James D. Phelan to Woodrow Wilson
Title
James D. Phelan to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930
Identifier
WWP17642
Date
1913 April 7
Description
James D. Phelan writes to Woodrow Wilson about Japanese situation.
Source
Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Text
TELEGRAM.
8 WU JM 93 NL
845am 8th
Del Monte, Calif.,
April 7, 1913.
The President,
Washington, DC
I have wired Secretary Bryan and Lane fully on Japanese situation. I beg to inform you that the problem is fundamental and most serious. It is this: a non–assimilable people, clever and industrious agriculturalists working for themselves as owners and lessees takes farms from hands of white men in destructive competition. The tide must be checked, otherwise California will become a Japanese plantation and republican institutions, perish. The alien land bill is a reasonable law not repugnant to treaty, the legislature intends to pass it if not the people will be initiable.
Jas. D. Phelan.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Collection
Citation
Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930, “James D. Phelan to Woodrow Wilson,” 1913 April 7, WWP17642, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.