Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640005506

President. of ratifying a treaty modifying the present conditions that regulate the relations between this country and Japan. so as to permit Japanese to hold land inside of the limits of Cnlifornia as well as of other States. Many States of the Union have alien land laws. my own State. among others. has such a law. For more than 20 years we have prohibited the holding of land by aliens who are not qualified for citizenship under the laws. not referring especially to the Japanese. it is true. who can not be naturalized. but it raises exactly the same question. What answers to the only authority of the .Japanese Empire has stated that it is a question of the increasing population in .Tapai all( of acquiring the right on behalf of her citizens elsewhere in the world to hold title to real estate. referring directly to the California question. Does anybody think with this insatiable demand that people-
Keywords matched
naturalized

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
LAWRENCE SHERMAN
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640005506
Paragraph
#0
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