LOYALTY OF IMMIGRANTS
. AMENDMENT OF ACT URGED. Tho need for preventing the- spread of disloyalty in the Dominion was stressed at vesterday'6 sitting of the New Zen* land Farmers' Union Conferencn. . Mr. R. Evans (North Canterbury) moved: "That the Government! bo requested to amend tin Immigration lie. .striction Act in the direction of requir- ■ ing all immigrant) to prove their loyalty to tho laws of the land and tho British constitution before they shall be permit- , ted to. settle in our midst, and in tn« direction of restricting visitors to our 'and f'-om disseminating disloyal doo. trim*." ' _ . . . , „ ' "You k""w who I am referring to, remarked M<- "Evans, in introducing ths remit. "These men are crawling around this "ountry disseminating evil doctrines. If we "on Wp this class of men out of the country we will be doing a great beD°ut to tho' young people ■ and tho wh«le cnimn'imty." , . "Tf this country is not good enough for some people to live in without spreading disloyalty, then let them clear out, declared another delegate. The remit was carried.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 302, 17 September 1919, Page 6
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176LOYALTY OF IMMIGRANTS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 302, 17 September 1919, Page 6
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