Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13
SENATE AGREES
To BAR H|NDUS
AS Immigrants
Senator Lodge DepreCateS In
cIu8ion of JapS Though
Name of Island Empire Is
Not Mentioned in Bill
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NoRHtNd JOURNAL sFhClNh Athbtp "lHhi
Washington, 12.-After another day
e dobate over the exclusion Of aliens
account Of race, the senate late to-
1a,, adopted the committee amend
,,on+ IA the immigration bill which
,ronld bar Hindus and certain other
Asiatics. without mentioning them by
nomo with an added provision stipu-
,otirg that nothing in the act shall
no construed to repeal any existing
law treaty, or agreement which
serves to prohibit or restrict immigra'
ton.
This added stipulation, proposed by
conotor Phelan of California, is de-
signed to replace the direct reference
90 tho so-caIled "gentleman's agree
montp with Japan, which was strick-
on ont of the house bill by the senate
committee at the request of the state
department
Certain Geographical Areas.
The committee amendment pro-
ecribes certain geographical areas
from which immigrants shall not be
admitted. instead of naming races or
nationalites, as was done in the blll
MS if passed the house.
During the debate, Senator Lodge
and Senator Phelan engaged in live
w colloquy, the former insisting that
II was needless TO insert in the bill any
references to agreements because they
would not strengthen the position OF
the United States.
at is a great mistake" said Sena-
tor Lodge, for this congress to give
wanton and needless offense TO a
friendly nation, by which we gain alb
soutely nothing"
Senator Phelan declared that after
the bill had passed the house certain
Japanese busy-bodies objected, and
that he thought this government
ought to be conducted from Washing
ton not from Toxic
The Phean provision prevailed
without a roll call and the committee
amendment as modified was adopted
by vote of AZ to IA, western sena-
tors voting against it.
Senator Phelan gave notice that he
would offer another amendment to
prohibit the entrance Of so-called
Japanese picture brides into the
United States.
Senator Reeds amendment to eX-
clude African blacks from the United
States was defeated by a vote of 81
to 81. When the senate adjourned
there was pending another amend
ment by Senator Reed to exclude all
persons who came to the United States
for temporary employment as labor
ers intending TO return to their ma .
tive land
jap Discussion Renewed.
BY a vote of AZ to IA, the senate
late today adopted the committee
amendment to the immigration bill
which would exclude Hindus and 9TH
er Asiatics without mentioning them
by name and which eliminates from
the bill reference to passport agree
ments.
Discussion of japanese immigra-
tion and the senate committee amend
ment eliminating all reference to pass
port agreements in the pending tmml-
grafton bill was renewed in the SEN
ate today when Senator Chamberlain
offefed an amendment to restore
mention of the agreements. He
thought elimination of mention of
passport agreements would abrogate
the Root-Takahira agreement and
leave absolutely no restriction on Jap
anese immigration. The American
slogan. he said, ought TO be safety
first in protecting our race from any
dsintegration.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
denied that failure to mention the
agreement would abrogate it.
Japan is religiously keeping the
agreement and there is pothing to be
gained by the proposal to refer to this
agreement in the bill except to irritatc
Japan" he said. you are doing a
thing which can only anger the ma
tion which is keeping this agreement