COLOUR PROBLEM.
JAPANESE FOR CANADA,. A DELUGE. PASSAGES BOOKED SIX MONTHS AHEAD. y BY TELEQEiPII —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT. ; San Francisco, January G. One hundred and fifty Japancso loavo Honolulu for Vancouver this week; The steerage accommodation of the Cana-dian-Australian liners. has been booked six months ahead by Japanese from Honolulu. Fifty aro leaving by, each ship. I , . The above influx does not appear to be exactly in key with Japan's reported promise to "administratively check" immigration to Canada.; The' special position of' Canada, _as compared with other .British self-governing colonies, may be explained as follows,:—ln 1894 Great.Britain entered into a commercial treaty with Japan, guaranteeing, among otherslHlvantages, free access of subjects to each sotber's domains. The -treaty originally exempted Canada, as it did Australia and other dominions, but "Canada of own- motion decided to becomo a party to it. The .treaty, may be abrogated, but six months' notice must bo given. :Hr.- : Legiieux, Canadian Minister for Labour, is noy on a special mission.to Japan.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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163COLOUR PROBLEM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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