Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-23
PRESENTS CASE
FOR CALIFORNIA
EDITOR EXPLAINS THE FEELING
AGAINST JAPANESE.
NOT VALUATION eFTREATf.

Writer Points Out That Australia Has
Strict Anti alien Law and Asks Why
Japan 10 Not Protesting to Great
eritain-Eastsrn People Cannot IN
dsrstand the Situation.
California's case in the controversy
oger the anti-alien land law question
/ briefly and forcibly presented in a
letter written by Charles X. Nc
Clatchy, editor of the Sacramento Bee.
to the editor Of the New York World
and printed recently in that paper.
The letter follows:
ITO the Editor Of the World-Will
you permit me, a native Californian,
to occupy some space in your valuable
paper to give the views Of California
upon this anti-alien land law PROPOSE
ton?
I'm the first place. we claim It Is q
problem the east does not understand
and which easterners cannot under
stand unless they live. in California
and see for themselves. But I ven
ture to say that no intelligent, home
loving easterner could study the sub
ject properly in California for one
year and not be as strenuous thereon
as is any native Californian.
California is not proposing in her
anti-alien land law to do anything
that she has not right to do under
the treaty with Japan. That was con-
coded by Secretary of State Bryan
while here. The point he made was
not that California had not right to
do what she is about to do, but that
it would be very impolitic for her to
do it.
Turned From Purpose.
"One reason why California is de-
termined upon this matter is that she
thinks she has procrastinated long
enough. She was turned from her pur-
pose at the behest of the national gov
eminent some years ago. The govern
ment at Washington wants her to tuEn
that the president and the secretary of
state vii! do what they can to get the
japanese government to acquiesce in
some friendly arrangement that will
suit California, but California does not
believe that such friendly arrange
ment' will amount to anything. and
she has grown very tired of being put
of and put OF and put off from doing
that which It has been conceded she
has a right to do.
"The question is not whether the
japanese are affronted or will be at
fronted by anything that California
has done or will do, but rather whether
the japanese have any right to he at
fronted.e Calff6rnia is not proposing to
do to the japanese anything more than
the japanese do to Americans or even
as much. She is not proposing any
law that goes one whit beyond the
laws now in force in Washington and
Arizona. She is proposing to treat the
japanese, far better than they are treat
ed BY the government Of Victoria, in
Australia.
"The following letter will speak for
ITSELF F. r. A. Fricke, the writer there
Of is the representative in North Amer.
lea Of the government of Victoria:
"San Francisco, Cal, May 5. 1913.
"Mr Charles K. McClatchy the Bee. Sac
ran1ento. Cal:
"In reply to your inquiries, I desire to
inform you that under the commonwealth
immigration act and regulations all col
ored persons. including Asatics and Pa
cfc island blacks, are excluded from Aus
tralia.s The rules. however, allow for the
landing OF all persons Of the European
race. Armenians, Syrians, Arabians and
Persians are not regarded as Of the Euro
pean race. There is an arrangement by
which Japanese, Chinese. Indians. Bur-
nese ana Cingalese Of the merchant. stu
dent and tourist travellers class who are
holders Of passports from their respective
governments may be admitted to Austria