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Senator Willis, big Ohio Republican, proposed an amendment to restrict passage of residents of Canada and Mexico across the borders. "What does it amount to," cried he, "to shut and padlock the front door and leave the back door open?" The Senate, 60 to 12, refused to recognize the force of his interjection. Said Pennsylvanian Reed: "This is absolutely unnecessary.* This is unwise if we are to pay any atten- tion to the Pan-American idea." And Senator Fess (from Ohio, like Mr. Willis) cautioned: "It will disturb our relations."; New Mexican Bursum added : "We had $200,000,000 trade...
...agreement does not extend to the Hawaiian Islands, but practically identical measures restrict Japanese passports to these islands...
Such an outcome was not unexpected. To deprive local communities of the privilege of issuing tax-exempt bonds, would restrict their borrowing power. This would cut down public building projects and seriously affect local political patronage...
Such large crowds have attended the tournament matches thus far that the management will be forced to restrict the admission to the gallery courts in the future. Men in the state tournament will be given a preference from...
Traffic in Arms. In a letter to the U. S. Government, Hjalmar Branting, ex-Premier of Sweden and Acting President of the Council, called attention to the nonratification by the U. S. of the St. Germain Convention, which aimed at limiting the traffic in arms by restricting private firms in manufacture and sale. The letter was to the effect that the U. S., through declining to ratify the Convention, had kept other arms-trading nations (Britain, France, Italy in particular) from ratifying the measure, although she had expressed "cordial sympathy" with the efforts to restrict the trade. The League proposed...