It excludes only a part of Russia or Siberia. and necessarily would have to be reconstructed if the purpose of the committee is to be attained. This editorial. which is very illuminating. says: Japan and Its possessions. including Formosa. are excluded from the operation of the law. as well as about twofifths of the Chinese Empire. Nothing east of the one hundred and tenth meridian on the Asiatic Continent is covered by the bill. which. if it operates to repeal all previous laws inconsistent therewithas it will unless expressly provided to the contrarywould open our door to some hundreds of millions of Chinese from the continent as well as all the Chinese from Formosa. So far as the Chinese are concerned. one may assume that the California delegation. if no others. may be relied on to see that an effective nonrepeal clause is included In the bill. Without that the paragraph as agreed on would let In the entire population of China unless our authorities were prepared to prove that applicants were from east of meridian 110. So the object of my amendment is so simple and plain that I can not understand why it should be opposed. The Senator from Oregon has accepted it in lieu of his own. and I think the chairman of the committee in charge of the bill is Inclined to accept it. By it the act which we are considering. if enacted. shall not repeal either treaty or law or agreement by which we are protected against the invasion of Asiatic coolies. It is a safeguard. It neither adds to nor detracts from the measure which is proposed. but is simply a safeguard to insure against any omissions unintentionally which have crept Into the bill. which would not include all the territories which under existing law are barred from sending immigrants to this country.
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