At that time, Australia was not the only British territory that adopted this immigration policy. White people think that there are natural differences between races, and their own race is superior to other races. This view often leads to the introduction of policies with racial discrimination, such as the Jim Crow Act. South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and even the United States all had immigration policies with different degrees of racial restrictions at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. 1905, the British government passed a bill in favor of Jewish immigrants. (See 19 19 Little Pony Incident and Red Summer) Australian soldiers participated in the attack on the black British community in Cardiff, Wales in19/0/9.
At the 19 19 Paris Peace Conference, the Japanese delegation was led by Nobuyuki Konoha. In view of the "white supremacy" at that time, the Japanese delegation insisted on adding "racial equality clause" to the "League of Nations Constitution" in preparation. Most of the participating countries, including the representative of China, voted in favor of the Japanese "racial equality clause", and the voting result of each country was 11out of 7 votes. However, the two delegations of the British Empire and the United States unanimously opposed it, and the Australian Federation, the closest delegation of the British Empire to Asia, opposed it the most strongly. Australian Prime Minister BillyHughes' famous saying that "95 out of every 100 people in Australia are against (racial) equality" was published at this time. At the end of the Peace Conference, the draft "League of Nations Constitution" vetoed the "racial equality clause", which aroused the nationalist sentiment in Japan and laid the groundwork for the subsequent war.