The chronicle=news., 1913-04-18

brought about by the California alien
land holding bill /, becoming M
rrcasingly serious, \ mass meet ns
today composed FOR the most part oi
Iirrcs pUnsIhle pcopl. demanded the
most cNir"m" measures OF retaliation
by Japan. During the gathering tn"
singing OF war songs aroused the
feelings u many Of tn. lower classes
who were present,
ANONYMOUS writers In tn" news
papers give an outline OF plans for
III. seizure of IN. Philippines aud
Hawaii and ~ the sam" time de
nounc. the japanese soycrnmrnts r
attitude. II II said ,hc
changed conditions Ia Japan mnk" II
Impossible for III" government to re-
strain ,h" newspapers uHd the lower
claFs.s.
On ih" other hand government
hamilton Wright Mabi" al New
YORK: Dr.. Peabody aud John l.. Mott.
f.rT.tary of the International com
mite" OF tn" NOuug Mems Christian
Association. were guests today at I!
luncheon given BY Baron Nohoski
Maxine. tn. foreign minister. At
which som" Of the most prominent
Iapap's. and Americans w"r" pre-
cnt \ very cordial feeling prevailed.
shortly after the luncheon Mrsfs.
Mabic. Peabody aud Mott aud u num-
her of roproS"ntaiiN" Jnpanc
Christians aud Americans met at the
r.s Idcnc" of Count Shig'nohu Okum-
ua. former premier and minister "I
foreign affairs. Count Okumun d"liN-
cred u speech during which he S,id
the Diplomatic. til" courts aud Toni-
m.rCial mon w.r" h"lplus, aud that
only tho Influence of tnri,iiaDiN
remained Otherwise. II" declared,
war was impending.
Mr.. Mott agreed In fcplyln. that
the influence OF Christianity was nov
sup.rlaiiv".
Dispatches were sent by ,h. meet
Ing to President Wilson and other
impiorIng Them to us" all their intlu-
cnccs ON Christians and thoughtful
people to avoid u calamity.
~ the great mnsS m".t,ui OF pro
test held here last night th"r. was
.un, ,ans-Amarirnns uutburst. l:t,tiy
MatsLrnmura urged the dispitch az
In Inpaucs. fleet 10 California Rs y
first step toward establishing Japnn
'on an absolute. equal footing III tn"
United states,
NJ. Miyakc. an editor of til" Japan
Times. deprecated the constant Wis
HIS her" of American pcnC" apostles
when their own country j. in urgent
need OF ihcp rinriples OF justice aud
humanity
Other fiery authors insisted that
The questions between Japan and
America had better be settled now
once for all Othcrwis" their con
slant rccuTTcnc" would lead at last
10 the nrbitramcut of war.
Twenty thousand pcOpl" listened
10 the remarks OF tn" firsbrands. VINO
apparently ar" engineering a cam
paign to mold pubic opinion in
Japan
Til. japanese government cons!d-
'rs til. present auti-Jrpan.s" move
'mcnt In California rs most danger
Gus and Is faced with the prospect Of
placing itself in most unwclcomc
position owing to the uuwillingncs :
OF the federal government at Wash
'ington to intervene and the impossI-
bility OF introducing counter meas
urcs here. In the event pf tho pas I-
'agc OF the California alien land hold
ing bill through both houses Of the
legislature. Japan will issu. AN i'm
pcriai ordinance enforcing the Jap
ancse foreign land ownership bill Of
ls.o and viii apply to the federal
government At Washington for per
mission for the japanese to bccom"
na,uralizcd citizens of the United
States.
The foreign land ownership bill
passed by the jauan"se Diet in
March. 1910. prohibits foreigners,
except under certain restrictions,
from owning land In Japan aud they
may not own land at all in Sasha-
|iicn. Formosa. iIokkaido or the for
titled zones. This law has never yC,
been officially promulgated.
Sacramento. Calf, April Is An'
ppther telegram from Toxic protest
| ing against the enactment of an an
lti-llen law by the California lcgis'
lature was received today by tho sen
ate. and resulted in Il bitter dCbait
hot Jpnu /, Sanford