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+ > Rf/25/B a6 Pore t,. GEMIAAL Jabali $- BTLUCICr POLTV ICAL: Many are evidently under Yne impression thet the Japenese f-rmers, in eappecling to the Supreme Court, cortended for ownershin of lend. rothing is further from the truth, What ther wanted wee the right to cultivete by co hort in 2 tawn, T ae “aS - . IT» the risht of lease could not be grented, they wented to work farms under &n apreement whereby their labor would be coOmpenssted with a portion ofthe crop, Iu ovher | words they asked only for the common privilege to exist, not as serfs, - but as self-resoecting independent farmers, even thougn they; weve denied Lend ovnership. It is perhens fortunate that these decisions were announced just ater Jepon hed expressed heartfelt gratitude fox the masnificerm gen- erosity shown by the Americen peopie Tor the egrth-qucove-stricwen ne- tion. Had they been delivered st an ordinary time, soy before the 66 m : quae, they would have created a furore across the Facific. Coring i they have at this time, they will probably do no greater harm than the partial undoing of the good accomplished by the Americen succor of tie! eartrnquake sufferers. If Japan were in & position toteke reciprocel or retaliatory act tion in the matter of land ownership and leasing, that might eppease the grievance of the Jepanese though it would not solve the question. The trouble is that Japan has no undeveloped cheep land attractive to | American farmers, 4s @ matter of fact there is only & erfli aorence - tor ‘ a uding 164, The latest available figures snow | | ovned or leased by Americens in Jenan, The latest available ficures | 7—1ide