Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-23
Submits Text Of New Treaty with
Japan to Replace That
of 1894.
OPPOSITION SEEMS CERTAIN
Convention Drawn with Design
Of Eliminating Restrictions
upon Imlnisration-Pa-
oific Slope Interested.

Washington, Feb 2l.-The text Of
new treaty with japan designed 20 re-
place that of 1s9i and drawn with the
special design cf eliminating the res
trictions upon immigration cont"ined in
that treaty was la.d before the Senate
to-day by President Taft.
The essential difference between the
proposed treaty and the eXistinC conven-
ton is said TO be in the fact that 1t omits
all reference to such restrictions and
leaves to the national honor OF Japan
the enforcement at her own ports the
limitations upon emigration from Japan
now expressly placed upon irmgration
into the United States.
The document is said 10 provide that
either country may renounco the t~ea s.
at the end of six months il 1t fails To
operate as expected.
Because II embodies this radical do.
parture from tho existing treaty and
touches the question of the deepest inn
portance and interest to the Facifi"
slope the injection of this convention in
to the closing hours Of the 6lst Congress
created a sensation to-day That the new
treaty will encounter opposition seems
certain. Unlike matters of ordinary !cEts-
lation, failure of the Senate to act upon
the treaty ut this session would not of
itself eH tinguish its vitality. but il could
be kept indefinitely alive in the executive
files Of the Senate. to be taken up at
any convenient time.
REPLACES ANTIQUATED TREATY.
This new treaty is one # trade
and commerce." INTENDED to replace the
treaty Of 1894 That treaty has al
ready become antiquatcd. mainly be-
cause Of the rapid advance of tho Jap
anese in ways OF civilization. Japan
has already negotiated treaties to re-
place those of the nineties with nearly
all of the other powers EXCEPT the
United states. If our government were
to insist upon its rights, tho existing
treaty could be continued in force until
July II, 1919
The radical difference between the
new treaty and the one now in force
and the one which may prove ohroXious
to- western senators, is und,rst God t,
be the omission OF any reference tc
| the Immigration question.
In the treaty of 1894, following pro
visions dcclsrin the right Of the riti-
! ZeIS u me Two cOun llleS TO 1uIl UneT-
ty Of travel and residence and trad,
in both countries. is this qua alification
TT is. however, understood that the
stipulations contained IN this and the
preceding article DO not in any way
affect the laws, ordinances and reE'!-
lations with regard to trade. the i'm
migration Of laborers. police ana pub
lie security which are in force oi
which may hereafter be enacted in
either OF the two countries
HAVE HURT JAPAN'S PRIDE.
Under this clause the two govern
msnts have enjoyed the undena BILE
right 20 legislate regarding immiEra-
tion either by restriction or exclusion
OF coolie labor. UnQuestionahly the
United States government could dc
this without any treaty stipulation
on the subject, lust as It did IN the
case of China. II is understood thai
there Is no disposition on the part OF
the japanese TO deny the existence a
such power. What they do object tC
is the inclusion in a formal treaty. Il
! which they are party of a stipula
| tion asserting tha, right, which /.
not embodied in any treaty America
has made with European powers ant
which serves only as an irritant tC
Japanese pride.