JAPANESE IN AMERICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18324, 14 February 1923, Page 9

JAPANESE IN AMERICA.

REFUSAL OF CITIZENSHIP. NO INTERVENTION BY TOKIO A. and N.Z. TOKIO. Feb. 12. Count Uehida, Foreien Minister, replying in the Diet to interpellations regarding the decision of the- -United States Supreme Court, refusing the naturalisation of Japanese, said that the decision left no room for intervention. Naturalisation conditions, by their nature, could nol be, forced upon any country. Japan, therefore, did not intend to demand that the United States should grant citizenship "co Japanese, but regretted such an application of the naturalisation laws, discriminating against Japanese settlers. A satisfactory solution of tin's problem would be sought at the proper time. The Japanese press protests against the United States Immigration Bill, which proposes the exclusion of Japanese, Chinese and low-caste Hindus. The Nichi "Nirhi Shimbun expresses disappointment at the inconsistency of the Americans, who talk of fairness and the open door, but support such discriminatory legislation. The Yomiuri Shimbun suggests that Janan obtain American . approval of Japanese expansion in Mongolia and Manchuria as a recompense for American discrimination against Japanese immigrants.