Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
JAPAN'S NEW TONE
CAUSE Of CONCERN
Now Insists National Honor Is
Affronted by California
Measure.
LAND DISPUTE BURDEN
PUT SQUARELY ON U. S.
Insists This Government Must See
That Treaty Obligations Are
Observed.

That the projected treaty between The
United States and Japan looked rather
to a simple declaration Of the riEht
of the Japanese to hold land in tho
United States on even terms with other
aliens. and not with any idea of claim
ing naturaliza ton as "A right. is the '',.-
lief now expressed since the correspond
ence between the two countries has been
made public. This correspondent. ~ =
pointed out. shows that the japanese
ambassador himself admitted that
naturalization Is a political problem
of national and not international con-
Germ
Secretary Bryan today declined to Dis
cuss the steps that had been taken dur
Ing the course OF the correspondence
and as a side issue. 10 obtain A set,!a-
ment of the question by means Of A new
treaty. The effort at treaty-makng was
the real explanation OF the delay OF the
State Department for ten months to an
swer the japanese note of August &c
Publication of Note Soon.
The reason for Withholding the note OF
the United States delivered Wednesday.
from the printed volume of correspond
ence laid before the Japanese diet in
connection with the California land ques-
ton. was due to purely mechanical dIffl-
Guilty 1t is expected that this latest chap.
ter will be published in day or two,
Meanwhile a study of the correspond
ence already isued develops interesting
details of some of the points alluded
to in the original published abstract.
For instance. in the note of June :.
1913. though the question of good
la iS M
bitterness and genuine surprise at
what the Japanese negotiators evident
ly regarded as a sudden reversal of
front on the part of the United States
government That is set out in this
language. Having in view the atti-
tude and action of deep sympathy ex-
pressd and taken by the American adj
ministration in the matter. while the
lature of California, the cabinet at
Toxic had good reason, it was thought.
to expect some intimation Of willing
ness on the part of the American gov
eminent, to cooperate with the gov
eminent of Japan in the endeavor TO
hnd a satisfactory solution of the prob
lem. instead Of the suggestion that the
courts OF the United States were open
to those Of my countrymen who Nigh.
feel themselves to have been deprived
OF treaty rights and guarantees"
Treaty Violation Insisted Upon.
All through the correspondence Is
strong insistance upon the alleged viola
ton Of treaty which acquires significance
because it has been recognized that the
sole basis upon which. Japan could de-
mand a settlement of this land issue by
arbitration in conformity with the terms
Of the recently renewed special arbitra-
ton treaty. is that questions of the con-
struction of treaties must be SO decided.
E2ttf ic hat in, q
stages Of the correspondence the Japa.
nese negotiators laid great stress upon
the charge that this California land legis-
lation is Discrimination OF the most
marked and invidious character against
Japan"
One sentence in the strong note OF
August rs. 1913. refers to the California
law as unjust and inequitable
as well as at variance with the &C.
cepted precepts governing and regu-
lating the intercourse of good neigh
borhood. and being admittedly eX in
dustria discriminatory against this
empire. as compared with other states.
it is also notifying to the nation and
disregardful of the national susceptl-
bilities of the japanese people rms
broadening of the issues between the
two countries beyond the mere ques-
ton of treaty construction, to involve
what might be regarded by the Japa-
mes as one affecting the national
honor. has given more concern 10 the
to the administration generally than
any other feature of the corre-
spondence.
States Rights at Issue.
There is another phase of the negotia-
tons as disclosed in the correspondence
that opens up possibilities of an entirely
new issue in the history of the United
States This rather oddly appears in the
note of Secretary Bryan of July l6. in
the course of his defense of the right OF
a state to treat this land question To-
cally In italics in connection with the
promise by the japanese government 10
grant land ownership TO Americans. ap-
pear the words. ''reserving Tor ,ne ,u-
ture. however. the right of maintaining
the condition of reciprocity With respect
to the separate states.
This is regarded as a distinct tesefNa.
ton by the Japanese government 81
the right to retaliate directly upon ihe
Californians by singing them OK
among American citizens for exclusion
from the right to possess real property
in Japan.
III NAV be that this is qualified by a
later expression by the japanese gov
eminent in the note of August 70 I"
the effect that there is but one
remedy and the imperial government
are unable to escape the conclusion that
the duty of applying that remedy de-
wolves solely upon the government OK
the United States, the measure com
planned of has. despite the protest
lodged by you, been permitted to 60
into operation"
lnF linI Cnu