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i 11/A.%/23. ++ Page 13. GENERAL JAPANESE SITUATION, ~POLITICAL: —_—na a ee a tions, and she may be justly triumphant over their complete vindication, As to the Japanese, it is to ba hoped that they will take the de- cision in the spirit in which it is intended. The Alien Land Act is net | imtended to brand the Japanese as an "inferior" " people, but merely @s ar | unassimilable one, | It is exactly the sort of begislation which in Japan has for year been aimed at the Ohinese and the Koreans, whose influx the Japanese have had to regard with precisely the same emotions that Californians ld la Reve meld toward the Japanese influx here, : It is a purely economic measure, but is for all that, or perhaps. because of that, one of extreme importance, There foblowa eopy of editorial San Francisco Journal, Nov. 14th, 1923; YICTORY FOR & CALIFORNIA MEASURE THAT MAY RE-OPEN Bii- BARKASSLING QU Anti-Jepanese Land Decision. The United States Supreme Court has rendered a decision uphold- ing the California and Washington alien land laws which operate to pro- hibit the Japanese from owning or leasing lends in these states, The present lew provides thet it is unlawful for any alien who is ineligibl to American citisenship to own or lease land, The Japaness strongly ob gect to the law on the ground that it discriminates against them, and argued that it violated existing treaties between the nations. The Supreme Court has found that the point is not well teken. : The Japanese are epparently reconciled to the rule which neers a To LL80