The Detroit times., 1911-02-27
NEW JAP TREATY
HELPS MORGAN
Removal Of immigration Restrictions
Price Japan Asked To Let Rail
road Concessions Alone.
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The
omission OF the japanese exclusion
clause from the new Japanese treaty
is one OF the byproducts or the admin
istrations dollar diplomacy.
Japanese exclusion as treaty slip
ulation has been traded for certain
expectations In the way OF railway
concessions in Manchuria.
The principal beneficiary or such
concessions would be J. p. Morgan
& Co.
II Is the hope OF President Taft and
Secretary Knox TO restore the agree
ment and undertakings touching the
construction OF projected Chinese
railways, which agreements were
knocked IN the head by Japan about
two months ago, shortly after II had
been announced in Wallst. that con-
cessions valued between fifty and a
hundred million dollars had been Sc
cured for American railroad promot-
ers and constructors.
The reason. or at least one reason.
for the collapse OF that affair Is now
known. japan saw chance 10 6e-
mand a price. That price is the re-
moval Of the treaty clause which
makes perfectly clear the power OF
the United States to legislate against
the coming OF Japanese TO our shores.
Race discrimination is Jaran's most
sensitive point. To be excluded Is
not necessarily distasteful 10 The ia
panese, but to be excluded because
they are Japanese Is to that nation
intolerable. II ever war is brought
on between the United States and
Japan IL will be because OF the race
discrimination. The one settled pol
Icy OF Japan Is to compe! from all the
world recognition Of equality for the
Japanese with any other race on
earth.
They intend to make this social
equality. Intermarriage and every
other form of social recognition is the
determined purpose.
This fact must be kept In mind In
considering the diplomatic problem
which is involved in our relations
with Japan.
Former President Roosevelt placed
great value upon the immigration
cause this clause covers fully any
question which may arise as To this
important matter.
Admitting for the sake of argument
that the United States has the right
regardless OF the treaty to pass ex-
cmsion laws, the fact that this right
Is thus declared, removes and ground
for complaint by japan when the time
arrives for the passage of such laws.
Thus the treaty stipulation reduced
the liability Of dispute about this most
dangerous question, and for this rea-
son the provision should have been
retained in the new treaty.
| The very fact that Japan desired to
strike out this provision of the treaty
shows that-1Iapan regards. II as, both
! important and obnoxious.
From sources close to the japanese
embassy IL is learned that Japan has
been quite seriously affronted by the
unwarranted intermeddling by Score
tary Knox In Japan's Manchurian
problems. Knoxs demands in behalf
| of American capital seeking participa-
ton in Manchurian and other oriental
projects were pushed In an unpleas'
ant manner, and came as an unex'
pected Jar TO the pleasant relations
which the United States hitherto had
maintained with Japan.
The unfriendliness OF Japan has not
only blocked the Morgan projects In
Manchuria, but has now resulted In
this remarkable OFFER by Japan to
trade the exclusion laws in our treaty
for an "open door, for Morgan ct al,
according to the dollar diplomacy doc.
| trines of Knox.