IMMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 5

IMMIGRATION.

CONTROVERSY AS TO CONSULAR WARNING DWPING ME AIIDOUR OF THE - : .<■ Vv" v -.i' I ; ;:v :■ By TeloEraph—Press Association—bopjrlEhl. ',-y Sydney, February 11. - : . Count lioriier,' Swedish Consul-General, in, further ;relcrence. tjthc.wnniing to Swedish emigrants'against coming, to Aiis-ti-alia,; states tlint-the H'xtract from ,ilr. Hblmau's; spe?ch ; "whs;sbiit as a. supplement to il ,'previous' report, ■ in: which ho 'stated ..that, tho i Australian.'Governments havo no responsibility whatever; :in the propaganda made by the _ irresponsible Immigration League of Australia, s that there ; were/different' opinions -prevailing •inv.Aiistralia ' reUitiug -to'the; immigration question; ..aud:'that a- prominent: political party .opposed; the)'movement. 1 .Het claims that;he: 'onlyacted-fairly: iii'' giving the ■opinion of the minority. ; . y Referring s 'to': press; criticism,"; the 'Const. spys it ivould' have been'fairer for the press. to ■ wait until in ■ possession of tho exact "'text' of. the; warninghe was' 6npposed - to'.-have giyehi . ' He' did: not , mind being criticised. for;what, he: had done, or stated, but ho qbj(:cted to being criticised for. what he, had hot done. At. present lfcichew.'as .'little'..about;.'the':raatter >'as hi'svcritics/ i flid.,i , "lt iwoTilif 'dignified: for'the AusWaliaii press, ;added, the; Count. if it' had produced, the'corpus, delicti ,before trying to malce :him ' responsible" for policy- of two; of tho oldestland, most: educated kingdoms -of the' world. i~i : X■ V:• ;; LABOUR HURRAHS FOR COUNT sMORNER. "THOUSANDS UXAISX.E TO FIND WORK " ■i- : ; Melbourno; February 11; ' ; Th e Trades ■ Hall has adopted' a' resoiution . expressing strong approval of Count Mbrn'er'swamingntp':^ and'protesting by the .Minister ;for. ? -'Customs, Sir .;R, Best, .that there emplqjmeht for'thousands,: "#h'eh ,thousands ;of ' 'our own' citizens are unablo'to find work." T. ■ >.'