Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-10
Official Statements Have Not Been Given Out But
 Reliable Hints Made.
NO TREATY VIOLATED
|. <. Government Suggests a Series of Conferences With Japanese
 Authorities.
(By John Temple Graves)

Washington, May 9.-The Interna- tional News Service may present as reliable these three propositions as substantially the first reply of the United States government to the pro- test of Japan:
 First, That by reason of the pres ent status of the California alien land law, as yet unsigned by the governor of California, the equity of protest ill international law has not yet arisen so as to justify the present protest of Japan.
 Second, That the federal govern ment has not violated the treaty of 1911 by the United States and Japan.
 Third, the United States suggests to the Imperial government at Tokio that there be a series of conferences on the question which will arise if the California alien land law is put into operation in the state of Califor- mia.
 Official statements hvae not been official given out, but the readers of the International News Service that this is the rough draft of the first of ficial Cabinet answer to the Japanese government.
 Whatever statement to the contrary may be made, it is certain that these three propositions are already in the hands of Viscount Chinda and have been in cipher to the Japanese gov ernment
 It is significant that the Cabinet today devoted all or nearly all of it's session to the discussion of the Japan- csc question:.
 It is undoubtedly true that Mir. Bryan did leave the cabinet meeting and hurried over to the State Depart ment where the Japanese ambassador was waiting his reply to the protest of his government.
 The interview between these two diplomatic fencers were as usual ex- ceedingly brief-just long enough for our secretary to tell the foreign am- bassador that he would receive re- ply textually tomorrow morning after another cabinet meeting had been held.
 It is freely understood that the Japanese ambassador has been given every assurance that our government would proceed in very friendly spirit with the discussion which would follow the deliverance to him of the text of the United States.
 It was evidently the purpose to inn press upon Baron Chinda today that the United States government had to regard two very important phases of the question, one federal and the oth- CT state. The hope was courteously expressed that Japan would enter in friendly spirit upon what the United States would have to say about the relations of the general government to the state.
 It is also evident that tne policy of our government in all these negotia- tions is to proceed as slowly as with much delay as possible, in order to give time and opportunity to heal the differences that seem so serious at the present time.
 It is believed here that if the Jap anese government should accept the proposition that the relations of the federal and state government be made part of the subsequent discussion a time limit will be put upon such discussion and the stipulation that the United States shall answer eventually and soon as to how and when repara- tion can be made to Japan for the vio- lation of the treaty as asserted by the MikadO.