The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-01-28
Brings IT Up AGAIN
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER
ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT
AGlTATEs ALIEN LAW

Makes Speech Reviewing the Relatio,
of the Two Governments and Say
Japan Recognizes Necessity of 9th
er Plans to Solve Question, Regret
ting Time Has Not Yet Arrived.
An address by Baron Nobuaki Ma
kino, the Japanese foreign minister
delivered to the Parliament of Japan
Wednesday, outlining the status O.
negotiations over tie California alier
land legislation and declaring tha
the japanese Government "had t
come to see the necessity Of consid
ering some other ways for solution
of the question, because the replies O.
the United States had not been found
satisfactory" was cabled in full from
Toxic to the Japanese embassy a
Washington.
The address, which was not com
mented upon in official circles, an
nounced that the third note of protest
presented to Secretary Bryan by Am
bassador Chinda on August IS re
mained unanswered. 1t also revealed
the fact that the ambassador, under
instructions from Toxic saw, Presi
dent Wilson on March 5th, the day
after the Presidents inauguration
and asked that he make an effort tc
stop the threatened legislation in Cal,
ifornia, which since has been enacted
The substance of the address, which
was made public by the japanese
embassy, is that it reviews the facts
that for ten years the State Legisla-
ture of California has introduced
bills of "anti-Japanese character. u
However, nothing of serious moment
did occur. but at the fortieth session
of the Legislature, which assembled
last year, a bill aiming at prohibition
Of ownership of property by japanese
was passed by an Overwhelming ma
jority.
"The new act places Japanese on a
different footing from other aliens
and the main point in dispute be-
tween the two countries has been the
discriminatory treatment resulting
from this Act"
Next follows a review of the diplo-
matte exchanges that have passed be-
tween the Imperial government and
the new Administration. The Japan
ese Ambassador on March earnestly
requested "that the new Executive
would take proper steps and make
best efforts to stop the threatened
legislation. The President thanked
the ambassador for the representation
thus made, and stated that, although
the Federal government could not in
terfere with rights reserved to the
States, he would not hesitate to use
the efforts so as to realize the wish OF
the Imperial government"
The address further recounts Sec
ond interview held with Secretary OF
State Bryan on the 18th of April and
a third on the 18th of April. ''In both
interviews the ambassador reiterated
that the Imperial Government could
not but attach great Importance to
the question, and asked the President
and the Secretary Of State that more
efforts be made to prevent the pas
sage of the bill"
Then is given recount of the tele-
grams sent by the President and the
governor of California. 'The Presi-
dent then sent the Secretary OF State
to California. The Secretary appear
ed in joint sessions of the houses Of
the Legislature to explain personally
the request Of the Federal govern
ment and to present their sugges-
tions. Despite all available efforts US
ed by the Secretary of State to make
the legislation less Objectionable, the
Governor and members Of the Legis-
lature strictly adhered to the prin-
ciple that the rights of the State must
not be interfered with, and the bill
was passed.
Upon the receipt of the informa-
ton that the bill had become law,
the Secretary of State handed to Wis
count Chinda a reply to the protest
of the Imperial government. 1t began
by recording the fact that efforts had
been made to the fullest extent By the
United States Government to prevent
the legislation, expressing regret as
to it's final enactment, then went Oh
to state emphatically that the enact
men was purely the oucome Of eco
nomic questions, and gave counter
arguments on various points raised in
our protests. But as the reply was not
satisfactory to the Imperial Govern
ment, the ambassador was instructed
to address on the 4th of June a sec
ond communication to the Secretary
of State in answer to the reply, dis
cussing in detail the point concerning
the violation Of the treaty. On the
sixteenth of June the Secretary Of
State handed to Viscount ChinGa, the
rejoinder.
"The Imperial Government then
pared the third note of protest and
caused the ambassador to present 1t
on the 18th of August to the Secre-
tary of State. which note remains un-
answered.
1.-The replies of the United States
Government we're not found satisfac-
tory and the Imperial Government
has come to see the necessity OF con-
sidering some other ways for solution