AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 86, 8 October 1920, Page 7

AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS

SMOOTH PROGRESS REPORTED j (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPTRISKT.) WASHINGTON, 6th October. It "is authoritatively stated that the negptiations between Mr. Shidehara, and the American Ambassador to Japan (Mr. Novris) regarding the Califomian autiJapanese legislation' have proceeded without a hitch, and that there is every ! prospect of an amicable settlement. It is indicated that, either a new treaty with Japan will be negotiated, or theexisting treaty will be amended so aa to establish beyond question the right of Japanese nationals residing in the United States to own and transfer land, and enjoy equal treatment with the nationals of ali; other countries with which the United States has treaty relations. Japan, on her part, would agree to a new "gentlemen's agreement" affecting the immigration of Japanese labourers to the United States.

[A cable message published yesterday stated that -Mi*. Sakunoshin Motoda (Minister of -Railways), addressing a general meeting of the Seiyu Kai (Majority Party) at Fijui (Japan), said that the conditions surrounding the antiJa.panese question in the United States were becoming worse. He felt the utmost anxiety lest the question should affect the friendly relations between Japanese .and Americans. No doubt the question would be peacefully settled when the Presidential election had been held.] -