JAPANESE AND CALIFORNIA

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160723, 9 August 1920, Page 3

JAPANESE AND CALIFORNIA

THE SMUGGLING IN CHARGES. TQKIO. August 6. The Foreign Office has issued a Statement to the effect that the charge that Japanes are being smuggled into the United States in large numbers appears fantastic and improbable. The Japanese Government would gladly cooperate with America in exposing any such illegitimate underhand scheme. It is hoped details of these charges will he supplied. NEW YORK, August 1 7. Albert Johnson, chairman of the House of Representatives committee which is investigating the Japanese situation in California, declared at Tacoma that he had evidence proving the existence of a system for illegally smuggling Japanese . into the United States, and would shortly submit it to the State Department and the Department of Labour, He concluded by Saying that the Japanese Government was probably ignorant of the routes and means used. JAPANESE IMMIGRATION ADVOCATED. NEW YORK, August 7. Seattle advices state that Frank Terrace, a well-known farmer, testifying before the committee which is making investigations into the Jap mese situation in California, advocated the immigration of a million Japanese; o reclaim lands in the north-west of +\e United States, of which timbers I -d been cut, the. Japanese to return to Japan after completion of the project.