Teddy Roosevelt: “I am prompted to say this by the attitude of hostility here and there…”

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I am prompted to say this by the attitude of hostility here and there assumed toward the Japanese in this country.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt addresses the hostility faced by Japanese immigrants in America.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I am prompted to say this by the attitude of hostility here and there assumed toward the Japanese in this country.”