The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
YELLOW PERIL
TO Be KEYNOTE
OF PACT FIGHT
Senator Johnson Prepar.
ing for Outburst OPP
posed to- Immigration.

Japan promises To prove the cen
ter of Congressional fireworks when
discussion of the arms conference
treaties begins.
A renewed outburst of yellow
peril" talk already has occurred in
the House and Senator Johnson of
California is understood to be pre-
pairing to discuss the conference
treaties with particular reference to
Japan's position.
The revival of anti-Japanese dis
cussion in Congress, almost at the
hour the American delegation yes
terday was delivering it's report on
the arms conference to President
| Harding. causd distinct uneasiness
In administration quarters. 1t fore
cast difficulties ahead for the Amcri-
can spokesmen in handling the deli
cate diplomatic subject which al
ways has been a disturbing factor
in relations between the United
States and Japan.
| Mr.. Harding, with the conference
report before him. is preparing his
! treaty message now and, according
to present Indications. the pacts will
go to the Senate either tomorrow OF
Monday.
The latest attack upon Japan.
taking the form of a warning that
war will come surely unless Japan
csc immigration to California is
checked. was voiced to the House
immigration committee by ". s. Nc
Clatchey. Sacramento. Cal. who is
definitely engaged here in anti-Jap-
anese agitation.
Good Feeling Menaced.
McCtatchey held that the good
feelings created by the arms confer
ence would be swept aside unless
the Japanese in California were
'urbed. They were growing too
rapidly, he said. and their entry
into the country had not ceased.
The government had hoped that
new era had come as a result OF
adjustment of Pacific differences in
the arms conference. Hence, war
talk from California-even IL, as in
this case. only an individual out
pouring-is deplored. It cannot,
however, be checked by govern
mental action. California Ia skep-
tical about the results OF the con-
ference insofar as it's own domestic
problems are concerned. The jana
nese are hated there because they
compete at, starvation prices with
the natives. and, McClatchey claims
their growth is so great that the
whites will be crowded out.
There is, however. a disposition
here to believe that the Japanese
government is quite content TO have
the doors closed on the west coast
as heretofore. Japan, II Is believed
is now looking toward South Amer
lea as an outlet for surplus popu-
lation and products. The Japanese
foreign office has announced its en-
couraGement of immigration south
ward, with favorable rates for such
traffic. And governmental reports
show that Brazil and Peru are be-
ginning to fear that a Japanese
problem" will develop there.
... S9arIcy Effects Felt.
Meanwhile, the first practical ef-
fects OF the conference are being
felt. Thousands of navy yard work
ers are TO be laid off at once as a
result OF Navy Department orders
to dispose of such men as are not
needed. following previous orders
to hale work on treaty-doomed
ships.
About 1850 men felt this stroke
at the Washington Navy Yard,
where the great naval guns are
manufactured. and the order also
affected the yards in Philadelphia,
New York. Mare Island. CAL, Nor
folk. Va, Boston. Mass. and
Charleston, S. C.
Senator Lodge, of, Massachusetts,
one OF the American arms confer
ence delegates. found that his con-
stituents are affected not only by
this order, but also by elimination
CT an appropriation bill clause
which would have permitted navy
yards to do repair work when their
prices were below those of private
yards. Lodge, angered at senate
elimination of the clause, charged
this deletion had been made SO that
the Boston yard would not have a,
hH Cos,