The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-30

but on the other side of the Pacific also the disputa-
ion while lasts will be productive of no results exccpt
the most undesirable The biennial election com
ing on 1t rs more than certain that the litigation will be
made a subject OF campaign harangues with the only
effect OF nensiiyng the anJapanese feeling among the
iabor elements Even now the Hearst organs said
TO be making theme OF war-taS What will thew saw
then! In short the two years OF gatonswil be period
the most UNJUST persecution and ourages for
TIERS IN California 1t is both our right and duty to
prevent the coming of such a state of things
'All our settlers in California are there lawfully and
are awabdng and such they by virtue of treaties
solemny entered into between the United States and
inns country fully entitled to be protected by American
laws from these dangers That is not all The politics
blinded Progressive legislators of California apart the
concenss OF opinion among the most intelligent and by
Tar the largest section of the American public supports
our contentious In other words, President Wilson and
Iali the responsible newspapers of influence hrourhou
the States, in supporting the cause of our nationals in
California admit that the of the bill in a,lcs
ton would violate the Amercanapanese treaty and also
the United States Constitution In the circumstances if
49, we beheve, the bounden duty of the United States
government to see to that this defiance of its laws and
treaty does not unrectied while it is the right of
the imperial government to demand that people must
not be subjected to injustice through illegal act of
recacitran State of the Union. The moment there
fore the amended Webb Bill becomes law in California
the matter will assume international aspect which
must be considered directly by the governments of the
Republic and the Empire Once that stage is reached
is to be strongly hoped, and have doubt that
the imperial government WILL without loss of time take
formal steps to have the matter rectifed
Filings coming to such pass may be unnecessarily
gong roundabout way for individual Japanese in
California to 90 before the United States conr The
washington government owes it TO itself to institute an
action at law to have the unjust California law
declared null and void if it is maintain the pres ore
or having ITS laws and treaties respected by other con
trles Our own contentious aside if the voices raised
in America in sympathy with this country are in good
lalth and we have every to believe shat they
are the American public demands that the federal gov
eminent institute legal proceedings immediately after
the obnoxious bill becomes law in California How
much more, then, should expect on our part that
the Washington administration nyaald of its own accord
promptly show that 1t does not permit State of the
Union to set at nought its international obligations and
its Constitution and laws? Nor do we hesitate to say
that the course taken by the of the Repubc
in the present connection will have very far-reachinc
effect the future relations between America and this
nation far more than any conduct however unwar-
raned, of an individual State. But we said few
days may resi- assured that America will do us
full Justice"