ASIATIC EXCLUSION.
A DENIAL. CANADIAN LEADERS; IN CONFLICT;, ■:'. ! TELEGRAM ALTERED.. (DZ TEr,nortArn-TOES3 ASSOCUTION-COr-YMGHT 1 (Rec. January 25, 11.50 p.m.) , ...,-'. Ottawa, Jaiiuary:2s. -"-, '. A lively scene .'■ occurred in the: Dominion House of Commons.; ■ 'Tho Prime 'Minister'(Sir %ilf rid,\Laurier) ! attributed the. successes- '<Sf the' Conservative' party, in British Columbia to., the .action of Mr. R. L. Borden, Opposition Leader, in telegraphing the. : ■, , "The, Conservative: party stands for a White Canada, protection, of, .white,.,labour,, and absolute exclusion"o'f : 'Asiatics."^'' f ' Mr. Borden, denied having telegraphed theso.words, and explained that he. simply telegraphed to a newspaper. that the party favoured a White Canada and absolute protection of white labour.'' . Mr. Borden added that he. had asked for. an explanation from the newspaper, as,"'..to how the telegram was.^eredT'.'He;promised to report' when the. facts, came to. hand; " [At the elections in Oetober.'last-Sir Wilfrid' Laurier s Govornment, which has been in power smco IS9G, was again returned.. Sir Wilfrid Laurier successfully-resisted the British Columbia demand for exclusion of Japanese, much as President Roosevelt is opposing similar forces in California. Th>s allegation against the. Conservatives amounts to this-that they caught British Columbian votes on.a .false pretence, by permitting, circulation 1 of an'apparently 'a'u-' ;thontative:statement: that they"supportT Asiatic'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 5
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197ASIATIC EXCLUSION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 5
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