ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144085, 2 May 1913, Page 3

ALIEN IMMIGRATION.

PROBLEM FOR WHITE NATIONS. AMERICAN AND AFRICAN LEGISLATION. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May 2, 8.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 1. .President Wilson refused to comment on Mr. Bryan’s failure in California, stating that the whole question was too delicate. It is understood that it is the President’s intention soon to attempt to regulate anti-alien legislation in the different States through the establishment of a national policy. The California Senate is considering tho Webb Bill permitting all aliens eligible for citizenship to acquire land. Japanese will not bo permitted to become citizens, will bo placed under sharp restrictions and not allowed to lease land.. They will only bo allowed a life interest in real estate. (Received May 2, 5.20 a.m.) CAPETOWN, May 1. Mr. Fischer moved the second reading of the. Immigration Restriction Bill, remarking that the power of exclusion followed , the Canadian lines as being less objectionable than the Australian method. Air. Chaplain described danse throe as calculated to facilitate tho autocratic stopping of immigration. Tho Bill also interfered witli existing rights.