JAPAN AND AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 7

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

THE EXCLUSION LAW. | AWAITING THE PRESIDENTS SANCTION. TO OPERATE ON JULY 1. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, May 16. i Despite the opposition of the Presi- i dent, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, the House of Representatives adopted the report of the conference of the two Houses on the Immigration Bill, making July 1 next the date on which the Japanese ex- ; elusion provision will come into force. j There was an overwhelming majority aguinst any postponement of the date in ' order to allow of negotiations with Japan being entered upon. The motion adopt- ! ing the report of the conference was I carried by ;10- votes to 53. | The Senate alyi quickly adopted the j report, by 70 votes to 9. " | The President will now receive the , measure for his signature. I The Washington correspondent of the ; New York "Times" says that the Secre- , tary of State, Mr. C. E. Hughes, lias ' asked Mr. Coolidge to veto the bill, but that it is not yet known -precisely what action the President will take. It is believed that he may ask Congress to ! reconsider its action by returning the \ measure with a message indicating the undesirability of the exclusion clause. Such a procedure, it is believed, might enlist the support of the group of waver- , ing members of the Senate and the . House, of Representatives. These could, , it is thought, be induced to change their minds under pressure. It is understood that the United States Ambassador at Tokyo made it clear that he was unsympathetic with the action of Congress, and that he endorsed the known dislike of Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Hughes to the exclusion clause. It is not felt that the President is likely to veto the bill this time, especially as an early adjournment of Congress would make it unlikely that another measure could be substituted. Tn some quarters it is thought that the President may j permit the measure to become law with- | out his signature, but this also is considered to be unlikely.—(A. and N.Z.)