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HllsOn May Hold II Until John
son Signs Land Bill
INITIATION REACHES CRISIS
34pahese Expect Prompt Answer te
pFotest Now That California Meas
.fNWilI Soon Become a Law.

l4u a6ese Expect Prompt Answer TO
( spsntest Now That California Meas
k.r3MilI Soon Become a Law.
so shington, May 1.-THE reply OF
tlfaS7nited States to the Japanese pro-
- against the California alien land
h5Ifswas considered at a long session
ofsthe cabinet.
SIibe note, which was drawn by john
BaBsett Moore, received the approval
milne president and his advisers and
! sIstasav for transmission to Ambassa-
Chinda.
There was an intimation that the
esident will wait until Governor
hnson actually has signed the alien
ID bill before sending his answer to
hbassador Chinda.
is known that the Japanese gov
lment expects the president to re-
promptly to it's protest now that
vernon Johnson has said he intends
sign the bill AT the same time the
panese ambassador has endeavored
fice to learn from the state depart
|menr when the governor intends TO
make the bill in his hands a law 1t
lis assumed that the Japanese expect
Ito adopt their program in the pro
|ceedings to the time of the signing OF
1.-THE alien land bill.
1t is generally understood that the
|chief contention of the answer to the
Japanese protest is that there is no
Iyiolation of the treaty of 1911 involved
lin the California land bill. The Japa-
&.ese government undoubtedly will be
eeminded that the federal government
bf the United States has no control
bver legislation enacted by states eX-
tept as such legislation is in violation
IF the provisions of legislation or a
treaty between the United States and
4nDther; government. The president
does not consider that the California
Iiu comes under these two exceptions.
1.-The Japanese government has not
raised the question of eligibility OF her
subjects to citizenship nor to ask Tor
as sIreason of the controversy, so the
rek3y will not take UP either of these
t, M matters. 1t is expected, however,
that the Japanese will be invited to
take their cause into the courts if they
feel that the interests of their sub
e " are likely TO suffer from the
n 81 Tfle pending California
a and -tiiat !, ,sisese III that state
q ihely to be deprived Of what are
ITl rded as their r ight -
net her 1IiI IEe that
4 90 G. ~ tlss Il
before federal court Dis.
e5es from Toxic bearing on the
INT situation sustain this view.
Japanese are represented as of
on4 mind that the government of the
United States must give Japan what it.
deSLands in this issue or accept re-
Ssponsibility for an affront to the gov
{ernment and people of the empire
That the present situation between
Japan and the United States is in the
natuer of crisis in the relations be-
tween the two governments was ad
mitted freely in cabinet circles. AT
the same time annoyance was ex-
pressed with the publicity given to
certain military movements and con-
ferences at the White House between
the president and Secretary of War
Garrison and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. Objection to publicity given
these features of the present situation
was frankly based on the fear that a
wrong Interpretation might be set on
them in Japan.