The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-06
JAPAN s POLICY
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/ lutle. ] ne order bearing on Dmlgra-
ton to the Hawaiian Islands has Gre
ated CONSERVATION among the emigra-
ton companies. who expected To in
stitute a virulonj attack upon the
Foreign Office policy in this respect.
Niscount Hayashi however. is deter
mined not to yield. and says that the
Japanese Government having given a
promise, will not recede from it. re-
gardless of political pressure.
WASHINGTON January 25.-It is
learned at the State Department that
the departments communication to
ambassador O'Brien relative to re-
striction of emigration into the United
States from Japan, went forward two
days ago. and its receipt has been ac-
knowledged by OBrien The fact that
the debate i'm the Japanese Diet was
adjourned until the Both inst will con-
seuuently afford the ambassador am
pie time to prepare Secretary Roots
views for submission to the japanese
Foreign Office and for the latter to ar
range for the presentation of the sub
iect to the Diet The Statg Depart
ment is well satisfied with the treat
ment accorded this subject by the Jap
anese Government and particularly
with the spirit exhibited in the in
structions given to subordinate Off
Gals in Japan. for the reason that IN
its view the subject is not SO much one
Of 10 Al, ,,f . ha a
restrictive measures in a proper spirit.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Secretary
Root has sent an instruction to Am
bassador O'Brien at Tokyo which is a
response to the representations regard
ing the immigration question made by
Foreign Minister Hayashi on Decem-
Der 81 The note is most COnciliatOrE
and evidences the purpose of the presl-
dent and the secretary of state to do
everything in their power to arrange
an amicable settlement with Japan
There was a great deal of comment in
| the Japanese press because Of the de-
| lay of the United States in replying to
| the Japanese representations. II was
suggested that this country was pur-
suing the tactics followed by Russia
prior to the war of 1904 The president
and Secretary Root, however did not
consider urgent action necessary be-
cause the negotiations did not contem-
plate a treaty or formal agreement
but were intended merely to clarity
| the situation.
Accompanying the Japanese repre-
sensations was a draft Of the proposed
new regulations for the restriction OF
emigration which the Japanese minis
try desired to put into force. This
draft has been carefully scrutinized
by Third Assistant Secretary of State
Wilson and Commissioner General OF
immigration Sargent, and the changes
that they have suggested which are in
the direction of greater restrictions,
have been cabled to Tokyo, and the
government there will be urged to
| adopt them.
Japans attention has been called to
the continued entrance of Japanese
laborers supplied with passports, and
Tokyo has been urged to take meas
ures Immediately to stop this abuse oil
the informal agreement reached by the
two countries last spring.
ROME. Jan. 2G.-King Victor EN-
manuel received today Baron Taxa
hira. the Japanese ambassador who
leaves here February l for the United
States. The king displayed great in
terest in the Japanese American rela.
tions and the ambassador went fully
into the questions that thave arisen
between the two governments. par
ticularly with regard to emigration o
japanese to America.
He explained that the Japanese die
not wish to send emigrants to thai
country and for years had refused
passports. Japanese emigrants, how
ever, managed eventually to reach the
United States through Hawaii, the
authorities of which country have fire.
quently requested that laborers be sent
there to work on the plantations. NOW
japan even refuses passports 1ol
Hawaii, out the emgrants may Still
enter the United States through Next
co and Canada. He asserted that the
only way to stop them was for con-
gress to promulgate law whereby moi
only the Japanese, but all emigrants
could be debarred from the United
States if the government objected ia
them.
PARIS, Jan. 26.-Andre Tardieu, the
French writer on international poll
ties, who sailed for America Saturday
to deliver a series of lectures OF
France and Alliances" at Harvard
university and before the groups of the
Alliance Franchise, has just published
an interesting article in the Revue ue'
DeuX Mondes on the present contro
versy between America and Japan. Al
ter a detailed review of the events anC
diplomatic exchanges he comes to tl'
conclusion that while neither JapaT