The Archive · 1937

Gaimusho's Retort

Tokyo, Oct. 6.

President Roosevelt's foreign policy speech to-day provoked the Gaimushe spokesman to a statement sharply attacking the attitude of "have' countries against the "have nots'

Speeifleally referring to the Amer-tean Oriental Exclusion Act of 1024, he said, "The world was created for mankind—and all honest, industrious people have the right fo live anywhere in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. There is no' greater Injustice" imaginable than people living in happiness with - amassed fortunes on one hand, and 8 group of industrious people' being' denied such happiness on the other.

"The population of Japan has doubled in the past fifty years and ig crammed into limited space. "If 'Japan wants to send its people abroad li outlets are denied by other countries everywhere. If have' countries refuse the, rightful demands of the have nots,' peace will be very difl= cult lo maintain."—United Press.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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