The San Francisco call., 1907-02-13
TOXIC SAID To
HAVE AGREED
To PLAN
School Board Will Yield,
1t Is Thought, to What
Virtually Is Exclusion
CONGRESS- READY TO
PASS AMENDMENT
Raising of Bars Against
Transmigration Will End
the Question Temporarily
! Raising of Bars Against
By Ira E. Bennett


The President and Secretary
Root are believed to have hit
upon temporary solution of the
Japanese question that will be &C
ceptable to all parties concerned,
including the San Francisco
school authorities. Secretary
Root was very busy today on the
prelirninaries necessary to bring
about the consummation of the
plan. All of his moves were
made with the strictest secrecy.
The plan, as nearly as can be as
certained, contemplates the pass
ing of the pending immigration
bill with an amendment prohibiting
Asiatic immigrants from coming to the
United States from its insular posses
sions.
This will stop the influx Of Japanese
into the United States from Hawaii
Secretary Root has been in communi-
cation with the japanese Embassador,
Viscount Aoki, and also with Embas-
sador Wright at Toxic. 1t is report
ed that the Japanese Government has
replied through both of these diplo-
mats that 1T has no objection to legis-
lation which will be applied equally
to all Asiatics. provided that the United
States will first obtain withdrawal
of the resolution segregating Japanese
school children in San Francisco
With the consent of the japanese
Government thus secured Secretary
Root visited the Capitol today and had
conferences with Speaker Cannon and
certain members of the conference
having in charge the immigration bill.
Meanwhile the President sent for other
members of the committee and laid
before them his plan for adjusting
the Japanese difficulty.
CONFERENCE TODAY
Sufficient progress was made to
cause the President to send word to
School Board that he would like to
see them at 2:45 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon. The Californians were not ad-
vised of the exact nature of the pro-
posed legislation, being told merely
that an amendment was being prepared
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to them. 1t is expected that the Pres
ident will be able by tomorrow after
noon to assure the Californians that
the proposed amendment will be en-
acted, whereupon they will be asked
to rescind the resolution segregating
Japanese school children.
Mayor Schmitz said tonight that he
did not know exactly what the solution
of the situation would be, but that
he was satisfied that the conference
tomorrow would be final. 1t is sun
posed that the partial exclusion of
Japanese as thus outlined will be fol-
lowed by negotiations looking to a.
treaty for the complete exclusion of
Japanese from the United States and
its insular possessions.
Apparently the President did not have
any definite understanding with japan
when he sent for Mayor Schmitz and
the School Board, and he has been en-
barrassed by the unyielding attitude
of the Californians.
The immigration bill has been in
conference since the last session of
Congress, and until yesterday the
prospect was that it would fail. The
Senate inserted an amendment proyfd-
ing for an educational test of inmi
grants. which was strongly opposed
by the House. The House in turn pro-
vided for a commission to investirate
immigration matters. and this did not
suit the Senate conferees.
AGREEMENT IS REACHED
After Secretary Roots talk with
Speaker Cannon, Senator Lodge and
others, 1t was reported that tacit
agreement had been reached to two
propositions only, one providing for an
immigration commission and the other
Secretary Roots amendment. The con-
ferees on the immigration bill are Sem
ators Dillingham;, Lodge and McCreary
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