The Daily Missoulian., 1913-05-19
ORGANIZATION CLAIMS WEBB
BILL Is NOT STRONG
ENOUGH TO SUIT.
CLAUSE is BAD
Japanese Holders Of Land, Whether
Owners or Not, Are Objected to in
the Golden state-Japaness Con-
tinus Their Meetings and Make Dc.
nands for Racial Equality.

San Francisco. May 1s.-The Asiatic
Exclusion league of California in
structed its executive committee to-
night to draft a petition for a refer
endum vote on the alien land BILL to
be circulated Immediately after the
measure is signed by Governor John
SON.
The objections of the league are
based upon the clause in the Went
bill which permits three year leases.
me purpose of the organiza ton Is to
circulate at the same time a petition
for law which will exclude Japanesa
from ownership and lease holdings OF
any kind.
The burden of the speeches at the
Asiatic Exclusion leagues meeting to-
day was that the leasing clause is d
joker which will allow the Japanese
ultimately to own the land in effect
az least, The speakers denied the wis
dom of the argument that to withdraw
the leasing right Immediately from
the Japanese would work too great a
hardship upon land owners.
a meeting viii DC held tomorrow
night, at which the matter of tha BE-
tltions Will be taken up more fully.
and possibly q rough draft of the pro
posed initiative law will be presented
This initiative and referendum
movement IL entirely separate from
the referendum petition which is To
pe started by Theodore A. Bell, a
democratic leader, who favors leaving
the settlement Of the Japanese qlies-
ton 70 the national administration.
The meeting today was presided
over by the president of the or.antau
tloh, Olaf Az Tveitmoe, one Of the
convicted labor leaders In the Los
Angeles Times dynainiting case. who
Is now out Of the federal prison at
lteavenworth on bail.
Tveitmoe was reelected president
OF the Asiatic Exclusion league TODAY.
Hope for Justice.
TOXIC, May lS.--Eaith In the Amert-
can people 70 see that justice lis done
the Japanese Is the dominating note
ia the discussion of the California
allen land ownership legislation. War
talk IL denounced as ridiculous and
only calculated to embarrass the two
governments which are laboring or a
peacelu1 settlement by diplomacy. 1t
- conceded, however, that failure on
ths part Of the Americans to respnnl
20 the Japanese appeals for q discon-
tinuance Of the alleged Discrimination
would be liable to lead ia sone
estrangement Of the peoples. The Ian
anese publlc generally is convinced
tnat the land bill is a radical and not
ah economic measure and hence d
oloW 70 national pride and the peopls.
,eel That the world must be ta,tl.,
the necessity Of equal treatment f.,r
the whites and nom whites
Inc Toxic newspapers are LOUD IN
their praise OF President Wilson's zeal
~ MS endeavors to preserve the tr..
"leiohal friendship and they are cog
nlzant of the difficulties thar conrron.
ehe president of the United States in
VIC Gonfllct between state ard federal
rights.
The Nichi Nichi is of the opinon
that the question as to whether tha
Washington government can nrocnre
Tor Japanese equal rights depends nm
.ne stfehgth of Japanese diplomacy
ana urges the government to take a
firm attitude.
penouncs Jingoism.
joint celebration of the Japanese
ana American peace societies today
was attended by 1000 Japanese.
Snseches were made by Count Okuma,
former minister of foreign affairs.
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, mayor of
Toxic, and Tsunejiro Misaoka. who
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