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... race relations and assimilation affords a most instructive lesson as to what is possible , and also as to wise methods . If a commission is appointed to study this question , we venture to suggest the name of Rev. Doremus Scudder of ...
... race relations and assimilation affords a most instructive lesson as to what is possible , and also as to wise methods . If a commission is appointed to study this question , we venture to suggest the name of Rev. Doremus Scudder of ...
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... race legislation tending to disturb the historic friendship of these two countries , and Whereas , Unfriendly race legislation is likely to be repeatedly attempted so long as the difficulty is not met by some thorough- going solution ...
... race legislation tending to disturb the historic friendship of these two countries , and Whereas , Unfriendly race legislation is likely to be repeatedly attempted so long as the difficulty is not met by some thorough- going solution ...
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... racial rather than economic motives are becoming paramount . This gives them serious anxiety because they are well informed as to race questions within the United States . This view is given further weight by Governor Johnson's ...
... racial rather than economic motives are becoming paramount . This gives them serious anxiety because they are well informed as to race questions within the United States . This view is given further weight by Governor Johnson's ...
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... races . To this end we suggest that Christian citizens in all parts of America urge their representatives in Congress to take up at an early date the entire immigration question and provide for compre- hensive legislation , free from race ...
... races . To this end we suggest that Christian citizens in all parts of America urge their representatives in Congress to take up at an early date the entire immigration question and provide for compre- hensive legislation , free from race ...
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... race , and that is the human race . " " A Chinese delegate at the Edinburgh Conference stood before that great assembly and said , ' Men of the West , my nation has broken with its past , and we need your help in guiding our people into ...
... race , and that is the human race . " " A Chinese delegate at the Edinburgh Conference stood before that great assembly and said , ' Men of the West , my nation has broken with its past , and we need your help in guiding our people into ...
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Page 111 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Page 271 - The citizens or subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall have liberty to enter, travel and reside in the territories of the other to carry on trade, wholesale and retail, to own or lease and occupy houses, manufactories, warehouses and shops, to employ agents of their choice, to lease land for residential and commercial purposes, and generally to do anything incident to or necessary for trade upon the same terms as native citizens or subjects, submitting themselves to the laws and regulations...
Page 99 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 275 - All aliens other than those mentioned in section one of this act may acquire, possess, enjoy and transfer real property, or any interest therein, in this State, in the manner and to the extent and for the purposes prescribed by any treaty now existing between the government of the United States and the nation or country of which such alien is a citizen or subject and not otherwise...
Page 103 - China agrees that the government of the United States may regulate, limit, or suspend such coming or residence, but may not absolutely prohibit it. The limitation or suspension shall be reasonable...
Page 275 - All aliens eligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States may acquire, possess, enjoy, transmit and inherit real property, or any interest therein, in this state, in the same manner and to the same extent as citizens of the United States, except as otherwise provided by the laws of this state.
Page 69 - You cannot be friends at all except upon the terms of honor. We must show ourselves friends by comprehending their interest whether it squares with our own interest or not.
Page 275 - An act relating to the rights, powers and disabilities of aliens and of certain companies, associations and corporations with respect to property in this State, providing for escheats in certain cases, prescribing the procedure therein requiring reports of certain property holders to facilitate the enforcement of this act, prescribing penalties for violation of the provisions hereof, and repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict herewith...
Page 100 - If Chinese laborers, or Chinese of any other class, now either permanently or temporarily residing in the territory of the United States, meet with ill treatment at the hands of any other persons, the Government of the United States will exert all its power to devise measures for their protection and to secure to them the same rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions as may be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation, and to which they are entitled by treaty.
Page 217 - It is a very perilous thing to determine the foreign policy of a nation in the terms of material interest. It not only is unfair to those with whom you are dealing, but it is degrading as regards your own actions.