Many leading American newspapers in the Middle and 'Far West
make no bones about the American position. One of the fundamentals of American policy, they state, is that the United States has a right to retain the country for the Caucasian stock, and they assure the American legislators that they have the bulk of the nation behind them in their determination to protect themselves against a flood of Japanese immigrants incapable of assimilation. The last cables from Washington state that President Coolidge, who is in favour of the exclusion of all persons ineligible for American citizenship, is seeking to bring it about in a way which will not give unnecessary offence to the Japanese people. The Times Washington corre- spondent states that the President is endeavouring to secure a change in the Immigration Bill which would modify the provision abrogating what is known as the Gentlemen's Agreement which has been in force for some years and by which Japan, of her own accord, refrains from issuing passports to Japanese labourers.
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