In .this connection .I should like -to :say I fail to see how the war would have any bearing upon the ability of anyone .who otherwise might"be admitted by..this amendment to pass theliteracy test. The warhas been of.very short duration. and the country particularly affected by this amendment has one of thebest systems of public schools.df.any country in the worl. and while we may on account Of .the unusual circumstances in which Belgium issituated extend.the sdcalled asylum principle to some extent through sympathy. or Modify the restriction so as to.-allow organizations in this country to assist and solicit the immigration of those people. there is nothing peculiar about the situation which would justify us in strikng out the literacy test contained in the bill. If there Is virtue in that test as it stands in the bill. there Is virtue in the same test applied to this particular class of people.
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