The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
JAPANESE LABORERS
ARE EXCLUDED
Executive Order Issued By The
President.
THE BARGAIN IS CARRIED OUT.
Settlement of the Eastern Question in
California Accomplished = Japanese
Who Expect to Enter Through Next
co, Canada or Hawaii Will Not BE
Allowed to Come In.

Washington, D. G. Especially
President Roosevelt issued an exc
cutive order directing that Japanese
or Korean laborers, skilled and I'M
skilled, who have received passports
to go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii
and to come therefrom, be refused
to enter the continental territory or
the United States. This is practical
ly the final chapter, except so far as
the question may be taken up in
treaty negotiations with Japan, in
the issue growing out of the differ
ences with that country over the ac-
ton of the San Francisco authorities
in prohibiting japanese school chill
dren attending the schools set aside
for the whites.
Authority to refuse permission to
the classes of persons cited by the
President to enter the continental
territory of the United Ctates is con-
tanned in the immigration Bill, APP
proved February 20. 1t was incor-
porated in that measure at the re-
quest of the President and in full
filment of a promise he made to
Mayor Schmitz and the school board
of San Francisco during their nego-
tiations at the White House, if the
San Francisco authorities would re-
scind their action on the school ques-
ton.
The promise of the President and
that of Mayor Schmitz and his as
sociates brought to close the con-
troversy over the school question,
which had given the Washington au-
thorities considerable concern. The
Presidents order in full is as fol-
lows:
Whereas, By the act entitled An
Act to Regulate the Immigration of
Aliens Into the United States ap-
proved February 20, 1907 when
ever the President is satisfied that
passports issued by any foreign gov
eminent to it's citizens to go to any
country other than the United States
or to any insular possession of the
United States or to the Canal Zone,
are being used for the purpose of
enabling the holders to come to the
continental territory of the United
States to the detriment of labor con-
ditions therein, it is made the duty
of the President to refuse to permit
such citizens of the country issuing
such passports to enter the continent
tai territory of the United States
from such country or from such in
sular possessions or from the Canal
Zone.
"And. whereas, Upon sufficient
evidence produced before me by the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
l am satisfied that passports issued
by the government of Japan to citl-
zens of that country or Korea, and
who are laborers skilled or unskill-
ed, to go to Mexico, Canada and to
Hawaii, are being used for the pur-
pose of enabling the holders there
of to come to the continental terri
tory of the United States to the
detriment of labor conditions there
in:
"I hereby order that such citizens
of Japan or Korea, to wit: Japanese
or Korean laborers, skilled and I'M
skilled, who have received passports
TO go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii,
and come therefrom, be refused per-
mission to enter the continental ter
ritory of the United States
'It Is further ordered that Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor be,
and ne hereby is, directed to take
through the Bureau of immigration
and Naturalization such measure
and to make and enforce such rules
and regulations as may be necessary
to carry this order into effect
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt.
1.-The White House, Washington,
March IA, 1907"
Coincident with this order the
President has directed dismissal of
the two suits filed in San Francisco
at the direction of the Department
of Justice which had in view the
testing of the question of the treaty
rights of Japanese children to enter
the white schools. This step the Presi-
dent had promised to take when the
school board rescinded it's original
action barring japanese children
from the white schools.