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THE BIQRyiyO OREGOXIAy. FRIDATT . FEBRUARY 24, 1911. JAP TREATY TWO NOTED WOMEN WHO NARROWLY MISS DEATH IN AUTO MOBILE ACCIDENT. GBOO PROSPECTS JAPS ARE BARRED HAS JOHNSON BELIEVES v California Governor, Breaking Silence, Says Taft's Assur ance Is Enough. ASSEMBLY TAKES ACTION RrMilntion Vrulnf President and Conjcrr to Safeguard Coast Adopted Senators Say Tltrra Is 5o Danger. J-ACRAMKNTO. Cat. Feb. !J. Gov ernor Johnson broke hi alienee on the Japanese Immigration question today whrn ho aent to tha legislature a statem-nt to the effect that President Tft had assured him exclusion of Japanese would be provided for In tha new treaty and that ha was satisfied with tha assurance. Tha proposed treaty occupied tha at tention of th law maker most of the day. This morning the Assembly adopted the Identical resolution adopt ed last night tn the Senate, calling upon tha President and tha California delegation In Congress to safeguard trie Interests of California In tha treaty. Johnson Makes Statement With h! statement, tjovernnr John son sent to both house all hts tale graphic correspondence on tha Japa nese question. Ills statement wss a follows; "I know notr.lne; of the treaty. Th matter In which the people of tha state are interested ts exclusion. "Tha question Is. do w ret exclu sion "Tha President or the 1'nlted States say wo do and that end the matter so far a I am concerned." Telegrams received from Senators I'erklo and Kllnt were to th effect that th Interests of California were cot Jeopardised by the new treaty. Democrat Hold Caucus. Th Democrats of both houses held a caucus during tha day to consider action regarding President Taft's tale graphic request to Oorernor Johnson to explain tha proposed Japanese treaty to the Legislature. It was decided to delay proceeding in the matter until advice is had from the National Congressional Democratic ctucua committee. That committee will be asked for definite Information regarding th terms of the treaty. A committee was appointed to draft a communication to be sent to the caucus committee. Tart Is Quoted. Governor Johnson's messag qantee. tha following telegram received from President Taft today: I have the resolution transmitted by you. The tr-aty acd the assurance from Japan ss to th continuance of the recent asree m.ot are exactly such as you approved tt Secretary of Plat and I explained them la yon. Will you explain this ta the two nouses of your Legislature, to prevvnt action by reason of a misunderstanding? Th Uovernor then says: "In explanation of this telegram. I convey to you that In December, while In Washington. In conversation with the President and subsequently with Secretary Knox. I stated that In my opin ion the people of the State of Callforn'a desired Japanese exclusion. The Presi dent and the Secretary declared the ex isting arrangement with Japan accom plished this purpose and that such ar rangement would be continued In the fu ture. I deemed tha mode of accomplish ing this was for tha Federal Government alone; but that. If accomplished, our peo ple would bo satisfied. Reply Is Sent. "In response to the telegram of th President, which I have quoted. I have this day wired him as follows: - Th Prssldcat. Washington. l. C. Hav your telegram of this date. la Washing ton it was explained by yoa and Secretary Knox ta me tbat the arrangement existing between our Government and Japan gave ui .srlualoa. .id it u I bis desideratum 1 stated vu desired by eur people. Am I at liberty to naki the atatamsnt ta the pr-aa and the Legislature tbat the assur ance and understanding wltb Japan are the Mine as heretofore existed and undsr wblch w have bea assured exclusion baa result ed? I have refrained thus far from making any public statement and will not do sa extent with your permission. There seems te fee a belief here tbat tae contemplated treaty will alter the arrangement and as surance that bavs heretofore existed. If thrs belief Is unrovaded. I shoald be very giad te de what Is poaslble to correct the tmpreseon ana. would greatly appreciate any s:atemeol you may wire me fwr trans m'i salon to eur Legislature. UIRA1I W. JOHXSON-. Cov.roor of California. "I have also received this morning th following telegram from Senator Perkins: t am ta receipt ef the resolutions passed by tbe Senate of the State of California pro testing against the ratlflcatloa or tbe