The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-01
Jap EMBROGLIO
IS UNSETTLED
Passport Amendment Fails to Ale
viate Situation.
SAID TO BE INEFFECTIVE
How Southern Senators Viewed
Amendment and Its Probable Ell
tect on immigration Movement.

46St Vn tAOu HAUf GA4Cuto
A Washington special says: The
Japanese passport amendment, which
places within the power of the pres
ident the exclusion Of Japanese COO
lies from the continental terriloly of
the United States, recently rushed
through congress in the in migration
bill over the protest Of southern SEN
ators. has not accomplished what was
claimed for it.
1t has already been developed that
the Japanese are not satisfied and
feel that the injury done to national
pride by the exclusion Of Japanese
from the California schools las Deen
followed by an insult in the shape of
exclusion of Japanese working men
from American shores.
The right of entry into the public
schools is held by the japanese to De
a right accorded th4sm under the ex'
listing treaty. The people of California
insist that no such Interpretation OF
the treaty is possible, and, further
more. that the interests oil the Amer
lean working man on the Pacific coast
require the exclusion Of Japanese COO
lies.
II under the amendment authorizing
him to exclude Japanese labOrers COM
ing to this country 10 the "teIiment
OF labor conditions yAerein, the pres.
ident is unsuccessful in securing a
Japanese exclusion treaty, it Is ru-
mored that he may urge upon con
gress the passage VI a straight out
Japanese exclusion ACT.
AS usual, momentAry publ.c interest
was centered in the outcome Of he
conference between 1Iesiuent Rose
welt, Mayor Schmitz and the members
of the San Francisco school oald,
held TO reach a solution Of the yeXed
question in which considerations Of
child protection and morality and the
rights of American labor and the Sa-
cred rights of a sovereign state, as
we'll as the wider problems OF ma
tional trade and International comfy,
were intricately woven.
The talk of war was injected into
the discussion, aud for time the en-
tire American press as well as the
papers in Toxic, Berlin, Paris and Lon
don we're discussing such an eventu
atty. Of course nothing has come Oh
it, but it served to accentuat9 the I'M
portance of the issues involved ara
to show what might happen. The car
rying out of that plan OF settlement
finally agreed upon was lodged In the
hands of President Roosevelt.
Southern senators charged that tue
japanese passport amendment was ln'
serted to secure the support OF Heila'
tors as well as Of a public sentiment
for a bill that could rot ordinarily
pass on it's merits because Of the m
CORPORATION in it OF many unjust 70
visions. Senators Eacon and lH!man
argued LHdJ IL WOulu AGSIAA~C A'-A'AHA9 -
ton to the south by fcrbidding tie
continuation Of the South Carolina
plan Of bringing in immigrants thla
objection was discussed at cabinet
meeting at white house and the opin-
ion was given out that the bill was
not subject to such a construction.
Later the immigration commissions
er ,of the department Of commerce and
labor said there was no intention on
the part OF the department to estoD
Commissioner Watson in his work OF
hfinging over immigrants Oh the
Wittekind
These interpretations are contrary
to the views held by Senator Lodge
REPRESENTATIVE Gardner and members
Of the conferees on the immigration
bill. They would stop such importa'
tons and believe that even when this
work is carried Oh by an officer OF
the state, it is contrary to law. They
seek to show that it is in violation
of the contract labor law.