an any part of ot It tt can bo bG taken us as a no concession to the ob objections objections ob- ob of ot Secret Secretary ry Bryan and Governor Governor Gov Gov- Johnson stated elated toda today that from what ho understood of or the tho situation the them m measure did not have havo the a approval of or President Wilson Wording Changed d to Avoid Avolt Offense nt It Is altogether probable that we would havo have reported this form of ot bill billIn billIn billIn In any case Bald Senator Thompson and it St cannot fairly be bo said that tho the draft prepared b by Attorney General Webb reflects an any of ot tho sentiments of oC Mr Ir Bryan Dran except his desire that wo do doI doJ donot I J not offend anyone and that of ot course has been our guiding principle principio from tho beginning At no time havo have we wo bad had n n. wish to offend tho the people p-eople of ot an any nation and our de desire to avoid the words Ineligible to citizenship has been bren quite as strong as that of ot the tho federal administration Those words are re not used In the Webb bill but I J do not he hesitate to sa say that the tho effect and result Is precisely precise tho the samo as If It they W were ro Included and It will be bo so o understood There was no noWay noway way to a avoid old it It Bar Japanese Farming Colonies A close study of ot the Webb bill shows shoes tho the full tull extent of the restrictions placed upon aliens aliena who are not permitted permitted per per- to become citizens although the limitations are precisely those Imposed in the tho existing treaties between us and Japan China and other nations whoso whose subjects are ineligible In the case of oC the Japanese they thc are arc prohibited entirely en en- b from acquiring or holding land for tor farming or a agricultural purposes and It t Is Js declared that the passage of or ortho tho the act will wUl put an end not only to tho the growth h of oC Japanese farming colonies c but eventually to the tho colonies them them- selves This purpose of or tho the act Is ef of effected cr- cr In two ways WI 1 On l On the death o of an n alien landowner land landowner landowner owner the tho bill bUl provides that his ownershIp ownership ownership owner owner- ship ceases and that th the property must be b talc taken en over by tho the probate court and sold to the tho 1 highest bidder Under Its It terms an alien alien cannot bequeath real property except to a a. citizen Tho The proceeds proceeds pro- pro i from the tho sale of ot such uch land aro distributed to tho the heirs by the court 2 No 10 No leases whatsoever are per per- Originally It was planned to 1 permit leases covering a n. maximum of or throe to five lve years but tho the Webb ebb act denies this opportunity for tor colonization colonization colonization tion b by aliens and provides that any lease of or agricultural lands Is Is' subject to toy escheat to the state on tho the da day it is begun hogun To make mako this more imore effective the bill provides that th when suit Is be begun he- he gun to toy t e escheat cheat such leases th the court shall appraise the lease sell tho the property property prop prop- ert erty at a a. forced sale and pa pay the value alue of oC the lease lense Into the tho state The re remainder remainder re- re of ot the proceeds shall shaH go to the tho citizen owner of ot the land L Le ses ae l Prohibited It Is held that this section of or the act I will bo be absolutely prohibitory upon all aU leases of ot agricultural lands whether for gardening ardent purposes or otherwise According to Senator Thompson who ha has s sis made mado a. a study of or the bill the tho theory Is 14 a as aa follows Only citizens and tho those e eligible to become citizens may be bo proprietors of Jand land They may employ Japanese o and Chinese Chines but they cannot lease or otherwise otherwise other other- wise wlee giver such aliens aliens- an Interest or share in their proprietorship Such land as Is now held b by J Japanese and Chinese cannot bo bequeathed to their alien heirs heir It must b bo be sold Tho The practical rC result of or th the bill paid eald Senator Thompson will bo be that laU Jail further acquisitions will Ill be presented prevented pre- pre vented leasing colonies will wUl bo be exter- exter exter and at the end of oC tho the present generation g most of oC the land now held b by Japanese o and Chinese o will be owned by b- citizens a a. general l policy for tor the treatment of ot tho important question of ot tho the extent to which tho the national government should go towards enforcing tho the treaty rights of oC aliens within tho the states tes Tho The n negotiations so- so with tho Japanese government which aro arc expected to follow the action In California probably will bo tho the moans means of oC developing this policy Tho The President mn may deem it adl advisable to undertake tho tiro negotiation of or a now no t treaty of oC trade and with Ja Japan Japan Ja- Ja pan pait and thoU though h it is 13 realized that agreement on such a a. convention satisfying satisfying satis satis- to Japanese pride yet t guarding against a a. Japanese Invasion lon would bo ho frau fraught ht with treat great rent difficulty some of or ortho tho the officials arc are Inclined to the belief that the thing can bo ho o done Meanwhile beyond boond speculating upon tho pos possibilities of ot developments in Sacramento and perhaps quietly ad nd- admonishing the ho territorial authorities of ot Alaska to to abstain from any such action in the Uio direction of oC discriminating against Japanese fishermen as would add to its difficulty there thero Is little that can be done In Washington until Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tar tary Dr Bryan an returns to tho the capital |