When Japan organized her Government she asked Herbert Spencer. the great economist and an accepted authority. whether she should admit foreigners. Herbert Spencer said. " Emphatically. no." I will write you this letter. said he to the learned statesmen of Japan who sought his advice. to be published. however. after my death. I dare not have it published in my lifetime. because it would irritate my countrymen who have been seizing the countries of the world. wherever they were not opposed. and subjugating and destroying the native populations. and he pointed to the example of India. and he pointed to the example. as lie might have. of other countries. and he deprecated infiltration by Caucasians into Asiatic countries. not for the benefit of the Asiatics alone but for the benefit of the Europeans as well. because as a biologist he knew the impossibility of these people assimilating. He said: Grant to the foreigners only bare commercial privileges. Do not permit them to own lands.
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Caucasians are described as seizing countries and subjugating native populations.