THE ALIEN TROUBLE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 4 March 1914, Page 5

THE ALIEN TROUBLE.

DEBATED IN CANADIAN PARLIA-

MENT

8Y CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGH.. OTTAWA, March 3.

During a debate in the House of Commons on immigration, Mr Rodolphe Remieux declared that the Hindu problem in British Columbia had reached an acute stage. He emphasised the action taken by JNew Zealand and Australia. Otner speakers referred to the economic disturbances caused in lands where labor was well paid by the incursion of people accustomed to the lowest standard of livir.g.

On the other hand, some o| the speakers pointed out the necessity for preserving friendly relations with China and Japan owing to the growth of Canadian trade in those countries.

During the debate, Mr Stevens, the Vancouver member, quoted seditious articles published in a Sanscrit paper at Sdn Francisco entitled "The Meeting."