a i b i- ' V , r Yvr . -v- X r . j r'fi 0 7 11 JSj f ' , ' ..M..' . ' - r v - "v( 1'- , J, i 'i jvA i ! .r'T EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA', TUESDAY,, 'APRIL' X 1019 ft-, 7T&KKrt; f 5? It H w V is I. & ftj-fV w: .- saf: TM i .ft fa . k';.J JAPAN MUST NOT PUT YANKEES OUT United States Won't Assent to Eviction in Lower r California 'MIGHT BE GRAVE ISSUE Serious Conflict Between Mcx-,- ico and Washington Still a Possibility Washington, April 1. The Stato Department docs not accept as au. thcntlc a press dispatch from Mexico niy published yesterday ana mnib hat' Japanese corn corporations have been, granted concessions to exploit agricultural lands in Lower California. It has cabled the American embassy to report the "actual facts and c)r cumstances of the case." It is recognized that a sorlous con flict between Mexico and tho United States might arise In the event of the granting of such concessions by (ho Mexican Government to Japanese Interests If those land3 belong to tho California and Mexican Land Com pany, of Los Angeles, an American concern. It was said at tho department, In substantiation of tho statement by General Amado Agulrre, Under Secre tary of Development and Agriculture, that "the lands which were given by a concession In 1884 to tho Mexican Land Company were declared the prop erty, of the preconstltutlonal govern ment April 7, 1917," that tho United .States Government had protested " agafpst tho action of tho Mexican Gov ernment. y $VM Protect Citizens' RIehts .Ifwas not Questioned In official cir . , ..i cles (.that the United States will not assent to the dispossession of the , American owners of the Mexican prop ertyi which appears to be the subject of negotiations with Japanese con ;crns and will take whatever measures Hhattrnay be necessary to protect the rights of American citizens. , " It was pointed out at the State De partment, however, that General Agu Ir re's statement went no further tharC to say that "Japanese subjects or companies are arranging to acquire lands In Lower California said to be long" to the California and Mexican Land 'Company, it Los Angeles." PrlT(e Tntrrmt Mnr Back Deal '"The possibility that private Japanese , Interests hro negotiating directly with the Mexican Government, the latter de-elroufc-'of. obtaining A loan and the for mer to get' concessions, Is nor being yerioofced'here. Acting Secretary of State Phillips yes '""terday.made the following formal state tnent'in response to Inquiries: ""The State Department has no official Information on the subject of the con cessions said to liaie been granted by the Mexican Government to Japanese corporations for the exploitation of ag ricultural lands In Lower' California. Tfhe (newspaper report publish yes terday, is not clear on the subject, and the department has Instructed the em bassj? at Mexico City to report the actual (facts and: circumstances of the case. "Nothing appearing in Senor Agulrre's Irjtervlew definitely Identifies the con cessions alleged to have been granted with' any portion of tho tract of the California-Mexico Land Company at Los Angeles " y- COMPANY HAS LARGE "- BILL AGAINST MEXICO "!,! tnnhi. Calif.. Acrll 1. (By A. p.) Supplementing his denial last night that the California-Mexico lani 'and Cattle Companv, which owns and operates a tract of 830,000 acres In TTOAf rnilfnrnts. that It contemplated any leases or other arrangements with Japan that were not first approved by the , State Department at "Washington, Harry Chandler, president of the com pany, said today his company had sub mitted a. bill of J513.000 for loss pf cat tie horae-i and other supplies in the Madero rexolutlon. "After the Madero revolution," said he. "when there was a number of small revolutionist chiefs through that sec tlnon, the cavalry was mounted on our horses, the cavalrymen were .riding on our saddles, the wagon trains were using our wt.gons and generally they took what they fancied. We submitted a bill of JS13.000 for loss of cattle, horses and ether supplies In the Madero revolution, and the bill Is still in process of adjust ment with the Mexican Government." - The Japanese, "the Germans of the Orient." have carried forward their plans to "Japanlze America" so far that It Is necessary for California to start a counter-movement of propaganda, United States Senator James -p. Phelan said it a-publlc meeting at Sacramento last The Senator urged enactment of more drastlo land laws, which he said the late Theodore Roosevelt had'justifled by the statement that Japan herself had erected barriers to protect herself against Chinese, coolies. Senator Phelan had earlier addressed K joint Besslon of the-Callfornla Senate and .Assembly, advocating measures to firevent Orientals leasing land In Califor nia and to abolish tho "picture .bride" practice by which Japanese worsen en ter the United States. r "Of i late years," Senator Phelan said, Congress ' has assumed or exercised rowers which have been detrimental, in the Judgment' of many, to the Interests of the states, and the states'shouldtbe alert to guard the Interests of the peor i. pie. Treaties have been' negotiated b which aliens claim equal rights with citizens and when laws have been en oited "by" the Legislature affecting purely domestic questions, 'they have been Ig- - "The Janonese menace seems to be con- . -. - , HtwnuMHiiiiiiuuiuinimuiiiuni ROLAS We can nnvr a u p p 1 JM I models MPany tyle oJpinet. - VICTOR RECORDS ''A complete assortment of the best vooaL Instrumental, orchee traand band selections, Talking Machine Slwp ".4804 N. Broad St. -'h ! vid 9 BnBBiUBBHBBK . It 1 aaVaHHHaaH II w ceded by all who desire to preserve tho spl of California for the white race. The Japanese aro nonassimilable, and thcro foro they remain a permanently foreign clement. ;The matter of Oriental Immigration has been brought before the conference In Paris, nhere the constitution of the league of nations Ib being drafted. The Japanese, against the protests of the United Stairs and Australia, ask for racial equality. I do not believe the con ference will attempt to trespass so far upon the sovereignty of constituent na tions, as to dictate In matters affecting Immigration, naturalization, land owner ship, education, lnter-marrlages and the elective franchise, but It must be borne In mind that Japan Is one of the uac powers sitting In the conference, and It must be made clear that the United Suites, regards, THIS as a question of self-preseratlon and cannot compro mise It" Mexican Governor Uninformed Cnlcxlco, C'nllr,, April 1. Cstehnn Cantu, Governor of Lower California, today said he had no knowledge uhat ocr of tho alleged pending sale of Lower California land by the California-Mexico Land and Cattle Company to a Japa nese syndicate, except what he had gained from press reports. I r PER UN S0LLECIT0 TRATTATO DI PACE Wilson c Lloyd George ne Ri- conoscono l'Urgcnte Nccessita' Publlshel nnd Dlntrlbulfil Under PBnMIT NO. 341 Authorized hy the Oct of October 0, 1P1T. pn fllo at the I'ostofllce of Phila delphia, Ta. Hy order of the rretnnt A. S. Himi.USON. roilmaster Oencrul rnrlicl, 31 marzo. Un colloqulo tra II Presldente Wllon o Lloyd George ha auto luogo nella resldenza del PresI - dente, prima della rlunlone del Conellln del quattro, per gll opportunl nccordl sulla urgento neceslta' dl una sollcclta pace. SI apprende che I mlnlstrl degll cstcrl delle quattro grandl. Potcnzo ed un stood on this exact spot When I was shot The Greatest American Moment in the War "Thai, said President Poincaire,"was America's greatest moment in all the war," and it is here pictured exactly as it happened, with Foch and Pershing in the foreground. When Our Boys Stood Between the Kaiser and Paris That supreme moment when they did what the French thought was impossible. But the Marines did it, and here they are doing it at Belleau Wood. The artist was guided by one who was there and in it. ' The Man Who is Still in the White House Bathed in moonlight, he not the President looks from the private porch of the mansion toward the moonlit peak of the Washington Monument: a masterly painting. The Gray Man and the American Boy The marvelous experience of an American doughboy and the great Foch which will go down into the history of the war. In their full superb colors Thousands are being framed vtcSaiier More than 1,900,000 9 Radiant Stories 60 'Articles 16 Full-Color Pictures deiegato del Glappono dovfanno rlunlrsl martedl' "per discutero la procedura da osservarsl a Versailles o in qualunque altro luogo I commissarl deglt Alleatl In contreranno la commlsslone dl jiacc della Germanla. II Generalo Magln die, secondo quanlo e' stato rapportnto, sara' nomlnato co mandante delle truppe allcnto per le onerazlonl nel Dalcanl cd In Hussla, ha auto oggl una conferenza con Clemen ceau, al Mlnlstero della Guerra. La slampa francese pubbllca die pro babltmento Important! flnall decision! saranno prese, durante questa settl mana, dalla conferenze della Pace. Mr. Dnnlel, segrclarlo della Marina degll Stntl Unltl, cd II suo segulto partlra' domanl per l'ltnlln, oo con ferlra' con gll altl ufllclall della Marina Iaallaua. N'on si- conosco se II Begre- tario uniiivi viuviu i jiui tuiieu, oe hiii zlonnno parecchlo na I da guerra amerlcane. 