Anniversary of Immigration Act—Japan, Hopeful of Revi-
—sion—Press Comments Fae Our Own CORRESPONDENT
Tokyo, July Several of the metropolitan and provincial papers today devote a great deal of their editorial space to discussion of the immigration bill, All agree that Japan should' spare no pains to have the "stigma' removed, The only difference is that the tone of the better class of paper is temperate and the guments are conducted in a spirit of sweet reasonableness, while the Jingo organs, as usual, use extremely intemperate language and exaggerated similes.
"It is just one year ago to-dsy, says the "Asahi," a Liberal Daily of Tokyo, "that the immigration bill, with the Japanes exclusion clause, Japanese Empire, with the exception of those engaged in reli work, merchants, professors, stud-cents, tourists and a few others, are absolutely forbidden to land in that country, while, as regards. those persons' whom' the American law Permits to land, the formalities involved! are very complicated. The landing of wives of merchants forms a particularly difficult subject of discussion.
"Asa whole," continues the "Asahi" "the American. uthorities on immigration have been eared ful of our mutual relations, have Deen sane in their judgment and have been impartial inthe treatment of our nationals. The exercise of their common sense was unerring, s0 that, pending questions connected with the landing of our rationals have all been satisfactorily adjusted. We can never be satiafied with the provisions of the American immigration law, but. to be fair to the American authorities, we must admit that they have been unusually impartial ard. sensible in the discharge of their duti
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