ANTI-JAPANESE LEGISLATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2422, 10 February 1909, Page 5

ANTI-JAPANESE LEGISLATION.

■MNDEMNED BY GENERAL PUB- ' LIC OPINION. SUPPORTED BY CALIFORNIAN LABOR PARTY. (Received Feb. 9, 10.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Opinion in the Eastern States of America is against California, against anti-Japanese legislation, and un favor of giving Japan an opportunity of fulfilling its agreement. The newspapers on the Pacific Coast -are nearly, unanimous against the anti-Japan esc Bills, but the Labor Union is resolute in supporting them. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S MESSAGE. > A COMMON-SENSE VIEW. (Received Feb. 9, 10.25 p.m.) - NEW YORK, Feb. 9. President Roosevolt’s message to Mr. Gillet, Governor of California, says:—“The policy of my administration is to combine the maximum of efficiency with the minimum of fricand trouble. While the misguided advocates of the action against which I protest follow a policy of the minimum of efficiency and the maximum of insult and harm.” It adds: “The Bill is clearly a violation of the treaty obligations. Moreover, if in. a year or two/ the immigration policy between the United States and Japan fails to achieve what it is now achieving, then, through the President 'and Congress, it can. be made efficient.”