CANADA'S RIGHT

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 155, 1 July 1914, Page 5

CANADA'S RIGHT

TO EXCLUDE HINDUS BASED ON IMPLICATION. (Received 2.30 p.m.) c VICTORIA. June ,30. . t Inasmuch as it is especially provided s that officers of the military and naval h forces and their wives nnd families arc |- .not to be considered immigrants appiy--1 ing for admission to Canada, counsel for s the Immigration Department in the ". Komagata Maru case argued that it. was d thereby as.siimer that British subjects were to be considered immigrants, n The same section stated that on rcl- tiring from their functions such officers '■- were to lie considered subject to the s clauses of the Immigration Act. If it were provided nowhere else it was clear that Canada bad the right to exclude British subjects of other Domin- [ ions. During the morning 71 volumes of law j books lay upon the lawyers' tabic for I reference during argument. I ' |