Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-16

JAPS DISLIKE NEW BILL
Restriction Of Immigration Tot Pleasing to
Subjects Of kikado,
OFFICIAL JAPAN is NOT NOW EXCITED
san francisco Islanders Make strong
Appeal TO Native Rulers 60 Pro-
test Against the Pend
ina Legislation.

TOXIC, Feb. 1s.-( Afternoon)-The pro-
jected amendments to the American immi-
grafton law involving a restriction upon
japanese labor immigration to the United
States from the Hawaiian islands are nat
urally received here with great displeasure,
but the weIl-informed fail, under existing
circumstances, to find grounds for COM
plant at this action of the American gov
eminent. The council of elder statesmen
and cabinet ministers today showed no con-
Germ whatever over the diplomatic situation.
Public opinion, however, is decidedly OPP
posed to a solution OF the San Francisco
school problem on the basis of the restric-
| ton OF the admission of Japanese laborers
into the United States. No official state
ment has yet been made on this subject
and the correspondent of the Press was
unable today, owing to the fact that It is
a holiday, to interview the officials most
| concerned. 1t is generally admitted, how
ever. that solution on the basis men
toned will arouse strong opposition
| throughout the Japanese empire
situation Not Understood.
The relations between the federal gov
eminent at Washington and the govern
ments of the various states of the union
are not well understood here and re-
the treatment of which the japanese in
San Francisco complain. rne limited few
who are well posted on the actual state
OF affairs are not excited and even they
| do not see why the San Francisco school
difficulty could not be solved apart from
the labor question. An appeal couched in
/ strong words has been cabled from the
| Japanese In San Francisco asking for ma
tional support against solving the San Fran
| cisco affair by restricting the admission
| of laborers into the United States. In
view Of the state Of public feeling here it
would not be surprising II the Japanese
government did not agree to a settlement
on the basis OF the restriction Of the immi-
grafton of Japanese to the United States.
Mayor schmitz Talks.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-'The California
delegation, which came here to confer with
the president on the japanese question, nag
not conceded any of its rights. State
sovereignty was absolutely insisted upon.'
declared Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco,
today. Yet. he said, a complete agreement
had been reached on all points of difference.
the My thing remaining to be done being
the incorporation by congress of the ex-
clusion amendment into the immigration
bill. This, 1t is expected. will be done by
/
now he said, all parties will be satisfied.
Mayor Schmitz, however, said that there
| were some features of the case which had
not been touched upon by the press but
these could not be disclosed until 1t was
| an established fact that the exclusion
amendment had passed. He declared that
the discussion with the president took the
form OF an endeavor to arrive at a middle
ground and this he said. had been done.
state rights were strongly adhered to-"
ne said "and in this connection he
reiterated his declaration made yesterday
that there had never been considered any
proposition looking to the establishment
Of separate Japanese schools. There was
no intention he said, to abolish the Oriental
| school which Orientals, Asiatics and Mon
golians had been in the habit Of attending
for the past twenty years"
Pleased with Conference.
He said further that the conferences of
the school board and himself with the
president and Secretary Root had no
relation whatever to any thing this gov
ernment might do in the way Of negotiating
new treaty with Japan. The present
treaty, he said, would not expire for five
years, but nevertheless the school board
had come here in a friendly spirit in the
expectation of adjusting matters satsfac-
torily to all concerned and yet without
surrendering any of CALIFORNIA; rights and
this he declared had been accomplished.
The agreement between the California COM
mittee and the president had been drawn
up ready for signature and as soon as the
exclusion amendment passes the senate II
will be made public.