I do not believe that they should be even discussed before a board composed in whole or in part of foreigners. and you can not prevent their being brought there if you assent to this treaty without any modification of clause 3. Are you ready to submit to arbitration the question of the right of expatriation which we have supported. insisted upon. and enforced for more than fifty years? Will you arbitrate with Russia the question of her right to discriminate against certain classes of American citizens on the ground of race and religion. as we discriminate against certain immigrants on the grounds of crime and disease? I am not willing to submit those questions to arbitration. and I will not promise to do so. It is easy to show that there are other questions not properly arbitrable which might be brought before this commission.
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