The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-05
President to Consult Bryan on
California Alien Bill.
No Further Step Until After
Secretary Comes Home.
RIDICULE ALL NAVAL PLANS
Japan Laughs at Reported
Scheme of Mobilization.
Hold q. s. Government Re-
sponsibIe for Settlement.

Washington, May 5.-President VIII
son today received by telegraph copy
of the alien land bill which was passed
by the California legislature and is
now awaiting Governor Johnson's sig
nature. The president let it be known
that the federal administration would
take no further steps until Mr.. Bryan
returned Thursday with first hand in
formation. Mr.. Wilson told callers he
had not yet received the formal pro-
test of Japan and intimated that be-
fore May 13, the last day for Governor
johnson to sign the bill, some express
sion might be expected as to whether
1t would be in contravention of the
treaty with Japan.
In the absence of instructions to the
contrary the ambassador will not pre-
sent Japan's formal protest until after
Mr.. Bryan returns. Meantime, the
embassy will have opportunity to ac-
quaint the Toxic foreign office of the
exact terms of the bill and of the con-
ditions in California and in Washing
ton.
Toxic, May 5.-The japanese press
has expressed a general appreciation
of the efforts of President Wilson in
behalf of a land bin in California that
would be unobjectionable to the
Japanese.
Leaders OF pubic opinion IN Japan
are advising that an attitude of calm
ness be maintained in the present
situation, Such men as Baron Shi-
busawa and 7irman Nakano, of the
Toxic Chamber of Commerce, publicly
assert confidence that the American
posed to discriminatory measures of
legislation. They declare that every
effort must now be made to eradicate
the root of antagonism to the japanese
in California, in order that amicable
relations may be restored.
While the Japanese newspapers voice
the same sentiments, they blame the
government for what they term a
failure of diplomacy
Special dispatches received from
Washington telling of reported plans
for the mobilization of the Japanese
navy are read here with ridicule by
those best informed on naval plans.
Make Formal Protest.
San Francisco, May 5.-A cablegram
from Toxic to the Japanese-American,
q Japan daily paper here, states
that the japanese government cabled
instructions to Baron Chinda, Japa-
nese ambassador at Washington, last
night to make formal protest against
the alien land bill enacted by the Cali
fornia legislature and now awaiting
Governor Johnson's signature. The
message adds that the position taken
the United States government is re-
sponsible for the finding of a salts
factory solution of the situation in
California under its treaty obligations
to Japan.
Sacramento that the bill had passed
both houses of the legislature, the mes
sage says:
when the Japanese people received
the report that the alien land bill had
passed the California legislature, all
the people were deeply disappointed"
Wait for Bryan Wilson Conference.
Sacramento, Cal, May 5.-The Cali |
fornia anti-alien land holding act, |
which passed both houses of the leg |
islature within "a hours, after bring |
ing about one of the most unusual |
situations in the history of the ma
desk without his signature until Sec
rotary of State Bryan can confer with |
President Wilson in Washington.
This will mean a delay of nearly a
week, as Secretary Bryan will not |
reach the national capital until |
Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing.
Governor johnson will wait, as he
says, "a reasonable time" for what
ever protests the government may |
make, after which he will sign the |
bill. He is required by law to sign
or veto all acts passed up to him by |
the legislature within ten days of
final passage, providing the enacting |
body remains in session for that |
length of time, otherwise he has 80 |
days.
There is much speculation here as
to the next probable step to be taken
by the government against the meas
ure. 1t is generally thought, however,
that President Wilson will state his
objections once more to Governor
Johnson and then seek through diplo-
macy, to answer the possible protests
from Toxic.
Opinion as to the effectiveness of
the act in accomplishing it's purpose,
the elimination of the Japanese farm
err, is divided.
New Jap Dreadnoughts.
Toxic, May 5.-Contracts have been
placed for the construction in Japa-
nese yards of three dreadnoughts.
They will be sister ships to the Fuse,
the displacement of which is $4,000