He pointed out that the result of the first six months operation of the gentlemens agreement had been entirely satisfactory in that it had decreased the Japanese population in time United States by 2.000. The vigilance shown by President Roosevelt. however. was not observed by his successor. President Taft. with the result that the Japanese population In continental United States is now three times what it was when Japan opened negotiations for the agreement. while the Chinese population. under the exclusion act. has decreased by more than 50 per cent. Japanese births in the United States are about 12.500 annually5.000 each In Hawaii and in California and half as many in the other States of the Union. The gentlemens agreement. therefore. has not only been a failure and a detriment to this country in actual result but it Is also vicious In principal. conceding to a foreign- nation the right to regulate our immigration from that nation.
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