You are beyond the pale of the law of your own country. They can not reach across and bring you back. to France. England. or Italy." These other countries are willing that we should pass a law that will prevent these men claiming exemption. or that if they claim the exemption they will be deported. That is all there is in this bill. Place this law on the statute books. so that everyone may understand that there is no exemption for an alien of Englanid or France or Italy. and that if he does claim that exemption he will be deported. Further. he can never become a citizen of America. When you do this we will find that there will be a ready response and but few will ever be in a position to be deported. We hope 95 per cent. at least. will withdraw their claims to exemption and will enter the service of this country. because they know that the very moment they are deported and landed on the shores of England. France. or Italy. if they are within the military age. they will be drafted and placed in the armies of their own native country. where they ought to be. From one end of this country to the other complaint has been made that here is an American boy who has been drafted. while here is an alien who is exempted. without any effort on the part of the American Congress to fix it so that the alien shall serve either in this country or his native land.
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