The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-14
R|0T|NG MAY
AID EXCLUSION
Belief in Washington That the
Treaty May Soon be
Signed.
WASHINGTON NOW HOPEFUL
Expects Toxic to Profit by the
Display of Feeling in
Canada.
WASHINGTON NOW HOPEFUL

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Sept. g.
| There seems to be a general impress
sion among diplomats and near-dip-
lomats here that prospects for Jap
anese exclusion by treaty or BY act
of Congress- are much better than
| they were before the Vancouver
riots. Even some Boston and other
eastern papers which have been dis
posed to look on the opposition to
Oriental immigration as sporadic and
localized in "hoodlum' infested
cities are sobered by Vancouver's eX-
perience and admit that the coming
of Asiatics makes a grave problem.
That stringent exclusion treaty
between America and Japan is
measurably nearer realization than
the most optimistic administration
official could have believed forty
eight hours ago. is the Judgment of
the members of the diplomatic corps
here. This long-sought object Is cN-
pected to be attained, perhaps, as an
indirect result of the mobbing of Jap
anese al Vancouver last Saturday
night.
Officials here deplore what they
view as an unfortunate and unwar-
ranted infractiOn of the treaty rights
Of the japanese, but they do not fail
to perceive at once the important
bearing that this incident will pro-
badly have upon the negotiations be-
tween the state department and the
japanese EN- bassador looking to the
drafting of a treaty that shall limit
the incoming of Japanese coolies in
stead of allowing the subject TO he
dealt within the present loose fash
ion by what amounts TO semi-oilcial
undertakings on the part of the Jap
anese government to withhold pass
ports to coolies coming directly To the
United States.
The belief that a treaty is now
within sight is based on the convic-
ton of officials that the Japanese
government will moi be brought face
to face with the fact that as it cannot
discriminate between Great Britain
and America in the matter of de-
mands for fair treatment for its sub
iects and must by this time be con-
vinced that the problem presented
is really a radical one, the only so
luton will lie in the formal reeogni-
ton by Japan of the right to restrict
coolie immigration not only in
America, but in British Columbia,
Australia and other British colonies.
To take any other view, it is point
ed out here, would mean Il breach of
the alliance with England, of which
the Japanese have been so proud, and
which they regard as so necessary
to the development of their ambi-
tious schemes for the exploitation of
the east For though the British gov
ernment may and doubtless will
apologize for the Vancouver affair
and even pay an indemnity, repe-
tition of the incident is believed TO
be almost certain unless the British
government yields TO the demands of
the British Columbians in the matter
of restricting Japanese immigration
AS a matter of fact negotiations
are already afoot between the British
and the japanese governments to
regulate the influx of coolie labor in
to the British colonies. The Vancou-
YER incident will, il is believed here,
hasten these negotiations to a con
clusion and if Japan enters into
treaty relations of that kind with
Great Britain it cannot refuse to do
so with America, so that there is.
after ALL a prospect that Secretary
Root and ambassador AOki will sgOu
again be in conference on this sub
iect.