The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-20
PRESENTS CASE
FOR CALIFORNIA
Editor Explains the Feeling
Against Japanese.
NOT VIOLATION OF TREATY.


Strict Anti-alien Law and Asks Why
Japan Is Not Protesting to Great
Britain--Eastern People Cannot Un-
derstand the Situation.
California's case in the controversy
over the anti-alien land law question
is briefly and forcibly presented in a
letter written by Charles X. Nc.
CATCHY, 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-Wili
you permit me, a native Californian,
to occupy some space in your valuable
paper to give the views of California
upon this anti-a!len land law PROPOSE
| tiou?
"In the first place, we claim it is a
problem the east does not understand
and which easterners cannot under
/ stand unless they live in California
and see for themselves. But l ven
ture to say that no intelligent, home
loving easterner could study the sub
| JtCl pLOpCl LII SulllOl iill LOl OAlC
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-
ceded by Secretary of State Bryan
while here. The point he made was
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do what she is about to do, but that
it would be very impolitic for her to
do it.
Turned From Purpose.
zone 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
ernment some years ago. The govern
| ment at Washington wants her to turn
from her purpose now on a promise
that the president and the secretary of
state will 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
off and put off and put off from doing
that which it has been conceded she
has right to do.
1.-THE question is not whether the
| Japanese are affronted or will be af-
| fronted by anything that California
has done or will do, but rather whether
the japanese have any right to be af-
fronted. California 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. 7. A. Fricke, the writer there
Of, is the representative in North Amer
lea of the government of Victoria:
San Francisco, Cal, May B, 1913
''Mr. Charles X. McClatchy. the Bee. Sac
| ramento CAL:
| "In reply to your inquiries 1 desire to
inform you that under the commonwealth
| immigration act and regulations all col
ored persons, including Asiatics and Pa
cific island blacks, are excluded from Aus
| tralia- 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-
mese and Cingalese of the merchant, stu
| dent and tourist travellers class who are
holders Of passports from their respective
governments may be admitted to Austria
liza for period of twelve months. With
regard to other classes of colored persons
1t is necessary that satisfactory arrange
ments be made for sureties on their be-
| half. e. Il. A FRICKE.
OrentaIs Called Menace.
| "You do not hear the Japanese gov