New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-01
Raker Tells Congress Their
Exclusion Is National
Necessity.
IMMIGRATION BILL
NOT STRONG ENOUGH
Professor Gulick, of Japan, Advo.
Gates Dillingham; Plan OF
Limiting Influx.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Jan. 3.-The yellow
peril" reared ts head in the House to-
day. when Representative Raker, CALI
fornia Democrat denounced the Burnett
immigration bill as insufficient 10 meet
the real immigration problem, which, he
said. was the exclusion OF Asiatics.
Mr.. Raker announced that he would not
offer as an amendment to the Burnett
bill his measure TO exclude Aslatic la
borers. Mindful OF the State Depart
ment's uneasiness over the Japanese sit
uation and the fact that the immigration
Committee has been requested not 10
hold hearings on the Raker bill at pres
ent. Democrats breathed more easily
when the Californian promised not to
bring on the japanese controversy in the
House.
The reluctance Of Mr.. Raker TO offer his
bill as an amendment, while decrying the
ineffe ctiveness of the Burnett bill, is
taken 10 mean that Democrats, at least,
will not embarrass the administration IN
its negotiations with Japan.
Sees Greatest Peril from Asia.
This bill does not reach the heart of
the immigration problem" said Mr.. Ra-
ker, referring TO the pending Burnett bill.
ut would keep out the undesirable immi-
grant from Europe. perhaps. but the
great immigration peril of to-day Is from
Asia. The literacy test here merely
means the restriction of certain amount
OF immigration from Europe and does
not reach the perilous immigration from
Asia"
1T has been rumored in the House"
said Mr.. Mann, the minority leader
that the gentleman from California in
tends to offer an amendment 20 the i'm
migration bill for the exclusion of the
, Japanese
Il shall not do So replied Mr.. Raker,
but / want to say, so strongly that
there can he no misunderstanding, that
the great immigration peril to-day is
Asiatic immgra ton and this subject will
be covered in the report 10 the House of
another bill
Representative O'Shaunessy. Of Rhode
~
Mr.. Godfogle was seeking 10 strike out
of the bill when the House adjourned:
What humbug this literacy restric-
ton Is. We propose to erect another Chi
nese wall. TO bar out men and women
from throughout the world because they
cannot read forty words The Demo-
cratic party. if 1t passes this bill, pur-
poses to substitute national bumptious-
ness for economics"
Before the controversy over the immi-
grafton bill comes TO a direct issue. the
views OF the President, it was said to-
day. would be sought on the proposed
literacy test. Representative Burnett and
Senator Smith will hold conference al
the White House on the subject before
the matter is finally decided.
Gu!ick Favors Dillingham; Plan.
hearing on the immigration bill was
given by the Senate committee to-day TO
Professor Sydney Gulick. Of the Imperial
University of Japan, who dwelt at length
on the attitude OF Japan and China tow
ard the United States and other Occi-
dental powers, and commended the plan
devised by Senator Dillingham; for re-
stricting immigration without resort TO
the lteracy test.
The Dillingham; plan provides that the
immigration OF any one nationality shall
be restricted 10 10 per cent OF that ma
tionality already in the United States.
This would have the effect OF placing
limit on immigration from Southern
Europe without restricting the entry Of
| immigrants from Northern Europe. Pro-
| fessr Gulick suggested that that difficulty
could be averted by reducing the limit 10
6 per cent and including the Asiatics in
the arrangement.
This" said Professor Gulick, would
eliminate the question OF discrimination
against the people of Japan and China
| Those two countries afford many oppor-
tunities TO the people OF the United States.
and their friendship should be cultivated
| They are not hostile 10 the United States.
but they fear that the powerful interests
| of the Occidental countries are bent upon
securing land in their domnions The
japanese government does not want its
! citizens TO come into this country, but II
resents being Disseminated against. The
scheme proposed will obvate this dis
elimination and would go far TO placing
] the two countries on the most friendly
| basis