AMERICA AND JAPAN
THE CALIFORNIAN QUESTION. PROTEST AGAINST “GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT.” (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright? (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, August 3. (Received August 4, 8.30 p.m.) It is understood that the Japanese Exclusion League of California has filed a brief with Mr Hughes petitioning for the abrogation of the “gentleman’s agreement” with Japan, and declaring that no self-re-specting world Power should have made such a pact. A letter signed by Californian senators and congressmen accompanied the brief, generally approving of its contents and inviting serious consideration by Mr Hughes. The brief states: “To-day intelligent White business, professional, and labouring elements which until a few months ago derided warnings of the Japanese peril are openly and secretly, directly and through commissions, petitioning for protection.” The brief adds: “A treaty of settlement with Japan would be a violation and invasion of the State’s rights.”
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Southland Times, Issue 19295, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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142AMERICA AND JAPAN Southland Times, Issue 19295, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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