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fe GENERAL JAPANESE SITUATION POLIT i ¢ AL: shoulders. The Congul-General and other speakers in behalf of this ; polioy were roundly sepplauded. The meeting wae presided over by W. stto, who ie presi- dent of the Japanese Rotary Aesociation of Stockton. LAWS UPHELD. The Supreme Court's ruling, handed down November 12, by Justice Butler, confirmed that aliens can be prohibited by states from holding land, provided there is no treaty stipulation t the contrary, | and affirmed that the existing treaty between the Washington and Tokyo 4 1 governments contained no suoh stipulation. The alien land laws of California and Washington were thus upheld, and litigation arising from these State statutes thereby settled. LABOR SEES HOPE IN JAP SUFFRAGE ACT. "] detest all members of the Imperial Japanese Diet. More so would I detest to become a member of our parliament myself. Bat should I be ehosen a candidate I should not be afraid to represent | labor for I have determined to give my life toward the cause of labor uplift in my country." . of ~~. Tn these words Bunji Sugsuki, head of the Federation of | Labor in Jepan, outlined recently hia stand toward the proposed intro- | action into the Diet of a measure for manhood euffrange in Japan. Suguki, as leader of the greatest labor organisetion in the oountry, To 116e