JAPAN'S EXCLUSION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5

JAPAN'S EXCLUSION.

EFFECT OF U.S.A. POLICY

CHINA RAISES HER VOICE.

(Per Press Association —Copyright.)

TOKIO, May 5. While the Government and the country generally are extremely disappointed at reports that Japanese exclusion will doubtless be adopted when Congress votes upon the report of the conference on the Immigration Bill, there is a spirit of resignation. Chinese residents o"f Tbkio are taking advantage of the American immigration situation and had planned a large demonstration to protest publicly against restrictions on Chinese immigration to Japan. But upon the advice of the Chinese Minister they abandoned the plan and a delegation instead visited the Foreign Minister, stating that China expects the same consideration from Japan as Japan hopes to obtain from the United States. The refusal of the Japanese to permit Chinese immigrants to land in Japan, urged the delegation, was an insult comparable with the insult to Japan marked by American exclusion. Moreover, it was impossible for the coloured races to stand together while Japan herself negatived the principle.