The law was extended on May 16, 1918, by the Sedition Act<span> of 1918, actually a set of amendments to the </span>Espionage Act<span>, which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States ... or the flag of the United States</span>
The belief was that there was a distinct
<span>order of</span> living
things:
Chinese,
barbarians, and
beasts. That's why they made all foreign diplomats bow down to the Emperor and why they completely isolated the country to show that it's self sufficient.
In Russia, military spending was cut dramatically
They wanted to show that they had control over the territory where they set up blockades that isolated the West as act of strength on their part.
