JAPANESE HONOUR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 5

JAPANESE HONOUR.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEQISLATION. By Tckcrapli—Press As«oclatlon-Oopyrlcl>t Washinflton, Tebruary 22. President Taft has sent to Congress the text of a new trade treaty with Japan. All essential differenco between the existing agreement and tho new ono is the omission of all immigration, restrictions, America leaving to Japan's national honour the enforcement at her own ports of restrictions now enforced nt the ports of tho Unitod States. A bitter controversy is likely to take place in tho Senate, where the Western members opposo tho removal of the immi r gration restrictions. Negotiations are actively proceeding between the United States and Japan (wrote (lie Washington correspondent of "Tho Times" on December IS)) for the conclusion of a treaty to take the place of the comprehensive Treaty of Commerce and Navigation which was ratified in March, 1895,. and which lapses in July, 1012. All important effort is being mado to include in the' new treaty a settlement of the Japanese immigration question on a better basis than that afforded by tho present arrangement, well as that arrangement has worked. The present American treaty runs a year longer than the similar treaties concluded by other Powers with Japan,' but. it. is felt that, in view of the Senate's intorest in tho immigration question, it will be as well to present the ■ new treaty for its ratification as soon as possible. V Evidence accumulates thnt American traders are by no means easy nbout .the Japanese tariff. Tho fact that the United States have no conventional tariff with Japan, but rely solely upon tho most-favoured-nation olause in the 1805 treaty, means, of course, the imposition -of the new rates on American goods.