The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02
HAYES IS NOT
To PRESENT
THE BILL
Conference With President
Results in Decision Not
to Urge Exclusion Now
HEARS STERN TALK
AT WHITE HOUSE
Situation With Japan Over
School Matter Too Serious
to Permit of the Measure

WASHINGTON. Dec. president
Roosevelt took a very emphatic posi-
ton today in rebuking a member of
Congress who had intended TO intro
duce in Congress a joint resolution
which would have added fuel to the
flame OF agitation over the differences
between this country and Japan re-
garding the school question at San
= Francisco. The Representative in
question is E. A Hayes OF the Fifth
California District
when. Hayes called at the White
House today to have q talk with the
President concerning his joint resolu-
ton requesting the President to enter
into a new treaty with Japan in which
Japan would be required TO recognize
the right Of the United States to deal
with the question OF immigration of
the. japanese into this country as it
deems fit, something almost dramatic
happened to him.
The President told him with great
esrnestness that his resolution was i'll
timed. and that it might make difficult
the work OF the entire question He
very strongly urged the California
Representative not to Introduce any
measure al this. time which would
either tend to inhssne the Californian
mind or excite any. further Antipathy
on the part of the japanese.
II is understood that Hayes will not
3ntroduce his resolution out of defer
enee to the wishes of the President.
INFLUX is ALARMING
81. Following his conference with the
President, Representative Hayes spoke
rs follows in an interview:
T. .:.rCallfornians will not be content with
3 temporary solution. Of the Japanese
ing IN at the rate Of more than 1000 a
month and we are living over again
the days when the Chinese were doing
the same thing. I am OF the opinion
that the San Francisco school question
car. be settled easily and amieab1y and
7 believe that the whole question can
be settled, but until some means is
found to keep out the japanese labor
ers the issue win. be a serious one on
the coast
Tn. one sense the race problem on
the Pacific Coast is rapidly taking on a
character similar TO the race problem
IN South Carolina, and it will be only a
course Of q few years TIN the Japanese
predominate in California AS a means
OF strengthening the japanese CONNER
cisi position on the Pacific, large set
Element IN California Will give Japan
tremendous leverage. We Of the United
States think that we are destined to
control the Pacific and Japan thinks
the same thing. When steel strikes
flint there Will be trouble.
WAR TALK is BUNCoMBE
~AII talk Of war now is buncombe.
Neither the United States nor Japan
Is ready for IT, and. It Will not grow out
OF the San Francisco affair. II will
come some day, however, probably
within twenty-five years. Neither will
there be any commercial warfare now,
because every blow struck at us will
hit japan. twice as haro, the paIance
OF trade being in its favor by.two to
one.
president Roosevelt did not discuss
the situation with either Senator Flint
or myself today, saying that he pre-
ferred not to do so at this time. Pend
ing action by the administration shall
not press my bill now pending in Con-
gress for the exclusion of the Japanese.
California will do anything for the
temporary relief of the situation which
VIII lead to permanent results
The Call received the following teie-
gram from Congressman Hayes last
night which was called forth by the
widely published report that he had
predicted hostilities with Japan.
washington, D. c., Dec. lam adj
vised that the press quotes me as pre-
dieting war with Japan On the con-
trary think the present dificuIty will
be settled by diplomacy.