Mr. Speaker. the House bill and the provisions in it. in addition to excluding those who can not become citizeps of the United States by naturalization. directly excluded by name Hindus. which was much desired in the West from every standpoint. and ought to be the law. Those who can not become citizens of the United States are still excluded in this bill by a different nethod. Some two yeais ago my purpose was to bring about general exclusion irrespective of the gentlemens agreement. There was some discussion. and some thought it did not apply. but I find today that the Senate of the United States and the conferees of the Senate and the House have adopted and placed in the hill a method of exclusion by territory. by longitudinal and latitudinal lines. instead of by specific designation as to country. with the exception of the territory of Japan and its adjacent islands. which is provided for in the conference report by virtue of the language: And no alien now in an way excluded from or prevented from entering the United States shal Ihe permitted to enter the United States.
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