The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-31
JAP AN DIVIDED IN SENTIMENT
 ON. EXCLUSION Officials Absolutely Op- posed To Any Retail
 iatory Measure. DEMONSTRATION
 SET FOR JUNE 6 Press Tirades Against United States Go On Unabated

TOXIC, Japan. May 30.-tBy Associated Press )---Anti-American feeling engendered by lAckment of the United States immigration law with it's Japanese exclusion pro- vision threatens to become more widespread and intense, backed as 1t is by the lingo press and small group of Rationaiistic publicists, politicians, former service men and retired officers of the army and navy.
 Official Japan, represented by the Kiyoura government, absolutely opposes any retaliatory measures and although Viscount Kato re- mains silent upon that point, it is generally believed in high quarters that the new minitsry he is expected to form within the fortnight will continue the same policy.
 With this contradiction of public and certain priyate opinion so in evidence. Japanese officials express regret that they are unable entirely to control the anti-American expressions which are s.utcrpoping almost daily in public meet ings, published editorials and newspaper advertisements
 Propaganaa UndeF Way
 Pronaganda is clearly under way to persuade the public to refuse to pslr- chase American goods and demand in- stead Japanese or European substitutes.
 In this connection, the vernacular press insists there is significant meye- men under "a prob siE ii1n of alt lnxnries Officials admit sHel q measure has been and is being con- eidefed. merely as q means of equalixa- tion of exports and imports. The margin of imports has reached a half billion yen since the first of the year, and has been giving officials some worry. It is stated officially, however, that discussion of the proposed bar to luvx- uries has not yet reached a tangible stage, and is still far from being adopted as policy.
 Furthermore. it is added. even if adopted, the ban of luxuries will not be in any sense discriminatory, or con nected even distantly with the Amer iean exclusion issue, but will be due solely to the necessities of the domestic economic situation.
 Some papers, however, still insist that the move to restrict imports is q driect result of American immigration policy.
 The group of natiOnalistic publicists, headed by Shinkichi Uyesugi, professor of political science at the Imperial Toki0 university, is promoting series of what they call national spirit meet ings, with the ayowed purpose of arOusing the national Japanese spirit against the exclusion measure.
 Await W0ods' Departure
 One of these meetings has been called for June 6, in the great wrestling hall here, one of the largest meeting places in the eityA The date was selected, Uyeugi explained today, because it is that upon which Ambassador Woods, (the retiring American ambassad0r) will leave. The nati0nalists, he ex@. plained, do not wish to embarrass the ambassador, whose sympathy for the Japanese makes it quite impossible for the Japanese to take resolute measure while he stilI is here"
 Uyesugi and his followers are plan ming ten similar meetings to be held in the other principal cities of the empire during the month of June.
 Reservists of the Japanese army also are reported to be active in the anti exclusion campaign. According to the vernaeular newspapers, the Kyoto re- servists association has voted to use to fight exclusion the funds it had raised for celebrating next month the wedding of the prince regent.
 Press Tirades Continue
 The tiraders against America in the newspapers so on unabated. This morn ing even the conservative business organ Chugai Shogyo Shimpo, speaking edit oriaily, supports the rising national movement against the American im- migration bill .I
 Nothing is more futile or more fatal than for the government to suppress this movement, as long as it is con fined within reasonable. limits,' the newspaper declares. 'The Japanese peO- pie realize that is useless to rely up4n the government to solve this problem properly. Now is the time for the na- ton to show how it values it's na- tionsl prestige and how ready it is to sacrifice anything necessary to protect
 me mlyakO ShlmDun, natlOnAilsr paper, questions the sincerity of efforts tO patch up the controversy.
 Talk of apanese-Ameriean friend ship is sheer hypocisy," it declares. We must face the facts and quit those false pretenses. We thought we could rely upon American justice and fair play, but we have been fooled. q
 Japan's protest to America upon en- aetment of the immigration bill with it's clause barring Japanese from enter ing the United States will not be given out for publication here before it is de- coded in Washington and placed in the hands of Secretary of State Hughes.
 This was made known here today that protest nrobablY would not be