Vancouver Riots.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 10

Vancouver Riots.

.WASHINGTON'S VIEWS. | WILL HASTEN A SETTLEMENT. There seems to bo ' a general impression among diplomats and near-diplomats here (says a Washington advice of September 10) that prospects for Japanese exclusion by treaty'or' by Act of Congress are much bettor than; they wero beforo tho 'Vancouver riots. Even some Boston and othor Eastern papers which have been disposed to look on the. opposition to. Oriontal immigration as . sporadic and localised in "hoodlum" infested cities are sobered by Vancouver's ox peri oil co and admit; that, the coming of Asiatics makes a grave problem. That a stringent exclusion treaty betweon America and Japan is measurably nearer realisation is now tho almost unanimous. judgment of tho membors of the, diplomatic corps at Washington. Ofrioials doplorewhat thoy viow as an unfortunate ana unwarranted infraction of the treaty rights of tho Japanese, l but thoy do not fail to perceive at onco tho important bearing that this incident will probably have upAn the negotiations between tho Stato Department and tho Japanese Ambassador looking to. the' drafting of a treaty that shall limit the incoming of Japaneso coolies instead of allowing tho subject to be dealt with in the present'looso fashion by what amounts to semi-official undertakings, on the part of the Japaneso Government to withhold ,pass r ports :to.,coolies coming directly -to, the. TJnitpd States. '' BRITISH COLONIES' EIGHT TO ■RESTRICT. : , tho bolief that a treaty is now within-sight is based:on the conviction of officials that.the Japaneso Government will , now'be brought face to faco with tho fact; that it cannot discriminate betweon Great '.Britain and America in the mattor of domands-for'fair treatment for its subjects, and must by. this time be convinced that the problem presented', is roally a radical one, and'.that-tho'only solution will lio in the formal recognition by Japan of the. right to resteiet coolio immigration not only in America, but in British Columbia, Australia, and othor British colonies. . ■ To take any other viow, it is pointed out in Washington, would mean a breach of tho alliance with England, of which tho Japanese have been so proud, and which t-lioy regard as so necessary to tho development of their ambitious schemes for the exploitation of tho East. For* .though the British Government may and doubtless, will apologiso for. the Vancouver affair and oven pay an indemnity,' a, repetition of the incident is believed to be almost cqrtain unless the British Government yiolds to tho. demands of tho British Columbians in tho* matter of restricting Japanese immigration. 1 As a matter of fact, negotiations are already afoot'between tho British and the Japaneso Governments to regulate the 'influx of coolio labour into tho British colonies. Tho 'Vancouver incident will, it is believed hero, has'ten these negotiations to a conclusion, and if Japan enters into treaty relations of that kind with Great Britain, it cannot refuse to do so with Amorica, so that there is, after all, a prospect that Secretary Root and Ambassador Aoki will soon again bo in conference on this subject. :• TOKIO SHOWS NO EXCITEMENT. "A Tokio telegram of September 10 states: —Tho' Foreign Office lias received a dispatch from tho Japanese Consul-Genoral at Ottawa saying that the Canadian Government •will 'express its regret for tho occurrence at Vancouver and take steps to prevent further 'tronblo.' . r , An official of the Foreign Office said to tho Associated Press: "We have the utmost confidence in tho Canadian Government, as we also havo'in that of America. Commissioner Ishii's ; dispatch says that tho disturbance will soon bo quelled, and that thero is no reason to expect its repetition. Our information is that this outbroak, like, that at Bollingham and others olsowhero, is tho result of tho Korean Leaguo's anti-Japaneso agitation, created by fnlso and exaggerated reports concerning conditions in Korea, and ■tho attitude and sentimont of Japan. The Foroig'n Offico is not disturbed by the Vancouver affait, and it is quite confident that, ovorything will bo dono to protect tho Japanese." Tho accounts of tho demonstration at Van-, couver, ..published in tho Tokio evening papers,, earned no oxcitcjnent. Tho people, like the Government officials, regard as foolish tho idoa of a troublesomo complication. No editorial comment is contained in tho evening/papers. A few of tho morning papers discuss tho mattor dispassionately,