JAPAN AND AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 July 1907, Page 5

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

m SEW YORK HERALD'S ASSURANCE TO JAPAN. i-_ Received l»th, 10.0 p.m. New York, July 19. The New Vork lleiald cabled to Viscount Hayanhi, Japanese Minister fur Foreign Affairs, mating that only u dozen newspaper*, out of 2200, symp.ithned with the Jingo demand for th ■ transfer of a fleet to the Pacific. It wns therefore untrue that the demonstration was backed by the entire Anuricui! people. Viscount H*jrashi replied that all Japan had unshaken confidence in the policy of justice and peace displayed by the American Government. He was convinced of the pacific character of !he situation, and that the sensational reports appearing in a small section of the Press did not reflect the nitrons Bind.

CHANGED FEELING ON PACIFIC SLOPE. MERCHANTS UNFAVORABLE TO JAPANESE EXCLUSION. JAPANESE NECESSARY FOR FECIT INDUSTRY. Received 20th, 0.23 a.m. New York, July l!l. The directors of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange announce that they do not favor any immigration law discriminating against Japanese. It is reported that fruit growers in Fresno County have made the discover) that Japanese are absolutely necessary, no white labor being available to pick the fruit