The Senator made the same statement yesterday. and I stated then. and repeat now. that under the exclusion laws. whether they were wisely enacted or otherwise I am not considering now. a Chinese may not come to our shores now upon an American ship or upon a Chinese ship. He is excluded. We are not willing to go so far as to say to China. or to Japan. or to any other nation whose nationals are excluded under the immigration laws from coming into the United States. "We will have no commerce with you. we are not willing to go so far as to say that you may not come into our ports under your own flag. with your own nationals. but you may not have your nationals come into our ports under the flag of some other country." The Senator obviously. if I understand the deductions to be drawn from his question. means that it is unfair for us to deny the right of Chinese to come into our ports on American ships. even though we permit them to enter our ports on Chinese ships when they are bona fide seamen. I am unwilling to say that the vessels of Japan or China shall not come into our ports. or that the ships of those nations shall not come into our ports. if their crews are bona fide.
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