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The other that by the mention of the side agreement that was made by this country and the Japanese Government we are giving offense to that nation. Mr. President.i do you suppose that if this side agreement had not been made by which the Emperor of Japan bound himself to prevent the emigration of his people to this country the treaty would.ever have been signed or ratified by the Senate? In effect. that side agreement so made. so far as the two Governments are concerned. is a part of the agreement and should.be taken as excluding the Japanese from .this country. because. it obligates the Emperor of Japan to see that laborers fromthat country do not enter the United States. and it was upon that promise. made. it is true. outside of the treaty. that we consented that nothing should appear in the treaty that would reflect. as they said it would. upon the Japanese Government as compared with other nations. So. in effect. so far as the rights of the two nations are concerned. we have today a treaty that excludes the Japanese from this country when we have the agreement that was made and the treaty itself.