AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18630, 11 February 1924, Page 7

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

EXCLUSION OF ORIENTALS. BILL MAY BE JETTISONED. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. Feb. «. The Washington correspondent of the New York "World says that persistant Japanese protests against restrictions in the proposed Congressional immigration measures, and especially, Baron Matsui's request to-day for a conference upon the subject, caused Republican leaders to jettison such legislation, fearing its adverse effects upon the ensuing Presidential election as well as upon State politics. This decision may be reconsidered, but such action is deemed extremely unlikely, since the so-called Republican Steering Committee unanimously believes the enactment of pro-Nordic, anti-Latin, and anti-Oriental Bills would bo tantamount to political suicide. They favour postponing the issue to a less dangerous time. The decision is expected to quiet the fears of the Japanese, who saw in the Bills the revival of old animosities.