The <em>Chinese Exclusion Act</em> was the first/only legislation suspending immigration for a particular nationality; prohibiting Chinese workers from entering the United States of America, and also prevented Chinese workers from returning to the country if they had left.
A lot of years of xenophobia and racial antipathy by white Americans preceded restrictions against other nationalities as well.
The law notably decreased the number of Chinese immigrants, and put them under a massive government scrutiny, it also separated families, and their business were closed down.
I would say that the ideal of imagist poetry which is best reflected in this poem is that poets should be able to describe ordinary objects in new ways.
The conflict that's developing is both are fighting over land and who will get it at the end so Buckminister is thinking on what to do next.. he questioning and the stone person is stating what will lead to them being removed but Buck as you can see is thinking of ways to avoid this .. i would say answer is <span>Turner’s father, Reverend Buckminster, is torn about what to do about the people on Malaga Island and needs more time to think</span>
