Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-09-22
EXCLUSION In JAPAN
Foreigners Not Allowed to Work III
Mines, Factories or Farms.
ROYAL ORDER EIGHT YEARS OLD
1t Applies to All Territory Except
Residential Settlements.
LAURIER DISCUSSES TREATY
Canadian Premier Replies to Demand
for Its AbrNgation.
1T Is PRO <C%.sA TO CANADA
Conv' ~ nded to Dominion
! >CN IL to Get Part
Growing japanese
50 Trade.
It Applies to All Territory Except
Residential Settlements.
DISCUSSES TREATY
Canadian Premier Replies to Demand
for Its Abr>gation.
IT Is PRO >OSSA TO CANADA

LONDON Sept 21-A dispatch to the
London Times from Peking today says that
the labor troubles at Vancouver are being
followed with much interest in the far east.
where an analogous problem has now
arisen between China and Japan. A Japa-
nese imperial ordinance, numbered 35H,
dated July q, 1892 vigorously forbids all
foreigners, whether European, American or
Chinese, from working in Japan as labor
ers in agriculture, fishing, mining, manufac-
turing and other classes of Industry out
side the narrow residential settlements de-
fined I'm former treaties, except by special
permission of the local authorities. The
dispatch adds: Such permission, we are
informed here, is never given. Article )
OF the ordinance provides that any Chi
nese working without the necessary per-
mission are liable to expulsion from Japan.
Considerable numbers of Chinese laborers
were recently introduced to work on the
government railways of Japan by certain
Japanese contractors who had not prev-
ously obtained this necessary permission"
Laurier Discusses Treaty.
OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 2.--Sir Wifrid
Laurier today sent the following telegram
in reply to a request from the Dominion
labor congress that notice be given to
abrogate the Japanese treaty and that
meantime the importations of Japanese
be kept down to the number arranged for
some time ago by both countries
'Alphone Verville. NJ. p, President
Trades and Labor Council, Winnipeg.
Man: l have given due consideration to
your request that immediate steps be taken
to terminate the treaty with Japan.
would observe that this treay when brought
into existence some fifteen years ago did
not apply to Canada and that some few
years ago. In response to the repeated ex-
preston of public opinion and with view
of afIording to Canadian producers an op-
portunity of taking their share of the
growing japanese trade, the Canadian gov
| ernment became a party to this treaty. and
that 1t was unanimously ratified by the
Canadian Parliament.
Profitable TO Canada.
THE treaty has proved OF great .advan-
tage, and our trade with Japan under II
has considerably increased
You base your appeal for the denuncia-
ton of this treaty on the allegation that
crisis has arisen in British Columbia by
reason of the unprecedented influx of Japa-
nese Whilst it is true that most regret
table Incidents have lately occurred in Van
couver, there seems reason to doubt that
the cause was the influx of japanese. as
am in possession of q telegram from the
mayor of Vancouve. which has been rem
dered public, which expressly AYERS That
the disturbances were directed against
Asiatics generally, rather than against
Japanese. Under such circumstances any
precipitate action might be regrettable. and
before bringing themselves to such a course
the government thinks that they should
carefully inquire into the causes which
within the recent past have caused a
greater influx to our share than previously
| of oriental people. (Signed)
"WILFRID LAURIER."