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Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9722, 4 June 1924, Page 5

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EFFECT OF AMERICAN EXCLUSION.

ANOTHER suicide.

United Press A ssociation- -Copyright (Received JXme 3, 9.45 p.m.) TOKIO, June 3.

A second suicide attributed to indignation at the Aiuerican exclusion occurred to-day, when Ryuntre Hoskizaki,’ 1 son of a rich agriculturist of Odaiyara, drowned himself in a well. Hoshizaki, who was of a brooding temperament, was always considered slightly insane, but since the immigration matter has been under discussion, appeared to centre . himself thereon, expressing great indignation at the American exclusion. Unlike the previous suicide, Hoshizaki left no letters. The suicides have given great impetus to the so-called national spirit movement. A profound na-tion-wide impression has been created. The newspapers are extremely bitter editorially, and have now begun a movement - to give suicides a national funeral on the ground that they truly expressed the feelings of Japanese people and typified the heroic resolution, which ca.n solve exclusion, a question which otherwise is insoluble by Notes and speeches.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

CANADA TIGHTENING UP RESTRICTIONS.

MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

(Received June 3, 10.45 p.m.)

OTTAWA. June 2

Further restrictions on Japanese immigration into Canada are under consideration 1 by the Government, Mr. Robb, Minister of Immigration, informed the House of Commons. Replying to a questioner who said if the Government received representations from retail merchants in British Columbia asking for the same restrictions on Japanese as were now existing in respect to Chinese, what the Government intended to do about it, Mr. Robb replied that reprsntations had been received and “the question of the advisability of further restriction of Japanese immigration was under consideration.”

Canada has now an agreement with the Japanese Government- not to pass further restrictive legislation. The Japanese Government agreed to restrict to ofie hundred and fifty annually the number of,Japanese coming to Canada. This constitutes the quota allowed. Last year 448 Japanese came to Canada. —A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.