AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 86, 15 August 1913, Page 6

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

ANTI-ALIEN LAND LAWS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] fUnited Press Association.] (Received 12.20 p.m.) San Francisco, August 14. A Japanese sampan, laden with Japanese seeking to land in the United States in defiance of the immigration laws was captured. The Taps will be deported.

The clauses of the Anti-Alien Land Bill are:—

1. Foreigners eligible for United States citizenship shall be allowed to acquire and hold land when they have signified their intention to become citizens of the United States . 2. Foreigners ineligible for citizenship shall be restricted to such privileges as are conferred on them by Treaty between the United States and the country of which such foreigners are citizens or subjects. The Japanese shall be allowed to hold residences, workshops, factories, and business offices, but shall be prohibited from owning farms, plantations, or other arable land.

3. The Japanese referred to in the preceding article shall be allowed to lease land for cultivation on terms not exceeding three years. Foreigners ineligible for United States citizenship shall not be allowed to succeed to landed property, and upon the death of the owner of such land, a Probate Court shall, dispose of the property and hand the proceeds to the lawful heir or successor.

5. The State of California shall hereby retain the supreme power of enforcing any law relating to alien ownership of land. 6. The right of land ownership now held by foreigners ineligible for United States citizenship shall in no way be affected by this law, but they shall not be allowed to transfer or sell their rights to any other foreigner ineligible for United States citizenship.