Today -100: May 6, 1923: Of princes and exclusions

A NYT Sunday Magazine article on the Prince of Wales worries that the 28-year-old prince seems to have more interest in his horses, which he keeps falling off, than in marrying. Be careful what you wish for.

This week, unreported in the NYT, Canada’s Parliament passed a Chinese Exclusion Act, barring Chinese people from entering the country except for university students, Canadian-born Chinese returning from abroad – if they’ve been absent less than two years – diplomats, and merchants (not including restauranteurs or laundry owners). Ethnic Chinese, including those born in Canada, have to register for an identity card. The act will be repealed in 1947.

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