Session #60 · 1907–09

Speech #600135230

South Africa. and British Columbia pass practically unnoticed in Japan. while the least trifling incident in San Francisco is magnified into a mountain. It is significant that while Japan segregates all white people in Japan. she forbids us to do the same for all yellow people in America. that while she forbids foreigners to own real estate at large In Japan. she forbids the same thing In California. it is significant that she expects privileges for her subjects in America. not the same as other aliens receive. but superior to these. It is significant that during the sojourn of our fleet in the Pacific not a word was spoken in Japan about differences with America. and that the day after the fleet entered the Red Sea the Japanese press started up the immigration question again. It all goes to confirm the conclusions arrived at above. that the utter disparity in power in the Pacific makes it Impossible for America to conduct diplomacy as it is usually conducted. and makes it impossible to solve the great problems that have gathered in that ocean. Since the conditions of differences are so much more grave and acute in the Pacific. our policy should be to maintain the bulk of our fleet in that ocean.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHMOND HOBSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
AL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
600135230
Paragraph
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