Arizona republican., 1921-07-23
JAP EXCL US|0N
 QUESTION AGAIN FACES CONGRESS
TRepu5IIcan A. P. Leased Wirel

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 WASHINGTON, July 22.-The Jap | anese exclusion question broke out in congress again today Informed that Hawaii was being flooded with Jap- anese, the house immigration com mittee asked the state department to furnish details of the .gentleman's agreement of 1908 with respect to Japanese control of immigration to the United States. / Diplomatic cor
 respondence leading to the under standing which the committee was I told does not apply to Hawaii, never l has been made public and the com mittee decided to investigate
 1 Despite contentious of some mem I bers that discussion at this time might impede plans for. international 1 conference on disarmament and Pa ! cific questions, the committee decId- ed to go into the 1s-year-ol1 immi- ! grafton arrangements after It had
 heard J. V. A. McMurray. chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs CT the state department, and had re- ! ceived a telegram from v. s. Mc- Il Clatchey. Sacramento. Cal, publisher.
 dealing with the general subject ef
 Japanese immigration.
 u. s. Morally Obligated
 } Mir. MeMurray told the comfnistef t that Japan had never regarded the : agreement as applying to Hawaii ar'e ! added incidentally that inasmuch as l it was a voluntary proposition iron Japan. this country was diplomatif- { ally bound until the other party tS the understanding should w1thdra "
 His statement concerning Hawal brought from Chairman Johnson tn' . exclamation that the time had arrlves :, for a declaration that Hawaii IS ; part of the United States with respec : to~.Iapan and all others
 MT. McMurray said that the Jap ,s anese government had regulated tn 10 number of laborers to whom pass if ports to Hawaii were issued throug 70 an informal arra ngement worked ol ,t with the sugar planters of the island of by the Japanese consular offiees, VT a- were informed each sea son of u
 number required. Mir. Johnson intel D. rupted to say that he understood u
 number allowed to go to Hawaii eae he year was really below the requir' ny ments. a position taken by Japan 3l. order to prevent a break in wages. ed The statement concerning | he agreement. between the employe T. and the Japanese government :" ny immediately denied by Royal II .ia ne planters organization
 .iie Disapprove Loop Holes ai From that point, every angle or l exclusion question was touched on = some form or other and members the the coIiiiiiiteee ,.llo1os u,b; M ,ad they said apparently were left In ,ad agreement. They denounced on practice of permitting picture brlo' had to enter this country, which pract hin continued, said Chairman Johns eed despite the diplomatic understandl .rn- Because of the delieacy of the s' on feet MT McMurray answered m
 questions guardedly and some hle- not answered at all It was re- that if the correspondence is Tor ney. coming it would be gone into t of hind closed doors MT. Johnson the not at all certain that the diplom' NJ all exchanges would be supplied by ping department and he planned to COT eept on that phase with Secretary Hug orth and other department heads He ], however. that he saw no reason ope, the documents should not be n losau ,. available to congress and depi' NAa the fact that half dozen or n
 such understandings as that ens
 into with Japan had not requ
 ratification by the senate
 MT. McClatchey's telegram W
 was read prior to MT. McMurl eE statement warned of impending bt fss ss ss,ss sPss. n diate,y.