The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-24

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sui Mkt SaitO is credited with the
statement that the proposed local
Legislation limiting the issuance of sa-
loon licenses, to citizens of the United
States is a violation of japanese treaty
rights.
Examine, but do not detain,v was
the substance of fresh instructions re-
ceived by immigration Commissioner
North from Commissioner Sargent In
Washington yesterday in regard to the
landing here of Japanese and Koreans
from the Far East. All of the 799
members of these two races who ar
rived Tuesday on the Alameda and yes
terday on the Korea were landed after
examination.
OF this number only nine were direct
from the Orient, the others having been
passed by the authorities at Honolulu.
the point of entry. Commissioner Sar-
gent is said to have felt the 'big stick"
in quiet manner yesterday, and the
fact that he wired Commissioner North
to release the immigrants held on board
the steamship Alameda is attributed to
an order issued by the man higher up
after the facts appeared In the press
dispatches yesterday.
Commissioner Sargent is especially
friendly toward organized labor and it
was due to the fact that he was Jealous
of the interests of workingmen that he
ordered a strict investigation of
charge that the contract labor law was
being violated and that the Western
Pacific Railroad was bringing large
numbers of Orientals here to work on
its lines in the north
As to the results Of the examination
made by the local inspectors, Commits
sioner North would not speak. He said
the orders he received yesterday were
merely supplemental to those of the
day before.
Honolulu being a port of entry for
this country. it had not been the GUS
tom to examine Japanese booked from
there, as their right to enter had never
before been questioned after they have
once passed the Honolulu inspectors.
The new order means simply a re-ex-
animation of all Japanese and Koreans
arriving in order to discover If the
Jaw is being violated. 1t was found
chat many of the Japanese passengers
on the Alameda and Korea were under
contract with the Western Pacific Rail-
road, but in each case it was shown
that they were engaged in Honolulu
and not in Japan, though large ma
jority of them had not resided in that
port more than a few days.
When the thirty-seven who were de-
tanned on board the Alameda Tuesday
were ldHu6u anu OTQoT6Q INTO the Qe-
tentfon shed yesterday, the Pacific Mail
officials demurred. They insisted that
the inspectors call up Commissioner
North and they would learn direct
from headquarters that the men were
to be detained no longer. Commission
er North upheld the contention of the
steamship officials and the japanese
were released, as North had received
the supplemental instructions from
Washington to that effect
This indicates a sudden change in
the governments attitude. When asked
regarding it, North said he could not
discuss the Washington end of the af-
fair. as he was simply carrying out in
structions to the letter as rn-y oarne
to him.
He admitted that the investigation
was for the purpose of ascertaining If
the labor law was being violated, but
further than that he would not talk.
On board the Korea were 434 Japa-
nese and SO Koreans.
After the Japanese were granted
permission to land they were herded
up Market street by their countrymen
and quartered In houses in Suffer street
with scant regard for the cubic air
ordinance.