Japan says that the United States must treat her subjects exactly as they treat the subjects of any other country. Right here on the floor of the Senate I protested against the treaty between the United States and Japan because we pretended to put them In the category of other nations. and then had a gentlemans agreement on the side that they were not to be so treated. In other words. we transferred to them the right to visd the passports of her emigrants who came within the prohibited class instead of exercising our undoubted right to exercise that high prerogative ourselves. Only. two or three of us voted against that treaty. I was taking the position then that my distinguished friend from California took the other day. that we have a right to do as we please with our country and assert our rights against the world.
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