Mr. President. either. that I wish distinctly to speak. but I want to express my regret that this discussion should turn altogether. as it has this afternoon. upon the question raised by the letter of the Japanee ambassador to this country. If we are going to exclude Japanese immigrants. let us exclude them becifuse it is the wholesome thing. the right thing the just thing to do for the United States and for the American people. and let us not make the letter of the Japanese ambassador the pretext for our action here today in defeating the amendment of the committee or in adopting the amendment of the Senator from California. I can not agree to the proposition advanced by the Senator from Pennsylvania that the letter of the ambassador is an abrogation of the gentlemens agreement. Instead of being an abrogation of the gentlemens agreement. it is a strong protest against an abrogation on our part of the gentlemens agreement.
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