THE ANTI-ALIEN TROUBLE.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ( Bv Electric Telegraph— Copyright 1 1 United Press Association. I Washington, May 23. In the House of Representatives, Mr Bartlett introduced a Constitutional Amendment Act, vesting in Congress the right to legislate on all qcustions affecting foreigners citizenship within the United States oi America, the rights held by a State being thereby cancelled. Representative Sisson, despite the President’s request to refrain from anti-Japanese speeches, attacked the treaty-making powers of the Federal Government, asserting that the Sovei oign rights of the States must be protected. THE JAPANESE EXCLUSION. New York, May 24. Professor lyenaga, of the Chicago University, speaking at a banquet given to Mr Guthrie, the new Ambassadbr, said that in his opinion the Japanese people’s hearts had been deeply stirred by the result of California’s action. All Japan asked for was justice. He hoped that President Wilson would see that Japan received it.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 26 May 1913, Page 5
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150THE ANTI-ALIEN TROUBLE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 26 May 1913, Page 5
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