JAPAN KEEPS FAITH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 106, 28 January 1908, Page 7

JAPAN KEEPS FAITH.

EMIGRATION PROHIBITION.

NO MORE TO LEAVE FOR HAWAII. ' AMERICA PLEASED; . STORM IN TOKIO: HAYASHt FIRM, !IY rpi,i;Giurn—mess association—qorntiQiiT, . (Rec. Jan. 27, 11,18 p.ip.) ■ ( Tokio, January 27, Tho Government of Tokio has issued an order absolutely , prohibiting > emigration to Hawaii, except - of, those , having relatives there, ' .' ; Tho order hasi! created consternation among the emigration companios, and is likely to provoke n violent attack, on'the Government's Polioy. ■ , : The Minister, for Foreign Affairs, Count Hayashi, declares that the Gqvernmont has given a promise, and is determined i not to recede front it, notwithstanding political pressure. • London, January 27. The Now York correspondent of "The Times " says that tlio news of tho, order was received' with the greatest satisfaction at Washington.' '' , ECONOMY:PARTY. : \ LESS ARMAMENTS, AND'TAXES, ." (Rec, Jan. 2S, 0.13 a.m.) • London, January 27, " Tho Times'" Tokio correspondent, says that • a vory. strong ' party is growing—and is supported, by, a 'groat piajority. of the opmmefciai and industrial ..classes'—»w favour of tho slackening of armaments and opposing increased taxation. This party is likely to influence the general plcctions in the autmn;i. . : ~ . JAPANESE IN HAWAII. . NINETY THOUSAND. x (Ilec, Jan. 28, 1.12 a.m.) ' 1 (Brisbane, January 27. • Mr. Gow, Now Zealand Trade Commis-' flioner, who arrived by tho Moana from Vancouver, said that, tho Japanese question was' receiving the serious attention of the people of. Canada, and was ono of tho chief planks of tho Opposition platform. It w,is estimated that 00,000 Japarieso wero residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were found in almost, every business there, 1 . Ha\vali, which ia American territory,'has been the juniping-olf placo for many Japanese, who have put in a temporary residence there prior to descending on the Pneific coast, of the United States. Cannda; or Moxico'. The-Can-adian Minister, Mr. Lemienx, recently stated that Count Hayashi had promised that, if emigration from Hawaii'ooulil not be entirely prevented, Japan would entirely prohibit emigration to Hawaii, That promise; has now been fulfilled. . Jn December the "Pail)'. Telegraph s Tokio correspondent stated that the Japanese Cabinet has decided, from next fiscal year, to postpone military undertakings to' the extent pf two millions sterling annually during the next six 1 years, and to ourtnil naval, expenditure in 190S by half a million and by ,£ft,300,000 during tho next pix years.: This decision, it is said, is largely duo to the - Influence' of the elder statesmen, particularly Count Katsura (a . former ..Premier and War _ Minister of Japan, who entered the army in 1887, And who, after a study in-Germany, helped largely to reorganise tho Mikado's forces). . '