Frederick Albert Britten Quotes
Resolved that there be held a conference of the white nations bordering upon the Pacific for unity of action against the aggression of Japan.
This resolution was bad enough for its overt racism. Ironically, the major victims of Japanese aggression have been Asians—China, Korea, Manchuria, and others. “White” empires had economic interests in throughout Asia and this was what Britten and many others were concerned with protecting. This quotation is important for another reason. At the very moment Britton introduced the resolution, Charles Evans Hughes our Secretary of State was welcoming a new, very high level ambassador to Washington. The administration had decided on a negotiating initiative and Britton and other Congressmen cut the legs out from under the administrations diplomatic efforts. It was particularly bad because one of the Japanese complaints about America and other white nations was their racism and discrimination against Asians. Congress undermining Administration diplomatic efforts has an all too frequent history in America.
Frederick Albert Britten, 1871-1946, U. S. Congressman (Republican, IL), Resolution in the House of Representatives, December 1924
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The issue of unilateral or multilateral foreign policy efforts faced America after WWII.
Shortly thereafter the United States joined the allies and the First World War.
Terrorism even then put strains on traditional diplomacy where bombers would take sanctuary or raise money in countries whose diplomatic policy was opposed to terrorism of all types. At this particular time, Irish terrorists would raise money in the United States to support the terrorists bombing English targets.
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