Evening star., 1925-05-31
CALIFORNIANS WILL FIGHT
JAPANESE QUOTA PLAN
Wickersham Proposal to Admit Nippon
ese Immigrants in 1927 Faces Bitter
Opposition ON the Pacific Coast.

grafton law the result would be the
admission OF only $50 japanese and
100 Chinese immigrants annually.
The California joint immigration
committees rejoinder to the Wicker
snam committees crusade says in part:
You are presenting this matter to
American citizens, not from the Amer
lean, but from the Japanese point of
view. based partly on error and mis-
understanding. You have the quasi
Endorsement of the Federal Council of
churches, but your attempt to reopen
the question convinces US that il will
markedly decrease church influence
among loyal Americans within and
without the church fold. In our iudg-
ment. the effort of Mr.. Wickersham
TO form committee of / 900 to petit
ton Congress to put Japan under
quota after July !, 1927. is a mistake
1t Will not accomplish the end sought
1t viii lead to a controversy, the re
suits Of which. we think, will be to
make less probable any early solution
or this question, such as Japan evi-
IDENTIFY desires.
See Americans Opposed.
"1f it is TO be understood from, vour
letter that Japan will insist on the
| right for entrance of her people into
| this country as immigrants as a pre.
| requisite for the restoration Of the
friendly feelings which have existed
heretofore, our belief is that the Amer.
lean people, much as they admire the
Japanese and desire to retain their
friendship, will not agree to these
terms.
1T seems to us that President
Coolidge fairly and fully covered the
situation when he said, in accepting
the presidential nomination on Au-
gust ID, 1924, The incident is closed.
We must seek by some means be-
sides immigration to demonstrate the
friendship and respect we feel for the
Japanese nation
The movement now being inau-
gurated by Messrs. Wickersham and
Gulick Is for the declared purpose of
demonstrating our friendship and re-
spect for Japan by making certain
| changes in our immigration laws
which would violate our long es-
tablished immigration policy. DR..
Gulick is really the instigator of this
movement and in our opinion his
/ counsel in this matter is as unwise
as that which he has generally given
Japan and the friends of Japan in
the United States since he came to
this country from Japan 10 years
| ago."
Japan Not i'm Agreement.
That japan does not agree with
President Coolidges dictum that the
exclusion issue is a closed incident
| was made plain by Amba assador
Tsuneo Matsudaira in his first impor-
tant public utterance in the United
States. Addressing the Japan Society
of New York shortly after he was ac-
credited to Washington this Spring,
Mr.. Matsudaira said.
I'm the wake of Americas over
whelming evidence of sympathy for
Japan after the earthquake of 1923
among the excluded nationals. The
enactment of this legislation gave us
| a great shock and disappointment I
myself If / were not to tell you that
the dissatisfaction Of the whole ma.
ton with the status which the new
| law has conferred upon my country
| men is widespread. For me to dis.
| would serve no good purpose We
have, however, an abiding faith in
the sense of justice and equity in
herent in the American people. This
| faith gives us hope that the day will
come when this question may be set.
| tied in a manner satisfactory to both
| our countrfeG."
t0epyrfght. 1887