JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA
;- *-__— RAPID INCREASE CAUSES ALARM. Sacramento, June 22. Governor Stephens, of Californiaj Has addressed a letter to. Mr. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, laying that while California does not- harbour animosity towards -the Japanese people, the State does not wish Japanese to settle within its bordens. The Japanese among .the population now number 87,279. California views with alarm the rapid growth of the population of Japanese and their control of !ano and forests. In the not distant future there will be the gravest menace of serious conflict if this development is not'immediately and'effectively stopped, ' ' ..
. Mr, Stephens urges that, immediate negotiations should be begun with Japan in order to make the existing immigration agreements as' rigorous as possiblo. '-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
PROHIBITION.OF LAND-HOLDING. ; Washington, June 22. Japan litis lodged an informal protest to the State Department against the proirosed Califbrniim , legislation absolutely prohibiting the .ownership or lease of land by Japanese. Diplomatic and; official circles fear that complications will arise if the proposed. laws are passed. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. •
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 231, 24 June 1920, Page 5
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170JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 231, 24 June 1920, Page 5
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