The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-08
 laps Won't Consent to
 New Treaty. REJECTED THE PROPOSAL Intend to Have Frisco Affairs
 Investigated. Russia sympathises With United states and woald Welcome News of
 Series of Japanese [ Defeats.
REJECTED THE PROPOSAL

Washington, July That the Ja- panese Government will not consent tc the renewal of the treaty with the United States if tkis Government re- serves the right to insert in the clause of the compact excluding Japanese coolie labor from continental United States. ia indicated by semi -official ad- vices purporting to give the views of Foreign Minister Hayashi. which were received here today from ototokai Yamaoka. the personal representative of Count okuma, leader of the Pro- gressive Party.
 Mir. Yamaoka. who visited the United States in April and perfected an alii- ance with the Japanese of the Pacific coast for the purpose of bringing about the overthrow of the Saion1t ministry and the annulment of the exclusion clause in the immigration bill. is au- thority for the statement that Foreign MinistSr Hayasht has received from Secretary of State Root a preliminary mote" regarding the new treaty, which the two Governments propose to substitute for the convention which exp@es July '. 1911. The draft of the new treaty submitted by Secretary Root, according to the communication from Mr. Yamaoka, called for the re- AcW1A 0A ANtiSAc as 046uSS Ss OI the present treaty. which gives to each nation the right to regulate immigra- ton. With reference to the "note'' submitted by Secretary Root, Mir. Ya- maoka says that Foreign Minister Ha- vashi has issued a formal confidential
 memorandum outlining the papanese Governments attitude on the question of the limitation of immigration, which, in substance, is as follows:
 T. That the government of the Uni ted States has submitted a proposal for the enactment of a treaty which pro- yides for the limitation. of inmigra- tien. The government of Japan has re 5erted the proposal and will not, In the fatgfe. entertain any suah proposal.
 2. That In the new treaty which Il to Dc operative from the forty-fourti year of Meiji 1911. the government oi Japan will. insist on striking out tho Article 2 Clause (defining the power reserved by the contracting parties tc enact laws with regard to. police and immigration regulations), for that pur- pose the government of Japan shall take a most vigorous attitude. Al though the negotiations or. the end are not developed, we firmly believe that the government of the United States viii light with determination to pre- t5r
 8. That the government of Japan contemplates sending representatives to the United States to investigate con- ditions on the Pacific and to determine if the Japanese residents are discrimi- mated against.
 MT. Yamaoka, it is said. has sent copies of Foreign Minister Hayashi's confidential memorandum to the Japa- nese societies of San Francisco and Seattle and to correspondents of Japa- nese newspapers in this country. Dr. Masuu Miyakawa. the Japanese lawyer, admitted that he had seen a copy of the communication which is being dis tributed by Yamaoka and characterized the attitude of Foreign Minister Hay ashi as a concession to the progressives who have strongly opposed the clause in the immigration bill. excluding coolie labor from this country.