JAPAN AND AMERICA
EFFORTS TO SETTLE CALIFORNIAN ' QUESTION GRATIFYING PROGRESS REPORTED • - - - - *> By Tclegraph-Presa Association-Copyright New York; September 23. Tho Washington correspondent of the "New York Times".- .telegraphs that gratifying progress has been made in the effort to reach a satisfactory understanding relative to tho California question nnd other matters pertaining to, tho rights of Japanese in the United States. ■ -Aus.-N.Z. Cable ' Assn. LANSING-ISHIJ~AGREEMENT UNITED STATES TO MAINTAIN POSITION. Washington, September 23. State Department officials state that in the negotiations with the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shidehare, the United States will maintain its position as set forth in the '-Lansing-lsliii agreement, -,in which Japan voluntarily undertakes to prevent her .citizens coming to the United States. The State Department will do its best to avoid conflict in the negotiations as tlio.. outcome of tho Japanese protest .against the proposed California State, law. prohibiting Jnpanoso from holding , land—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ■ LAWSUIT BY JAPAN THREATENED IF CALIFORNIA N LEGISLATION IS PASSED. (Rec. September 21, 10.30 p.m.)" Tokio, September 23. Several'of the'leading newspapers state that in tho'.event of tho C-alifornian legislation being- passed, the Japanese Government will bring a lawsuit against California on tlio ground that tho law is' unconstitutional and violates the treaty rights of the. Japanese.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Afcsn.. . A'MiLITANfsPEECH Tokio;- September 22. Mr. Kodama, a- Federal representative, addressed a public meeting on the subject of an Ameri'cah-Japaneso war. Ho denounced American militarism, saying that as long as a threatening nation existed beyond tlio Pacific, Japanese •naval expansion could not cease. Tho police - interfered and silenced tho speaker. ... ... Tho newspaper "Hochi Shimbuh" States.that the' Japanese Government, as the result of a recent Cabinet meeting, will..vigorously. pursue the negotiations concerning the American anti-Japaneso legislation, and will firmlv keep before 'the League'of'Nations- tho question of racial equality.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESEPROBLEMS. NO" LONGER CONFINED TO ' ' ORIENT. '"' Tokio, September 22. " Mr. Harn' (Premier), addressing a gathering of provincial governors, said the. situation,of the. world was never moro strained, than at present. Japan's probloiiis 'had hitherto been confined to the Orient, but international competition had arisen, and had resulted in n marked.increaso in the responsibility of Japan to the world, and the expansion of her national expenditure.—Aus.-N.Z.-Cable Assn. • .-■ ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 311, 25 September 1920, Page 7
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