The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-22

paNf atiEllO, 1dlg MAY Z~V,--NSONETnO
ernor Johnson signed today the
alien land bill against which
Japan protests, and which the Cali
ifornia Legislature passed by an 6
overwhelming majority over the
remonstrances OF President Wilson
and Secretary Rryan. The act
Will go into effect 80 days from
date, or on August III. ~
Washington, May 2Oy---Despite alb.
senee OF excitement here over the fact
Governor Johnson has announced he
will sign the antialien land bill or the
California legislature and. though
there are few symptoms Of anti
American feeling IN Japan 80 far as
ncials n members or congress fore.
see many difficulties ahead before the
questions raised by Califcrria's action
ri be settled "" @
The cIoser tne airsation is studied
the more ciearly 1T appears that the
only road oft IL through diplomatic
negotiations n the formulation Of a
new treaty which shall Set at rest all
questions likely to cause complications
between the United States m Japan.
Tie notion Of an appeal to the
courts, so much talked OF in the earlier
stage: OF tina situation. Is fading. 1t
Is 10Y little discussed The admins
tration admittedly shares the view OF
Governor johnson that the California
law Is within the treaty. That being so,
none can see how the government of
the United States can hope for any
adjustment through the courts or take
any other course han align jtself with
California If Japan has recourss 20 the
| courts +. -s .'..... ~
Arbitration, In the view OF many. is
impracticable, because it would revolve
about the question of whether the Jap
anese are eligible to citizenship, and
IL is not likely this country would ar
nitrate that point. Even IL the presi-
dent and Secretary Bryan would, the
Senate IF 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 him it doubtful
whether such an appeal would get far
under the 1911 treaty, In fact. soma
able lawyers believe that in the 1911
treaty the United States rather got
4 the better OF Japan.
Whichever way one turns. he bumps
into the question OF eligibility OF the
Japanese TO citizenship, and there arc
any indications Japan wants to open
up automatically the matter of natur-
aliZation of her subjects. This pre-
StAtlS a. HdId pI DpOSlIlOH IOT liz du-
ministration. That H. Is far more dis
>turbing than the land ownership Dues
ton, Is generally admitted. 30
A strong reason why the naturaliza-
tion question Is Sifticult In this. that
eve If the administration WAS willing
to admit Japanese to at"ralization,
the probabilities are the St"ate Of the
United States weuld vigor0.s sly object.
1t would take two-thirds OF Tho Senate
to ratify n new treaty.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have handled the California
situation delicately and with gloves.
The Senate woul not he so delicate.
As a matter of fact, there is no dis
BuisinR that there is a powerful SYM
pathy In both houses of congress- with
California in the ground h takes
that she is we'll within her rights in
preventing persons not eligible to
citizenship from owning agricultural
lands.
Under the circumstances, there is 10
reason to feel that the fact the ques-
tons raised in California are now
transferred to Washington for settle
ment with Japan strips those prob
lens OF, their embarrassing features.
Washington, May 20.--The owe
ment in California to submit the anti
alien act to a referendum is under
stood to be viewed by the administra-
ZION Us d1OFulUS IuTLIeT opportunity
for diplomatic adjustment OF the diff
ferences between the United States n
Japan. 1t has been assumed here that
because of the overwhelming sentl-
ment in California in favor Of Japan
ese exclusion from land owning there
might be difficulty in securing the 20,-
900 stgners necessary to inVoke the
referendum. Now, however, that the
exclusion element Itself. or rather its
most radical co~mponent-the Asiatic
Exclusion league~-has taken up the
movement, the probability OF It's sue
cess has greatly increased in the Of
fetal Judgment.
The Japanese government is not eX-
pected to approve hat method Of deal
ing with it's protest. though probably
IL will be difficult for the Toxic for
eign office to find technical grounds for
objection to the method III which CAL
ifornia is attempting to legislate. Of
hciaIs here feel that Japan regards the
present as the best time permanently
TO settle the question n that 1t will
contemplate with Impotence a delay
Of at least a year and a halt, even
though in the interim the proposed
law were not applied to the Japanese
in California.
WashingtCa. May 30~-Wigoroua. de-
nunciatiOn Of a Subsidized patriot
ism which seeks to create war be-
cause OF the pfo1tS IN arnlor plate
and battleships,' and Of the "sensa-
tional and m~ercenary newspapers
which prefer big scare headlines to
the truth" marked an address by Sec
rotary Bryan here at "a Hague anniyer-
sary meeting, held under the auspices
of the Washington Peace society. 1t
was in celebration OF the l4th anniver-
sary at The Hague. ~
War is in the interest Of a few peo-
pile, not OF ALL" MIR, Bryan declared.
THE profits are garnered by a few,
while the masses pay the taxes. War
rests upon u feeling, not upon neces-
sity. Back Of much OF the furore for
war Is q selfish interest in the manu-
facture of battleships. And there are
men so unpatriotic that they try to
stir up trouble in another country
against their own, SO as to make per-
sonal profit thcrefrom. Is there any
baser use for money"