Why risk a deluge of blood when we can stop it at its very source by tills bond of leace? Mr. President. nothing surprises me more than the baseless assertion that the league of nations. as agreedupon by some 30 nations of the earth. interferes in the remotest way in.our immigration or tariff matters or other internationally recognized domestic concerns. Our domestic concerns are and always have been recognized by international law. Why denland now more specific application in the operations of the league? Why should it be made the basis of the covenant? The Supreme Court decided in Nishimura versus United States. involving the deportation of a Japanese woman. that: " It is an accepted maximum of international law that every sovereign nation has Ihe power as inherent in sovereignty ani essential to selfpreservation to forbid tihe entrance of foreigners within its dominions or to admit them only in such cases and upon such conditions as it may see fit to prescribe." That being the recognized law of nations. the purposes of this league are certainly not to interfere with the recognized international law. Import duties are just as completely within our sovereign jurisdiction. and to hold otherwise would take away the independence of the Nation. If these are accepted maxims of international law. why is It thought necessary to amend the covenant to specifically include Immigration and tariff? It is impossible in the league to specifically include subjects already excluded in general terms. All other nations are as deeply interested as we are in preserving their sovereignty. Would France or England or Italy submit their domestic concerns to the decision of a league tribunal or place before it for decision their right to regulate immigration? For purpose of illustration. let us assume the fmnpossible hypothesis. as cited by Mr. Taft. that the council would unanimously recommend that we admit Japanese citizens to our shores without restrictions. what would happen under the terms of article 15 of the league?
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