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| GENERAL JAPANESE SITUATION. POLITICALS The following “Editorial” appeared in the San Francisco "Chroniole™ March 9, 1924: ALIEN LAND ACT DECISION HITS CALIFORNIA FARMERS } DECISION CAUSES CONFUSION. a Following the shock of last November, when the Supreme Court rendered its decision on the alien land law, more or less confusion end uncertainty has impeded the efforts of the led owners, large and emall, who have been dealing with Japanese tenants. Practically none realiged the decision in sdvance, It was presumed that although they + 8 E oe a ing ed 5 B a °o Fe Qa H o ue) ° °o B. ct H B ct a e | | | ATTORNEYS DECIDE LAND CANNOT BE FARMED BY JAPANESE TENANTS WITHOUT VIOLATING LAW. 4 — & + 7. Ve Menten: * president of the Hollena Land Compeny, the California Delta "porns, Inc., and the California Approvel Land Associa~ tion, spent six weeks with four attorneys going over the law ami de- cisions. At the end of that time he came to the conslusion that there is absolutel Which lanf in California can be farmed by Japanese tenants without violating the law. FRUITMEN HIT BY DECISION. Fruit Growers are hit and have their individual problems, which ere somewhat similar to the big owners of crop lends. Approxi~ 1 | | aie 300,000 acres of Sacramento and San Joaquin river delta land, T1168