pro posed treaty with Japan and will submit them to the Senat today for consideration la coemsctlna wltb tbe treaty. Tbe pressnt treaty Is fur 11 years, wbiie the provision ef the proposed treaty la for six months' cancellation- Tbe provisions In tbe treaty are tn eur favor. Tbe becretary of State Informs us the Japanese government give every assurance that there will be no Im migration of Japaaese labor into the United etatee. I think the treaty will meet the approval ef eur people wnea lis provision are understood. CEO RG C C. PERKINS. Flint Sends Telegram. "Th following telegram cam from Senator Flint: I understood from tbe statements made by you to me when yoa were here tbat the continuance of tbe preeent arrangements for excluding Japanese laborers would, tn your opinion, be satisfactory to tbe people of California. Tn treaty wltb tbe diplomatic notes assure tbe continuance of the agree ment between tbe two natloa to exclude Laborers, and. tn my opinion. It la desirable tbat tbe treaty saould be promptly reu sed. FRANK f. FUlNT. "In reply to Senator Flint I have wired th following: When In Washington I was assured that tha existing arrangement with Japan as sured exclusion, and to Is I statsd was la my opinion ths desideratum wisaed by tbe people ef tbe State ef California. I under stood from your telegram tbat under the new treaty the same understanding exlets between our tiovernment and Japan, which results In exclusion. is this correct MI RAM W. JOHNSON. Governor of California. T am just In receipt of the following telegram from th President: Telegram received. If treaty is ratified as proposed by me, arrangements and as rursBcea that bsve heretofore existed In respect ta Japaaese Immigration will more certainly secure existing statue tbaa the i x t - . - - V. f t . , , . - A .' j s fey. ::) J .'. i. - - .e- fA " r ' i Sir- ':3H I ' -; -V. eVVH S35-1 t ' a.'-', - t""- t V ? 2 - "v - . 1 ' ' afaV 1 (.v4et;'' a illOTE. TUX IDA TAHBKIX- BELOW, MIS. A.WK MORGAN 4 tKtlKrXeROl U, UAIOHTKR OF J. PIKKPONT MURGxS. old treaty, and you are at liberty t say so on my authority. WILL!Af H. TAFT. "I transmit this telegraphic corres pondence of today to you. so thst you may be fully advised. Th correspond ence speaks for Itself and th assur ances or the President seem to me definite and conclusive." Message floes to Conrrnhtees. At tha conclusion or tha rending ef the Governor's message, on motion of Senator Boynton. president pro tern, tha meaeage. together with the resolution discussed In the morning session and tha amendments thereto, was sent to tha committee on Federal relations. Like action was taken In the Assembly. A telegram from President Taft. di rected to Senator Wright, wss read, it a as simply confirmatory of previous assurances. The President, tho California dele gation In Congress, and the Republican majority In the legislature all were attacked In tha State Senate today In debate over the Japanese treaty. Senator Caminettl announced that unless the majority acted ha would of fer resolutions calling upon all Gov ernors and legislatures on tha Coast to meraorlallxe Congress. "Not onfy that." he cried. "I promise you that unless we get action there will be a massmeeting of people of this atate. whose thundering voice will reach even the president and compel him to slop foisting upon the people of this nation this treaty. "Saturday night there will be 100.000 people on the streets of San Francisco celebrating the coming of the Panama pacific Exposition. We can have the massmeeting "then' SIERRA'S POET BETTER JOAQflX MIIXER IS T1IOCGHT. PASSED D.tXCEIl rOIXT. Columbia Historical Association In Washington Will Perpetuate Memory of Writer. OAKLAND. CaU Feb. 13. (Special.) Reports from the bedside of Joaquin Miller this afternoon state that the poet passed a comfortable night and is considerably better than at any time the past 10 days. On the advice of Dr. Cunningham. Mr. Miller will remsln at the Fablola Hospital for several days, at least, and the plan of moving him back to his old home In the hills back of Fruit vale has been temporarily abandoned. Th poet's brother. George M. Mil ler, left for his home In Eugene, Or yesterday, convinced that his brother had passed the danger point. His daughter. Juanlta. has announced that she will stay with her father until h regains his health. Considerable Interest was aroused In th dispatch received from Washing