Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
EQUITY COMPELS ME ID SIGN THE BILL" Governor Johnson Sends His Answer to Secre-
 tary Bryan.
HE IS IN NO HURRY
Says He Will Attach Name to Anti. Alien Land MeaSure-Stafes
 His Position.

Sacramento, May 14.-"My duty to my state compels me to approve the action of the legislature" declared Governor Hiram w. Johnson this af- ternoon, in his reply to Secretary of State Bryan's Sunday night message, urging the veto of the anti-alien land bill. The governor later said he would sign the bill, adding there
 "lt may be 24 hours, possibly AS or 72 hours before I sign it. the gover- nor said.
 Governor Johnsons reply to Mir. Bryan is courteously worded but it is definite and direct Governor Johnson does not budge bit from his posi- tion he has maintained from the first of the anti-alien legislation. He em- phasized that his position is based con strong reliance and the righte- ousness of our cause and with due deference and courtesy and with pro- per consideration for the feelings and views of others
 "We believe we are within our legal and our moral rights and that we are doing only what is imperatively de- manded for the protection and pre- servation Of our state" added Cover nor Johnson.
 Washington Not Surprised. Washington, May 14.-Little sur- prise resulted in Washington ca re- ceipt of the news that Governor Johnson intended to sign the Califor- nia alien land bill. That the Calior- mia executive would conform ts' the wishes of the president as expl essed in the message of Secretary of State Bryan, was not expected.
 Up to the time he left his offices in the State Department, Secretary Bryan was not advised, officially or unofficially, of Governor Johnson's announcement. He spent the evening at the Spanish legation, where he was a guest at dinner, and at midnight left for New York He will make a speech before the Pan-American So- ciety there tomorrow night.
 Owing to Mir. Bryan's absence it is not expected that anything will be done about Governor Johnson's mes- sage to him before Friday. Friday is cabinet day, when presumably the California situation will again occupy the attention of the president and his advisers.
 The Japanese embassy has. already made it plain that there is nothing further to say of the situation. Now that the president and his secretary of state have failed to prevent the enaction of the bill to which Japan objects, the embassy intends to await further communication from Mir. Bry- an as to what the government of the United States intends to do about it. The Japanese ambassador, Viscount Chinda, takes the view that it is up to the federal government to make such response as it sees fit to his protest. When this reply has been received and communicated to his government, it is expected that he will be heard from again. It has been in- timated at the embassy, that in any event the Japanese government will not consent to be party to any test of the California law in the courts or apply elsewhere than to the federal government or a remedy.
 It is expected here that the task of framing a reply to Japan wills con- sume considerable time. It will be by far the most difficult single problem which Secretary of State Bryan has had to face since he took office.