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日本人として絶対外せない歴的事実がある。１９１９年のパリ講和会議である。大抵の日本人は第１次世界大戦の休戦がなされ、ひとつの世界体制（ベルサイユ体制）が国際連盟という組織によって、第２次大戦まで続くと学んだ。しかし実際にはドイツをはじめ敗戦国は除外され、人種偏見も根深く感じる会議であった。日本は戦勝国側で参加していたが、当時アメリカでは日本人移民や日系アメリカ人への排斥運動が起こっていた。そこで日本の代表団は国際連盟の規約に人種差別撤廃条項を加えるよう提案したのである。
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- Posted at 24 May 2011 at 11:47
For Japanese, there are historical facts that cannot be put aside. Take the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Most Japanese learn that after a truce was reached in WWI, a one world system was formed through The League of Nations, which continued until WWII. But in actuality defeated nations like Germany were excluded, and racial prejudice was deeply ingrained at that conference. Japan participated on the side of the victorious nations. At the time, there was a movement in the United States to expel Japanese immigrants and American-born Japanese. The Japanese delegation proposed a Racial Equality Clause to be included in the Convenant of the League of Nations.
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- Posted at 24 May 2011 at 12:58
There is a historical fact absolutely unavoidable as Japanese. It is the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Most Japanese learned that armistice of WWⅠ had been done and one world structure was carried on till WWⅡ by organization called League of Nations. However, in actual fact, Germany and other defeated countries were excluded from the conference and deep‐rooted prejudice were there. Japan participate in victorious countries side but at the time expulsion movement toward Japanese immigrants and Japanese American were afoot in America. So Japanese deputation proposed to add articles to abolish racial discrimination onto the convention of League of Nations.
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- Posted at 24 May 2011 at 13:30
There is a historic event every Japanese should know. It is the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. We, by and large, have learned that after the World War I, a world order (Versailles System) was established and it continued to be so until the World War II. However, in the conference, countries which lost the war were not invited and the conference was led by Western countries. Although Japan was among the winner of the war, at the time, in America there were agitation movements going on against Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans. To see that, Japanese delegations proposed to add anti-discrimination agreement to the League of Nations' protocol.