ton stating that the members of the Columbia Historical Association had launched a movement la Washington to perpetuate bis memory and would remove to Rock Creek Park the log cabin built by Miller on Sixteenth street there 26 years ago. BROWNE URGES LIBEL BILL Ex-Mlnorlty Leader In Illinois House Introduces Iu SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Feb. 23. Ex-Mlnorlty Leader Lee ONeU Browne, in the House today Introduced a libel bill. Mr. Browne said: "I Introduce this bill, hopinr and trust ing that It will receive the best consid eration along thWs line that la possible to be tendered or given by this House. It Is a bill that has been prepared with great care and tn a spirit of fairness. It embodies all of the provision ot the present English statutes on llbeL" PUgne Kills Whole Village. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. SI. A tele gram from Harbin reports the grew some discovery of a Chinese village, near there. In which the entire popu lation was desd from the plague Many bodies lay In the open air and were covered with snow. WOMEN LVADESNOW Morgan's Daughter, Miss Tar bell and Others Trapped. AUTO PLUNGES INTO DRIFT On Mission of Mercy Amon; Striking Miners, Four Noted Women Have to Tramp Through lillzzard to Ileach Nearest Town. riTTSBLTiO, ra. Feb. 23. (Special.) Miss Anne Tracy Morgan, daughter of J. Plerpont Morgan: Miss Ida M. Tarbell. tbe writer; Miss Elisabeth Marbury, a widely known clubwoman and play bro ker of New York, and Miss Emmeline Pitt, of Pittsburg, nearly lost their Uvea when their automobile. In which they were touring through the mining regions In this section, plunged Into a snowbank yesterday and they were snowbound for several hours. The women finally bad to walk to Greensburg, the nearest town, about four miles distant, over a winding mountain road through a swirling enow and wind storm and. when they reached shelter, were prostrated from exhaustion and the cold. From Greensburg they Journeyed by train to Pittsburg. "1 thought we would never get out of the drift, which seemed a mountain high." said Miss Morgan. "When the big car shoved its nose into the first drift, we thought we could go through, but the car swerved to one side of tbe road and then plunged downward into a drift, which covered the machine and was up to our necks." The accident and the subsequent struggle through the snowdrifts in the mountain are due to the charitable propensities of the New York women. Mies Morgan, especially Interested in all kinds of settlement work and efforts for benefiting the poor, arranged the trip of inspection among the homes or the striking miners in the Irwin field snd enlisted the co-operation of the other women. DISABLED SHIP ARRIVES Schooner Holden Loses Mast and Deckload Signals Ignored. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. The schooner Willis A. Holden. bound from Tacoma to Valparaiso. Chile, put into port In a crippled condition late last night- In a heavy storm that struck her on February 12 three of her four masts, with their rigging, had gone over tbe side. The crew was nearly exhausted when the vessel, towed through the heads by a tug, came to anchor in San Francisco bay. On the day the storm broke, the men had to work arduously to keep the boat afloat and clear away the wreckage. Not only the roasts but the deck cargo of 1)0,000 feet of lumber went overboard. A high curler broke over the helpless craft and filled the bold with water. The Holden flew distress signals dur ing the ten days she was struggling to make this port. The master. Captain p. A. Anderson, reports that several steamers passed but all failed to notice bla signals. Tha schooner is owned by tho Globe Navigation Company of Se attle. . Fire Japs Face Gambling: Charge. HOOD RIVER. Or Feb. S3. (Spe cial.) Marshal K. T. Lewis and Night Marshal Henry HIckox raided a Jap anese poolroom here early yesterday and arrested five Japs who were play ing "nine and ten." One was charged with being the keeper of a gambling house and the quintet are under bond awaiting trial. Taft and Knox Allay Fear of Coolie Immigration on Pacific Coast. HALE'S OPPOSITION CEASES Senators Ask Time to Stndy Tariff Feature Knox Says Treaty Puts Vs In Belter Position to Ne gotiate on Subject. