The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-05-22

Sacramento, Cal. May 2o.-Governor
seTnor johnson signed today the
alien land bill against which
Japan protests, and which the Cal
ifornfa legislature passed by an
Overwhelming majority over the
and Secretary Bryan The act
will. go into effect 90smdays from
date, or on August IT.
Washington, May 2o.-Despite abb
Eence of excitement here over the fact
Governor johnson has announced he
will sign the antialien Ian bill of the
California legislature and. though
there are few symptoms of anti
American feeling in Japan soafar as
disclosed in this country, thinking Of
fctals and members of congress fore
See many difficulties ahead before the
questions raised by Ca~lifcfria's action
ear be settled.
The cIoser fine ~sittiatSon is studied
the more clearly il appears that the
only road OFT is through diplomatic
negotiations and the formulation OF a
new treaty which shall Set at rest all
questions likely to cause complications
between the United States n Japan.
Tie notion of an appeal to the
courts, SO much talked of in the earlier
stages of the situation, is fading. 1t
is now little discussed. The adminis-
~tration admittedly shares the view OF
Governor JohnsonHthat the California
law is within the treaty. That being SO,
none a see o the government OF
the United States can hope for any
adjustment through the courts or taxi
any other course h a align itself with
California If Japan has recourse to Nthe
courts.
Arbitration, in the view of many, Is
impracticable, because itawould revolve
about the question of whether Ii Jap
anese are eligible to citizenship, and
it is not likely this country would ar
bitrate that point. Even if the presi-
dent and Secretary Bryan would. the
senate of the United States probably
would not.
Were the old treaty of 1894 still In
force, there might be strong ground
for an appeal to the courts on the
ground that Japan was not accorded
the right of the most favored nation,
but good lawyers hin it doubtful
whether such an appeal o get far
under the 1911 treaty. In fact, some
able lawyers believe hat in the 1911
treaty the United States rather got
the better Of Japan.
Whichever way one turns, he bumps
into the question of eligibility Of the
Japanese TO citizenship, and there are
many indications Japan wants to open
up alphabetically the matter of natur-
%alization of her subjects. This pre-
sents a hard proposition for the adj
ministration. That it is far more dis
Eturbing than the land ownership ques-
ton, is generally admitted.
VA strong reascn why the naturaliZa-
ton question is difficult is this, that
even if9the administration was willing
to admit Japanese to naturalization
the probabilities are the Senate of the
United States would vigorously object
It would take two. thirds of the Senate
to ratify a new treaty.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have handled the California
situation delicately and with gloves
The Senate would not be so delicate
gu1sing that there is a powerful N
pathy in both houses of congress with
California in the ground she takes
that she is well within her rights III
preventing persons not eligible tt
citizenship from owning agriculture
lands.
Under the circumstances, there is ne
reason to feel that the fact the ques-
tons ra;sed in California are now
transferr' ! to Washington for settle
ment with Japan strips those prob
lens of their embarrassing features.
Washington, May 2O.-The move.
Fment in California to submit the anti.
alien act to a referendum is under
stood to be viewed by the administra-
ton as affording further opportunity
for diplomatic adjustment Of the diff.
ferences between the United States ant
Japan. 1t has been assumed here tina
because Of the overwhelming senti-
ment in California in favor of Japan.
Iese exclusion from Ian owning there
might be difficulty in securing the 90.
900 ssigners necessary to invoke the
referendum. Now, however, that the
exclusion element Itself, or rather its
most radical comprehensive Asiatit
Exclusion league-has taken up the
movement, the probability of its sue.
cess has greatly Increased in the of.
t1cial judgment.
pected to approve that method of deal
ing with it's protest, though probably
it will be difficult for the Toxic for.
eign office to find technical grounds fol
objection to the method in which Cal.
ifornia is attempting to iegislate. OF.
fcials here. feel that Japan regards thu
present as the best time permanently
to settle the question and that it viii
contemplate with impatiencei a delay
Of at least a year and a half, ever
though in the interim the proposed
law were not applied to th~esJapanese
in California.
Washington. May 2O.-vigorous de.
nunciation of a Subsidized patriot
lism which seeks to create war be.
cause Of the profits in armor plat,
and battleships."" and of the "sensa
tional and m~ercenary newspaper,
which prefer big scare headlines t,
the truth" marked an address by Sec.
rotary Bryan here at a Hague anniver.
sary meeting, held under the auspice!
of the Washington Peace Society. |
was in celebration of the 14th anniver.
sary at The Hague.
War is in the interest OF a few PEG,
pie, not of all" Mr.. Bryan declared
The profits are garnered by a few
while the masses pay the taxes. Wa,
rests upo a feeling, not upon neces.
sity. Back of much of the furore 70,
war is a selfish interest in the manu-
~facture of battleships. And there ar,
men so unpatriotic that they try t,
stir up trouble in another 'countr.
against their own, SO as to make per,
sonal profit therefrom. Is there an.