Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-22
ABROGAnON
MEAT FOR JAPAN
WILL PLACE NlPPoNEsE IN Posi-.
TON TO DEMAND FAIR
TREATMENT IN y. q
ARRANGEMENT WITH M,kApo
ARRANGEMENT WITH MikApo
WAS ONLY TEMPORARY
Congress and president Act With Full
knowledge Of Conditions and Cues.
tions That May Arise-Unanlmity Of
All Concerned Extraordinary-chi.
nsss May Have Reason to Complain.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Dec. 22-with the alb.
rogat1on of the Russian-American
treaty Of 1882 an accomplished fact
diplomats are considering the relation
/ ship that action will bear towards the
Characterization existing convention
and those that. in future years, will be
negotiated. 1t Ii held by many that it
Is likely to be cited by the mikado as
precedent. calling for application in
Japan Of the principles contended for
by the American government as to
Russia.
| AT this time, there is in effect an ar
| rangement whereunder the Emperor
OF Japan may give passports to his
subjects to enter at will this country
provided they be not coolie laborers.
But the entrance of coolie laborers is
| prohibited, and it was only by the exer-
else of restraint that the proud Japa-
nese consented a couple of years ago to
the retention Of the exclusion of any
of the subjects of that empire. It is
recalled clearly in Washington that
the government here at that time knew
that it was close to serious trouble with
Japan, and that it was only the fnan-
cial straits of the Nipponese that con-
strained them to refrain from adopt
ing an attitude of implacable opposi-
ton to further discrimination against
any Of their people by this country.
Temporary Arrangement.
The status of the American Japanese
treaty matters is one of temporary ar
fho
over the San Francisco school ques-
ton, it was adjusted by this govern
ment agreeing that it would not in
sist upon the rewriting of the then
terminating treaty, but would accept
the assurances Of the Japanese gov
eminent that it would in good faith
prevent coolie laborers from entering
this country. This government pro-
cured nothing beyond these assurances,
passed over to the mikado the deter
minatlon of the whole matter, and ac-
cepted the pledge of the honor of Japan
in the place of specific definition in
treaty Of exclusion of that class of Jap
anese.
Surprising Unity Shown.
It is long time since any important
action by the president and congress
has been accepted with the unanimity
that marked the Russian-American af-
fair. Men of all parties, creeds and
factions joined in supporting the de-
mand for the denunciation of the
treaty OF 1882. The allegations that
Russia had at first applied the treaty
provisions without questioning entrance
of American citizen Jews, and had
later. in 1865. differently interpreted
them, were adopted as fact, and none
arose to object to the fullest measure
of insistence upon the rights Of our
American Jews travelling in the cars
domain.
Ready TO Accept Results.
Nor is there regret expressed in any
quarter that this action has been taken.
1t is recognized that the government
has aligned itself finally on the side
Of these who have abhorred the atroci-
ties Of the Russian massacres of Jews,
and all other phases Of Russian anti
to accept whatever Of complications
may develop in the future, in the event
Japan should cite American action
anent Russia to buttress its own de-
mand for elimination Of all lines of
differentiation between classes of jap
anese subjects.
The Japanese people are as proud a
race as lives today It may cause no
surprise if they expect this nation to
withdraw from the one attitude that
offends. and accord to Japanese people