Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-16
Wednesday Morning, February Is. 1921
MUST U. s. AND ] AN FEAR WAR? SEMBIS SAES QUESTION
 OF IMMIGRATION TO DECIDE

distrust There should be peace between the two nations. bat con6i- tions as they now exist can serve to no other purpose than to finally lead .o U.o nations to the brink of serious
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 es enc of the most listened to CTS among the Japanese in America, told ne frankly that in his opinion circUmstances demand tightening-up of the present agreement between Washington and Tokyo. He declared n favor of an understanding which would effectively bar the admission of new Japanese labor into the United States at the same time guaranteeing justice to the Japanese already law fully in this country.
 Business Position
 And hero is opinion or the board of trustees of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commer eial Club. as handed to me personally by Secretary Hadley of that organiza- tion;
 ITO afford adequate protection 10 JapaneSe, now dSmiciied ia the Unit ed States. ;n all their rights. is a pos tive obligation Of the government and the people of this country: but unrestricted immigration is a differ ea matter. - Existing conditions in this country involve problems that must be solved in order to conserve the peace and well-bcing of our people and preserve the stability of our pop ular form of government"
 The business men of Seattle then suggested that the adoption and pro mitigation at this time by Japan of settled policy of srrict restraint of emigration Of Japanese laborers in tending permanent residence in this country would remove apprehension from the minds Of our people and help allay agitation demanding legislation that might prove offensive to Japan"
 Center Of Agitation
 But California is the center of the agitation. The states Of Washington and Oregon. | found were but mildly interested, California. by vote of S6S,iSS 10 a22.9Se. or about 3 to l, adopted the anti-Japanese land initia- tive law prohibiting not only the own srship of land but the leasing of it as well. and in addition to that calls fer Q federal exclusion act as drastic as that against the coolies from China.
 Says Gov. William n. Stephens:
 As a people and as nation we tcve the normal and the international law right to declare who shall and whc shall not enter into and abide in our co-rtry.
 w look to the federal government for le station and treaties which will keeF from cur borders Oriental immi- erants impossible of being assimiiat- ed mo our national life and whose incr ased presence here would prove disastrous to the American mode and manner of living. The exclusion act saould, in my cpinion. provide for tn 'fG exclusion of all Japanese save certun selected classes"
 Aati-Jap Leader
 Convinced that California stands as ar outpost on the western edge of Occidental civilization" as Gov. Ste phens puts it, Y. s. McClatchy, of Sacramento, one of the leaders in the anti-Japanese movement, declared:
 "California's work in the matter has Cniy commenced. As a frontier state she is making tho fight of the nation against the incoming rush of an alien,- unassimilabls race. She must now educate the nation. congress and the administration to a full realization of the situation and the necessity for immed:ste action or the absolute cx- clusion of the Japanese as we'll as ether Asiatic races"
 Among the pro-Japaaese McClatchy is ranked as an extremist. .0lge Thomas Burke. of Seattle. a tower of denpendability in the Pacific north west, told me he depiored Califoraia's s stand, but admitted at the same time the possible need of strengthening the "Gentlemen's Agreement" intended to prevent the immigration of Japanese labcrers.