It eliminates the words "present existing" and it brings the wife and child. if they come with the treaty merchant or immediately follow but the merchant must come on international business and can only remain if he maintains that status. One thing more. I call attention to the proviso on page 2: Provided. That no greater rights of entry are hereby conferred upon aliens entering the United States under a treaty of commerce and navigation to be concluded in the future than are conferred under treaties which have been concluded since July 1. 1924. That proviso indicates the intention of the Congress that when treatymaking powers make treaties. they shall treat the question of immigration as a domestic matter and recognize the right of a sovereign nation to handle its own immigration problems.
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