Word: hanihara
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Japanese Ambassador Hanihara wrote a letter to Mr. Hughes, concluding...
...dear Mr. Secretary, Yours very truly, (Signed) M.* HANIHARA. To this Mr. Hughes replied: My dear Mr. Ambassador...
With high esteeem, I am, my dear Mr. Hanihara...
...change of heart of Senator Reed of Pennsylvania was typical. He had been in favor of leaving the Japanese question entirely out of the immigration bill and continuing the "Gentlemen's Agreement." But after reading Mr. Hanihara's letter to Secretary Hughes threatening "grave consequences," Senator Reed refused to submit to dictation from a foreign diplomat, and declared himself now in favor of the clause excluding Japanese, and of the abandonment of the "Gentlemen's Agreement...
Secretary Hughes had previously proposed that the 2% restriction be applied to Japanese just as it is to be applied to other nations. Under this restriction only 246 Japanese could enter per year. Here was a practical way out, but Hanihara's "grave consequences" have apparently made it impossible...