THE ASIATIC QUESTION.
DISCUSSED IN AMERICA. [By Electuio Teleghaph— Copyright] [United Phess Association. 1 Washington, February I. A lively discussion arose in the House of Representatives on the question of the omission of the Asiatic exclusion clause in the Burnett Immigration Bill. Representative Curry" (California) declared that loose morals were universal amongst the Japanese men, while the Japanese women did not condemn them. The girls were sold, without shame, into immorality. There were over two million professional immoral women. The idea of whites marrying such a iace was revolting, and it menaced the white people with the problem of Mongol degeneracy. The Japanese were driving out the Americans from California.
Representative Baker, who was also proposing anti-Asiatic legislation. wished that a sea of fire existed between the Old Country and the ['nited States.
Representative Moore opposed a literary test.
The amendment was adopted
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 3
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143THE ASIATIC QUESTION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 3
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