IMMIGRATION ACT

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 192, 9 May 1924, Page 7

IMMIGRATION ACT

JAPANESE EXCLUSION PROVISIONS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE NEXT MARCH By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Rec. May 8, 10.20 p.m.) Washington, May 7. At the insistence of President Coolidge the conferees on the Immigration Bill have reconsidered their decision on the Japanese exclusion provisions, and will report that the provision to make the exclusion become effective on March 1, 1925, with an understanding that in the meantime a formal abrogation of the “gentlemen’s agreement” be negotiated.—Reuter. FRIENDLY NEGOTIATIONS RECOMMENDED INSTEAD OF ENACTMENT BY CONGRESS (Rec. May 8, 10.35 p.m.) New York, May 7. According to a dispatch from Cleveland, the foreign commerce section of the convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, numbering 400, unanimously resolved that friendly negotiation, instead of Congressional enactment, offers the best solution of the Japanese immigration problem. Half a dozen speakers, four from the western seaboard States, urged action as an expression in harmony with the traditional ideals of America’s foreign policy. Major Griggs, Tacoma, said: “We on the Pacific Coast do not feel that seventy-five years’ close friendly relations with Japan should, be swept aside’ in a moment of irritation.—Reuter. THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE AWAITING TRANSPORT BEFORE LAW COMES INTO FORCE (Rec. May 8, 10.20 p.m.) San Francisco, May 7. Tho “Nichi Bei,” a Japanese newspaper published here, asserts that six thousand Japanese are waiting m Japan for transportation to San Francisco, including relatives sent for by resident Japanese of California, under texms of the. “gentlemen’s agreement” and brides. They will be unable to enter the United States after July 1 if the exclusion feature of the Immigration Act is effective at that date. The newspaper gives the names of thirteen ships arriving from Japan before July 1, and declares that they cannot accommodate the number desiring to come. It also declares that two thousand Japanese bachelors left San Francisco for Japan during February, March, and April to obtain brides.— Reuter.