Arizona republican., 1911-02-22
NEW TREATY
WITH JAPAN
Immediate Action By Senate
Not Expected
OPPOSITION IS CERTAIN
There Will be Western OBJ
lection to Elimination of
ALI Clauses of Present
Treaty Restricting Immi-
grafton From Japan.

Washington. Feb. 21-The text of
a new treaty with Japan designated
to replace that of 1894 and drawn
with the especial design of eliminat-
ing the restrictions upon immigra-
ton contained in that treaty was
placed before the senate today by
President Taft
The essential difference between
the proposed and the existing treaty
is that it omits all references to all
such restrictions and leaves to the
national honor of Japan the enforce
ment at her own ports of the limi-
tations upon emigration from Japan
now expressly placed upon immigra-
ton into the United States.
That the new treaty will encounter
opposition seems certain. for even if
il should be speedily reported TO the
senate from the committee without
serious controversy within the COM
mittee room, the western senators
are expected to insist upon an OPP
portunity for debate which will de-
velop the full extent of their oppO-
sitiOn to the treaty.
Unlike matters of ordinary legis
lation, the failure of the senate to
act upon the treaty during the re-
mainder of the session of congress
would not of itself extinguish its yi=-
tality. which could be kept indefi
nitely alive in the executive files Of
the senate TO be taken up at any
convenient time.
This new treaty is one of trade
and commerce. intended to replace
the treaty of 1894 negotiated by the
late Secretary Gresham and the then
Japanese minister to the United
States That treaty is a most COM
prehensive document, comprising
twenty articles, dealing with trade,
commerce and navigation, the rights
of dwelling, import and export du-
ties tonnage dues. port regulations,
assertions, whipping rights, consular
functions, and other subjects.
1t has already become Anticipated
because of the rapid advance of the
Japanese in the ways of civilization.
1t was drawn simultaneously with
other treaties of similar scope ne
gotiated by Japan with all the great
powers. But unlike the others this
particular treaty was not promptly
ratified and did not go into effect
uutil after the others were in force
The document is said TO provide
that either country may renounce
the treaty at the end of six months II
il fails to operate as expected.
Because il embodies this radical de-
parture from the existing treaty ana
touches the question of the deepest
importance and interest to the Pach-
ic slope. the injection of this con-
vention into the closing hours of the
sixty-first congress created a sensa-
tion today.
Japan has already negotiated treat
les to replace those of the ninetes
with nearly all of the other powers
EXCEPT the United States. II our
government were to insist upon It's
rights the existing treaty could be
continued in force until July IL, 1917.
This little incident-the difference
of a year in the expiration of the old
treaties-is proving very embarrassing
to the japanese in developing fiscal
policy. AS all of the new treaties
contained the favored nation" clause,
the japanese government would be
Obliged to concede to the nations
other than the United states all, OF
the privileges which America now
enioys under the treaty of 1894.
The practical result would be to
delay for a full year. if America re-
fused to enter upon a new treaty
relation at once, the REIMBURSEMENT OF
tariff rates and other forms of taxa
ton vital TO the soundness OF the
Japanese empire. Hence the Japan
csc government has been using every
effort TO induce the state department.
to follow the example of the great
European nations and consent to an
Immediate revision of the treaty.
The department has DELAYED doing
so principally for the reason that II
desires to await the conclusion of all
the treaties which japan is making
with the other powers i'm order I"
make certain of securing Cor America
any advantages extended TO other
peoples.
The radical difference between this
new treaty and the one now in force.
and one which may prove obnoxious
to the western senator's is understood
to be the omission of any reference to
the immigration question.
The two governments have enjoyed
the undeniable right to legislate re-
garding immigration. either by re-
striction or by the total exclusion of
cooiie labor UnquestiOnably tho
United States government could do
this without any treaty stipulations
on the subject. just as ii did in the