Speech #660011339

I wish to reiterate. that the league of nations will have any authority under the proposed draft to intervene where there is a revolution. because. in the case of Ireland. I am disposed to believe that it will now and again be in revolutionary state. and I would be loath to believe the league of nations. which I am disposed to favor. would assert its authority in denying people the privilege of lighting for their freedom. I think my position is fortified by the application made by the Japanese Government to the conference in Paris for the recognition of free immigration and racial equality. The conference in Paris denied the request of the Japanese Government for such recognition. What does that signify? That by no construction can it be said that the league of nations would have the authority or the warrant. by the terms of the constitution or otherwise. to question the right of the United States to deny free immigration. which we grant to all other people. if you please. and to deny race equality to the orientals. and therefore it could not. as domestic policy. be construed as threatening the peace of the world.