EXCLUSION LAW.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18096, 11 June 1924, Page 10

EXCLUSION LAW.

AMERICA'S REPLY TO JAPANESE PROTEST. (bt cable—press association copyeioht.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION) WASHINGTON, Juno 9. Tho Government's reply to Japan's formal protest against exclusion will probably be handed to Mr Ha;iihara on Tuesday. It sis understood that tho Government will definitely and clearly state that there has been no violation of tho existing Treaty obligations. The reply will bo dignified and friendly, but firm.

NO AMERICAN FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN TOKYO. (BT CABLt—PHKB3 ASSOCIATES' COPJSIOHT.) (AUBTBALIAH AHD H.Z. CABLS ASSOCIATION.) TOKYO,'June 9. The political ruffians who on Saturday invaded tHe Hotel Imperial, interrupting tho American dance, called a mass meeting at the Methodist Church and adopted a drastic resolution. They demand that the churches under American aegis should not tolerate the exclusion clause in the United States Immigration Law, and not only refuse further contributions from tho United StatCß, but expel all American missionaries from Japan. Tho newspaper "Yorodzu" announces that the boycott of American goods has now extended northward to Manchuria and the island of Hokkaido. Cinoma houses in Tokyo have agreed to discontinue showing American films after July Ist.