Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-21
ANT|-AL|EN BILL
IS. DECIDED UPON
California Administration Lead
ers Agree to Pass Law Oi-
rected Against Japs.
Miss Alice Thaw.

SACRAMENTO, Cal. April 21.-.
1t was said today by administration
eaders in the Legislature that a def
mite agreement to Introduce anti
alien land law. directed solely against
the Japanese and exempting all for
eigners eligible to citizenship in the
United States" had been reached and
would be carried out this week.
1t is understood this course has the
approval of Governor Johnson. and
that he will sign the bill Immediately
upon its passage.
Whether such law would be con
stitutional will remain In doubt until
II is tested in the federal courts. but
It is the settled policy Of the majority
party In the legislature to regard the
State as having fun rights in the
matter until determined otherwise by
judicial decision.
VIII BE Framed Ere Night.
The exact wording of the new bill
has not been decided on, but 1t prob
ably will be formulated before night.
The new draft will be offered as a
substitute for the Thompson Birdsall
bill in the Senate where 1t will first
come to a vote.
1t is said that the danger of ire
parable loss to the State through
frightening away European capital,
coupled with the fact that no mat
ter what the form of the measure, the
Japanese would know it was aimed at
them, caused the Legislative commit
tee to decide on a bill frankly in
tended to affect only Asatics. d..
The announcement from Toxic that
Japan already had withdrawn her
support from the. Panama Pacific ex-
position in San Francisco is said to
have had some influence.
Directly Counter to Bryan Request.
Secretary of State Bryans telegram
received last aSturday containing
advice directly contrary to the pres
ent plant of action, is taken only as
an expression of opinion and not as
interfering in any way with the
States right to act.
The sentiment favoring an alien
| law has been non partisan from the
| beginning and 1t is doubtful if more
than one Democrat in the Senate will
heed the message from the state de-
partment at Washington when the
measure comes to a final vote.
| Leaders of the Progressive Repub-
lican majority declare they are not
restricted politically or otherwise
| by the views of the Democratic ma
tional administration.
TOXIC April 21.-rhe chagrin, dis
appointment and wounded pride of
Japan, which last week were vented
in angry militant talk by irresponsible
people, have become somewhat modi-
fed.
The governmental and commercial
forces of japan are using their utmost
exertions in endeavoring to restrain
| the unthinking Sagitators here. They
point out that the real influences IN
Japan rely confidently upon the high
est influences In the United States.
At the same time they assert that
there is not a single responsible per-
son in either country who even dreams
of war.
I WASHINGTON, April 81. = The
situation arising over the pending
alien land laws in California, con-
strued by Japan as discriminatory
was practically unchanged here to-
day, and officials were awaiting de-
velopments in California.
President Wilson told some of his
callers who talked on the subject that
his whole thought was that there
should be no discrimination against
| the Japanese.
Laws embodying features of the So
i called Senate bill'' pending at Sac
ramento have been in force in vari-
GUS states, and have net been OBJ