The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-05-01

toHiihbcd from F1rNi PdVP
TO the California Legislature on Monday
by Secretary Bryan. There were really
four proposals but in essence there were
only two main plans. one for post pone-
inent and the other for general legislation
None has been accepted by the Califor-
mans according to the understanding Z
here.
All that the Californians intend TO do
in the way of Difference to the Federal
Government IL to give up their plan to
kill the system Of leasing lands TO the
Japanese and To omit the phrase aliens
ineligible to citizenship
The bill in its present form likewise
would not result III violation of the treaty
rights of Japanese, though II crowds tn.
treaty up To III. limit and makes II ap-
parent thar California intends Ia giv. the
Japanese only those rights which the
treaty itself guarantees to them Tn.
treaty between Japan and the United
States provides:
The citizens or SUBJECTS Of each Of the
hlyh contracting parties shall have liberty
10 enter. travel and reside IN tn. territories
OF the other. 10 carry ON trade wholesale or
retail. to own or lease and occupy houses
| manufactures Warehouses; and shops TO
employ agents Of their choice, tO lea So land
| for residential and commercial purposes
The pending bill soud Civ. 70 the
| Japanes. exactly what the language
above quoted provides and no more.
but To all aliens eligible TO citizenship
unlimited rights IF ownership That -
IN. J"laU"se may own and occupy resi-
denc"S and business property and NAV
lease lands. but that il all
That the measure II adopted il going
! to bring forth resentment in Japan is not
| doubted here. The Japanese bitterly
. i,g.. IL. -.
should attempt To hunillate them. as
| they regard it. hcior" the world by iegil-
latlon which carries with il the insinuat ion
| OF inferiority.
Consequently anticipating the Japanese
view of the matter. If the latest bill be
comes California law Administration
| offiCia!- ar" not a. all rlat"d over Mr.
| Bryan trip 10 Sacramento Nothing
| further Will h." said hy Japan until Cali
! fornia has reached her final decision
IL l. expected that tn" JAPANESE Gov
ernin"nt VIII protest against the PROPOSED
law aS contrary 10 th- spirit If friendship
| supposed 10 exist between the two Gov
| ernmcHt- and prrhaps ask for its annul-
mant 10y III" Federal courts
II has been suggested that the Japanese
Government might seek 10 test the ileligi-
| billty o' it's subjects to citizenship in
| tn. United States The issue of Japanese
eligibility 10 citizenship has never been
carried - the Supreme Court of the United
States
While the war talk emanating AT
Toxic recently created some alarm here
| for "A time there il now little disposition
To tax. such popular outburst- with great
/ seriousness 1t is pointed ont that ia pan
will go long way with blum if notcallcd
and that in the present situation her
domestic situation and her problems in
| the Far East are such wcighty consid-
erations as compared with The issue
with the United States a. to outbalance
the alien land law controversy
For two days ih" lid has been clamped
down tight at the White House and tn q
state Department on all that concerns
the acknowledgements situation and the
doings Of Mr.. Bryan in Sacramento