Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-15
WILSON TO DRAFT
REPLY TOMORROW
TO JAP PROTEST
President Will Confer With
Bryan Before Submitting
Document to Cabinet.
CHINDA INFORMED OF
JOHNSON'S DECISION
Toxic Government Expresses
Satisfaction With Uncle Sans
Attitude in Affair.


WASHINGTON May 15.-President
Wilson has arranged to confer with
Secretary Bryan early tomorrow be-
fore the cabinet meeting to draft a
reply to the formal protest by Japan
against the California-a anti-a1ien land
bill which Governor Johnson has an
nounced he will sign
The note will be submitted to the
cabinet and then delivered to the
Japanese ambassador. Indicate are
that the attitude of the Federal gov
ernment toward the legislation itself
as well as questions of discrimination
raised BY Japan will be fully defined.
Governor Johnson's decision to
sign the California anti-alien
land bill despite Japan's pro-
test was unofficially communi-
Gated today to Viscount Chinda,
the Japanese ambassador, as a mat
ter of information, with the under
standing that Secretary Bryan may
later present Governor Johnson's an
swer officially with such comment as
he way wish to make in behalf of the
federal government
Mr.. Bryan is in New York, and in
his absence the subject win be con-
sidered by Counselor Moore to have
1t ready for the secretary to lay be-
fore the cabinet at tomorrow's ses-
sion. when an effort may be made to
reach final determination on the
line of policy for the negotiations
with Japan.
May Take Another Week
When the ambassador has received
Secretary Bryan's formal communi-
cation it will be necessary for him
to communicate 1t to the foreign office
at Toxic and receive instructions for
preparing rejoinder, so that proba-
bly, week will elapse before the me-
gotiations can move another step
Interest has been excited by Gov
ernor Johnsons quotation of that
part of the California law which ap-
pears to limit his action, so far as it
recognizes Japanese rights to the
existing treaty of 1911, and there is
some speculation as to whether that
was intended to fofeshadow re-
fusal on the. part of the California
authorities to be bound by the stipu-
lations of any treaty that may here
after be negotiated between the
United States and Japan that would
appear to be in conflict with the pro-
visions of the new law.
Sanctioned by State Constitution.
officials here fail to discover any
point not suggested to Secretary
Bryan when he was in Sacramento.
with the probable exception of refer
ence to the fact that the present
State Constitution in terms sanctions
and even requires the enactment of
such legislation as the Webb act.
The fact that though announcing
his intehtion to sign the act Governor
johnson has not actually affixed his
signature is regarded here as an act
of courtesy. intended to hold the door
open to a last word from the admin
istration, if 1T should desire to COM
municate further with him before the
final act of approval.
TOXIC, May 15.-The foreign office
is optimistic as to the outcome of the
controversy over the California alien
land ownership legislation. In reply
to an inquiry this morning a high
official said:
1.-THE negotiations between Japan
and the United States are progress
ing satisfactorily. We expect to
reach friendly and permanent solu-
tion of the difficulty"