MIGRATION CONGRESS.
FOREIGN OPPOSITION. LONDON, June 25. At the Migration Congress, M. Mader, Belgium, said that Ins country was as strongly opposed to the policy of Australia and Canada, as was Poland and Italy. Mr Brown, secretary, in summing up, said that it was the extreme viewpoint of Australia and Canada on tho one hand and India on the other that made the congress valuable.—A. and N.Z. cable. CONTINENTAL PROPOSAL. BITTER FIGHT TAKES PLACE. Received June 26, 12.55 p.m. LONDON, June 25. The Migration Congress,. before concluding, appointed a committee representing both emigrating and immigrating countries, of which Mr Wilson, New Zealand, is a member, for the purpose of Codifying all proposed resolutions and drafting a comprehensive scheme embodying: (1) A declaration of general principles; and (2) implementing those principles requring immediate action. The committee sat till after midnight and there was a very bitter fight over a resolution brought forward by tho Continental delegates that all migration should be free; also demanding the abrogation of tho regulations restrictting migrants on the grounds of race, nationality or colour. Finally, _ these proposals were jettisoned, including the Independent Labour Party’s proposal. —Reuter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 176, 26 June 1926, Page 9
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