The chronicle=news., 1913-05-23
S|SSON MAKES
HIS SPEECH
ON JAPAN

Washington. ID. e. May 2j.-Rcp-
r"s"ntatiy" SissDu Of Mississippi
mad. his announced japanese speech
today In the house, President VIII
son. after Mr.. sisson recently mad" "a
war speech" called the rcpr.s"n-
,atiy. to the White iious" aud asked
him no, Ia make another speech that
might ,0mplicair the diplomatic ne
soiigtlons with Japan or infiam" tn"
public mind
Mr.. SIsson to-day iiscInim.d amy
lnt.n,lon Of making a war speech
hut attacked III. position that the
treaty making power superseded tn.
aw-making powers Of the sovereign
states MIR Sisson declared lie took
his position not b.caur" III" Japan
.Hr w"r" Involved that he would
,nk. IL toward I'm Gland. France. Ger
many ar any other nation and ihht
II only required "pn;i"nc" aud cool
heads for both countries to arriN" ht
an amIcabic. fair and Just settle
mcni of all iiffiruitIcr,"
IL any nation said MIR, siHNon.
should decide that they viii die
lat. to us our ihni laws. then ""
would be- unworthy "f national "N-
lst-urr " we submitted ia such die
,riipn. Doe any one claim that this
H. a declaration uf war b"cah"" an
nounCn this truth
1t il no declaration Of war for 'h"
United states government I" d"clin"
In ny.rrtd. the rights oi til" hnN"r-
-lsu stat. right ai til" d!rtion oi
foreign power. " tn" United states
roycrnm-n, should deliver stat"
over to the m"rrlcs of Hood of
aliens from any nation then ! main
tain that the federal government
would have pr0sti,u,"d It's authority.
Il the m.r. announcement OF tn"
principle u declaration Of war
Nothing has been further from
my mind than tn "mbara.n "r \"
tend to render mnr- dif'i.ul' IN"
peaceful solution Sf-~hatcNer dlu.r-
.n<cs. real or imnssnsry. mny c>fst
bet wcan the friendly government o'
ap.m and our own government
Mr.. sisson pleaded for the opcn
door ON treaty sessions of the senate.
III the president and senate can
max. such n treaty. let us tear down
every door Of secrecy Let Ms re-
auIr. the president TO publish every
letter and telegram bearing upon a
contaminated treaty on til" very mo-
m.nt Of it, despatch. Let the cIot-
ar. OF the scna,. be removed. Throw
open the doors.
Mr.. slsHon made ~ Lengthy argu-
men, purpor;ing Ia show the possl-
bili,y OF corporation control Of land.
which would he made possible by al
lowing the Importation of cheap
alien labor
Many OF th.s" larg" employers OF
labor" h. said. would be delighted
to hay" the federal government.
through it's treaty making power. let
down the bars and let the allen com"
In. What would DcCom" oft lie Amer
ican farmer II tn" great corporations
of the country should buy all III"
best lands and cultivate them with
Mongolian. Chinese, Hindu. Japan
csc and other cheap alien Labor
"In California individuals and cor
pora,Ions owning great tracts oi
lbUU 'hlAlNt'Ah~ A'f'h' 800 ''''
,lus, Chinese. M.xicaus and Japan
csc. I, is this class OF land owners
and land monopolists who are on
posed to all restrictions on labor I'M
portntion into this country.
Tho rich and the powerful aud
those who employ alien labor VIII
have their fortunes vastly Increased
by having all barriers to cheap labor
broken down. The quickest AMI
surcst route is through tn" treaty
making power because they dcoi first
with one man, The president, and two
thirds OF the senate.
"f don't want this government 10
he destroyed through the treaty max
Ing power" Mr.. Sissou comc'ndoh.
so gentlemen of the house |