We have had that questicn up here before. We have had it in the discussion of treaties. We had it particularly in the discussion of the immigration bill. I have no disposi. tion to irritate any of these people. and I only mention China and Japan because they were mentioned by tlh Senators who advocated this Senate resolution which the Foreign Relations Committee have reported to the Senate. I say we have excepted China and Japan from the provisions of Senate joint resolution 84. not bcause it is those particular countries but simply because we have applied a different rule of citizenship with reference to those nationalities. In other words. we have practically. by treaty. stipulated that Chinese subjects should not become American citizens. and by treaty stipulation and a gentlemens agreement we have practically said the same thing with respect to Japan. Now. no alien who is not permitted to become a citizen of the United States ought to be drafted into the service to perform military service for the country. but that does not apply with reference to any other alien. Nearly all immigrants who come here from every corner of the globe can be admitted to full citizenship. We all know that. There are thousands of men who have been in this country for 25 years. and some of them for 50 years. who have accumulated fortunes on the western prairies in the cattle business and in every other form of business. who have nevertheless not taken out their final citizenship papers. and are still aliens. but to all intents and purposes they are Ame4ican citizens. because they live under the protection of the Mlg. and they have built up. their homes and amassed their wealth under the American system.
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