Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-25
JAPANESE TAKING
PESS|MIST|C VIEW
|. Of US PROBLEMS
Officials Said to Favor Com.
mission to Be Named by
President.
By the Associated Press.

TOXIC, September 24.-Suggestions
that a joint high commission be ap-
pointed to find solution of the Cali
fornia problem appear to be favored
in responsible circles here. Viscount
Kentaro Kaneko, privy councillor; Wis
count Eiichi Shibusawa, chairman of
the Toxic Bankers Association, and
Premier Hara haye been comforting fire.
quently, and the impression has been
commission was the outgrowth of meet
ings of prominent Americans and
Japanese in this city last spring.
Details of the plan are as yet nebulous,
but the Asahi Shimbun of Asaka says
the underlying idea is. for President
Wilson to name a commission including
the Secretary of State, some senators
and representatives, and also well uuali-
fled Japanese like Viscount Takaaki
former japanese ambassador to Great
Britain Succeeding steps. the news
upon treaty rights, and then an appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States. asking that operation of Cal
ifornia statutes be suspended. The
newspaper believes the Japanese public
is generally pessimistic over present
negotiations in Washington, and has a
, tendency to criticise the cabinet for
adopting what is declared to be a '.luke-
! warm, makeshift policy"
Peers Show AArm.
Unnamed peers are quoted by the
newspaper Chu-O-Shimbun of this CITY,
| as counseling the government to exer-
| else the greatest patience in dealing
with America, as they are positive any
other attitude would be suicidal. They
point out that if she resorted to arms.
| Japan's first step would be necessarily
| the withdrawal of all japanese in Amer
| ica, which they assert, would greatly
please Americans" Suspension of com
| mercial intercourse would have the most
! dire consequences to Japan, they de-
clare, and if Japan should succeed in
| landing troops on American soil. the
Americans would not suffer as much as
the Japanese. They point out that
should Japan, on the contrary, suffer
{ defeat. her fate would be sealed and,
| therefore, it would be the wisest to
/ await a favorable turn in the situation
placing full confidence in the Character
and principles of the American people
! A series of articles written by Gen.
| Kojiro Sato, in which he discusses the
military possibilities if Japan should 20
to war with America, are being given
wide publicity.
! Situation Called Serious.
| newspapers print long reports about
1.-THE anti-Japanese movement in Amer
lea. and also publish contributions
from both notable and unknown jap
anese, in which attention is called to
the seriousness of the situation, which
| even a conservative leader like Wis
lcount Shibusawa is quoted as char
lacterizing as more or less strained"
These reports have the effect of in
fuencing and exciting the masses of
1.-THE people, and open discussion of
the question of war does not tend to-
ward calming the situation
! Fear that the passage of anti -Japa-
| nese legislation in California will be
utilized by politicins in an attempt to
overthrow the cabinet have been ex-
pressed by representatives of the Jap
Ianese government. They have assert
ed the ensuing situation might be
fused by elements of unrest in the en-
Ipire to create serious internal dis
| turbanceS.
Labor leaders are said to openly
voice the opinion.