1 Itonia, 30 marzo. La Impossibility' dl laselaro Parlgl da parto del Presldente ' del Conslgllo del Mlnlstrl, On Orlando, ha rcso necessarlo It dlffertmcnto dell i 'apertura della Camera del Deputntl al -3 magglo prosslmo. flo' ha creato un Said a doughboy to his motheSi&s he pointed it out in one of The Ladies' Homernal's war pic tures. So accurate are these remarkable pictures.' There are four superb ones in the number out to-day. Each month thousands are disappointed because they cannot get these wonderful war souvenir-pictures; an edition is sold as fast as it is put on sale. 15 CENTS certo mnlconlcnto tra alcunl onorovoll e nel clrcoll polltlcl si rltlene Imposslbile cho possano tcnersl le elezlonl gencrnll nel sussrgucnte mese d glugno. La Camera del Deputatl sara' obbll gata ad ncro lungho sedute per ratlll care le condlglonl dl pace cho erranno ileclse nlla Conferenza dl Parlgl. Molto probabllmenle le elezlonl gehcrcalt si tcrranno In Ottobre. Tuttl si nugurano che nwenga una pronla soluzloneo edeel problcml alia conferenza dl Parlgl e Vhe l'On Orlando possa tonlnre sublto a capo del goerno per sistomare pareccnle questlonl dl Italo ltnportanza per la na7lone, le quail, so nun abllmente e fermamente mnnegglate, potrelibero Impedirn cho 11 propolo d'ltnlU roft,a godere del fiutll della vlttorla ottenuta a prezro ill tanti sacrlflzl. 1'arlRl, 30 marzo I.c notlzlc pubbll catc dal giornalc "Luzcrner Tagcblatt" del 17 correntp, circa lo stato d'unlino del 'trentlnl che i.trebbcro ora malcon tcutl del.domlfllo Itullano. sono nssolu tHiuetite lnufefl)tentl c frulto della pro paganda tendenziosa contro l'ltnlln Una categorla smentlta al rlguarilo tro asl nello dlchlarazlonl lecentemcnto by a Hun eUu&tf'Wo?H Jvttrfuifc The The The trasmciso e prove nlentl dalla Mlsslone Americana ij Pressanonc. L'Obzer del glorno 5 oorrcnto Informa che 11 goxerno jtigo-slavo ha seques trate tuttl I gJornall della Germanln. Anuria ed Ungherla. compresl qiielll datatl da plu' dl tin mese o ne ha lm pedlto la letturn o la dlffsuionc Li "Suisse" del 22 pubbllca cho In qvstt ultlml mesl Inglcsi, nmerlcant ed altrl hanno auto occaslone dl poter (.onstntare l'ltnllanlta' della cltta' dl Plume. L'ultlmo espedlentc dl ag glungere al pochl croatl dl Plume la popolazlono non solo dl Sussak, ma del paesl nlno al Golfo dl Buccari, e' stato dl chlnrato assurdo dal croatl dl Plume c ilella conferenza ill Parlgl 11 glornale rljea cho argomentl storlcl cd etnlcl lno'catl dal jugo-slaU per negarc l'ltnllanlta' dl Plume, sono fondatl ml falsa crslono storlca, bu statlstlche futslflcalc a su Ingcnuo Rotterfuglo nel considcrnro Sussak ed I paesl Mclnl come parte InUgmnlti dl Klume Two Years for Stealing Auto fori. April 1.- Pellx Murcel was sentenced on Saturday to two i ears' Im prisonment for stealing the automobile , of Hrlgadler General W. W Hart,, of 1.. A, rlfan T.nlirn rtkirallnn nn t I uary 7. Copies Highest in Quality Biggest in Size 188 Pages Lowest in Price. N. Y. CLUB FOR VETERANS $5,000,000 Home for 77th Division Planned There New York, April 1. Plans for erec tion of a 6,000,000 clubhouse for the Seenty-secnth DMslon, comprising se lective serlce men fro"i this city, on the site of the old Astor Library here were published yesterday by the Seenty sexenth pulsion Association, with an announcement the present structure la being renovated to servo ns a temporary club when tho dlxlslon returns from oxeraeas. The permanent clubhouse Is expected to be the finest military clubhouse In the country with 500 sleeping rooms, res taurant and grill rooms, assembly hall, gymnasium and swimming pool Tall Kills Army 1 lier nlterslrir, rullf., April 1. Lieut C M ttlppcrger, of Molliie. Ill, was killed jetcrday as the alrplann In which he n looo feet Cadet " i',0,,0 S, ,, KPrSIieid. WHO WHS WM was fljlng oxer .March Meld, near here, Packard, of Ba- Ith him In the ma chine, was seriously Injured. 1 i-w ii mil - - . t m '"HgM .Kfc. 1 Why Dcl hbuPut3 jmM msmsLB nk& I I I BBMB 41 Item In r The Lis Ft ii-K ,Are tires desenring' of soecial itemizing i-$t -... o u .-:.;? uivijc ou uiau sut it JKO i gears, bearings, otheri oarts? " "& Dabydurs depreciate $K,a a day . . . really? , If so, then switch to GOODRICH DE LUXE Truck Tires! For records of DE LUXE users shbw costs well under that mark. Just one example. - Two years and thre monins ago o. i-as-y kau, lZol Third Ave;, New York, bought a three ton truck for heavy intercity ser vice. GOODRICH equipped all-'round. To date the truck has gone 23,000 miles, iThe" tires are only half worn out. The name GOODRICH is still legible on every tirel Here is proof positive. ot their unusual econ ir omy and service, -, proof of their dollar ' saving, not penny saving. . Try them! B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. 519 N. Broad St. Atlantic Tire & Repair Co. 1414 Mount Vernon St. Foss-Hughes Co. 21st and Market Sts. Elmer Barber 1127 Land Title Bldg. mm if -, i a rrB j t twafv ;u mi m &. V Afi Kva k: j--' "j ife' "-' . -'i .!J1WU. Prp,. ,f n- j 'f" . ,.T.Wwterfl ijiS. NU -vkj-iuSS-iiaB !.. i'?.!?,-' n, ft ,&.& y .c n r
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