The Insertion of the provision requiring the purchase of. land shows how nearly the Senate comes at times to violating fundamental principles. We have a measure here designed to. reach an afflicted people. and.yet for a*while it was the solemn- decision of the Senate that it should apply only to that class of Belgians who did have somilething.who were able to come here and establish with the means of purchase at their command new homes upon oursoll. Fortunately that provision has gone out. We still have this narrow thought beginning in this amendment. that it shall be limited only to the people of Belgium. If there is any reason on earth why we should take down the literacy test as to the Belgians. the same reason applies to any other of the people who are distressed by the awful war in Europe.
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