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The Senate, although In executive session for two hours late today, again failed to ratify the treaty with Japan sent to that body on Tuesday by tho President, but it appears to be in somewhat im proved position. Hale is said to have exhibited no opposition to It at tbe session today. Several far Western Senators, how ever, asked further time to study the matter, especially to ascertain the sen timents of their constituents, after they had time to understand the na ture of tho treaty. The Immigration question is said to have been the question most discussed In the executive semlon this afternoon. That the, practical effect of the treaty In that respect la not at all what the people of the Pacific Coast have as sumed It to be. and that their fears are groundless, was the essence of a telegram sent today by President Taft to Governor Johnson, of California. No Danger of Coolie9. The President assured the Governor that the treaty and the accompanying documents are exactly as they were explained to the Governor by himself and the Secretary of State, and that there Is no danger of any relaxation of the restrictions upon the immigra tion of Japanese laborers. He asks the Governor to explain the truth of the matter to the Legislature, believing that the resolutions adopted by that body yesterday were occasioned by a misunderstanding of the treaty. While tha treaty la pending In the Senate, neither the State Department nor Senators feel free to discuss It. but the position of the State Department relative to the tariff side of the ques tlnn was stated with sufficient au thority. Japan's Duties Now Increase. Attention was drawn to the fact that thin Nation's present tariff arrange ment with Japan In the treaty of 1894 consists of the usual "favored nation" provisions, which gives the Cnlted States the benefit of the unilateral tariff conventions made by Japan with Great Britain. France, Germany and AuMro-lIungary. This country has no such conventional tariff with Japan, and consequently upon the articles which are not covered by the conven tional tariffs of the other countries, Japan's atatutory tariff In applied to imports from the TTnlted States. As a result of this arrangement a consid erable number of the principal Im ports from America, such an machin ery, flour and tobacco, which are not covered by the conventional tariffs of other countries, have, during the last 12 years, been subject to a fluctuating and gradually increasing statutory tariff rate. ' Right IlcKcrved on Tariff. It is asserted that the new treaty has been based upon a recognition of the right of Japan to regulate her own tariff rates, snd It Is not probable that Japan will care to make a special tariff arrangement with this country even if It is possible for the United States to enter into such an arrange ment for the reason that nearly SO per cent of the imports from Japan are already upon our free list. It Is the United States that benefits by the treaty, it would appear. The position of the State Department la thus described: 'By reserving the right to enter upon the negotiation of a special tariff agreement, the United States practical ly lets it be known that we may not always be satisfied with mere tech nlcol favored nation' treatment,- but that we might reasonably expect a more equitable incidence of the import tax upon our own commodities. It Is a question whether or not such actually unfavorable treatment of our Imports In point of tariff rates would constitute discrimination within the meaning of our tariff laws and there fore make it possible for the Presl dent to apply our maximum tariff." Case of Canada Not Parallel. It is pointed out as self-evident thst any such arrangement looking toward effective favored nation treatment has nothing whatever to do with such reciprocal arrangements as that be tween tbe United States and Canada, Special tariff arrangements of tbat kind between contiguous countries. It Is contended, do not come within the scope ot the ordinary interpretations of the "favored nation clause espe daily the interpretation which Is al ways given by the United States, which holds that no other country can de mand from this Nation the advantage granted to another for special con sideration. Argument along this line by Knox Is what Is said to have mollified the op position of Hale and left only the West ern solicitude on the subject of immi gration to stand In the way of prompt ratification or the treaty. 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