The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-22
JAPAN is CHAFING
UNDER u. S. DELAY
DECLARES MAKING
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idly, and the passage OF the anti-Jap-
anese bill seemed to be more assured.
Then Viscount Chinda had an inter-
view with the Secretary of State on
April IL and one with the President
on April 15. In both interviews the
ambassador reiterated that the i'm
perial government could not but at
tach great Importance to the question
and asked the President and the Sec
rotary of State that more efforts be
made to prevent the passage of the
bill To this. both the President and
the Secretary of State responded that
they fully appreciated the wish of the
Japanese government and that, al
though the right to grant land owner
ship lay entirely within the jurisdic-
tion of the state would make the So
luton of the situation difficult, the
American government was determined
to use all means to bring about a solu-
ton.
Asked Change in Terms
ION April Is the President directed the
Secretary of State to telegraph to the gov
ernor of California, advising him to
change the terms of the bin and not to
use the formula of eligibility to citizen
ship for the purpose of drawing a dis
tinction in the matter of enjoyment of
rights. More kilograms followed this from
tiit L it9iptht oil <Apii anu MAY /,
ana from the Secretary of State on May
II to the governor In the meantime the
ambassador held several interviews with
the Secretary of State, and explaining
repeatedly that the bill was contrary
to the principle and spirit of the treaty,
endeaVored to cause the contention of the
imperial government to be fully appre-
oiated by the American government, and
urged that ne such enactment producing
a ait1at atTt,xr Of inyt Varaa
should be passed.
THE President then decided to send
the Secretary of State to California. The
secretary appeared in joint sessions of the
houses of legislature to explain personally
tn, request of the federal government and
to present their suggestions. Despite all
available efforts used by the Secretary
of State to make the legislation less OBJ
jectionatle, the governor and members
of the legislature strictly adhered to the
principle that the rights of the state must
not be interfered with and the bill was
fina lily passed.
Upon passage of the land bill the i'm
perlal government instructed its am
bassador to hand on May 10 to the Sec
retary of State it's first protest. On
May II the Secretary of State wired, by
order of the President, the governor
of California, apprising him of the re-
ceipt of the protest from the Japanese
government and expressed the willingness
of the President to use his good offices
through diplomatic means to bring about
the desired solution of the alien land
ownership problem. The intention of the
President seemed to induce the governor
to reconsider the matter and to refrain
from signing the bill but the governor
telegraphed back to the President point
ing out the urgency which called for the
legislation. He signed the bill on the 18th.
Replies to Protest
Upon receipt of the information that
the bill had become law, the Secretary
of State handed to viscount Chinda
reply to the protest of the imperial gov-
1T began by recording the fact that
efforts had been made to the fullest ex-
tent by the United States government TO
prevent the legislation, expressing regret
as to its final enactment. then went on
to state emphatically that the enactment
was purely the outcome of economic
questions, and, further, gave counter ar
guments on various points raised IN Our
protest But as the reply was not satis-
to the imperial government the
amba ssador was instructed to add"ess on
the 4th of June second communication
to the Secretary of State in answer To
the reply. discussing in detail the port
the violation of the treaty. On
the 10th of June the Secretary of State
handed to viscount Chinda the rcjoinder
1.-The imperial government then pre-
pared the third note or protest and
caused the ambassador to present it on
the 18th of August to the Secretary OF
State. which note remains unanswered.
"The replies of the United states gov
rnment were not found satisfactory
md the imperial government has come
o see the necessity OF considering
ome other ways for solution of the
question. However, to the regret OF the
government, the time has not arrived
or reporting on the point"
Although the address elected TO for
nal comment from the state depart
nent. the conditions under which the
statement that Japan's last note re-
mains unanswered was made, Will, 1t Is
Understood, again serve to direct atten-
ion of the state department TO this
ubject from which 1t has been almost
diverted for the past four