| Show EVEN EIS BRITISH BARRED Canada is taking ta ing Its pick of the im immigrants immigrants immigrants migrants coming to Its shores and tending sending the others packing Under the regulations natives of the British isles I s who are not up to the standard get no better reception than men and women from other countries This situation of affairs Is not par particularly particular particularly pleasing pl ing to the mother coun country country try m and the newspapers of dear old lId London are making more or less fuss ass j jabout about the matter maUer They The cannot understand un understand understand the extraordinary situation of a British colony won with British blood protected by British arms and ana British ships financed by British money and developed to a great gr t es tent by b British toll toil closed close to British in n en eI eIThe The Dominion immigration author ties are standing pat Like the people of ot the United States they object to having their country made a dumping g ground for tor all sorts of inferior interior human beings and they propose to protect themselves against the diseased and incapable no matter where they hail from tram No Xo discrimination is practiced against the mother country neither are Englishmen exempt e eI pt from the Im Immigration immigration migration regulations If they are up tip to the standard they are received with open arms If it not hot back to England they go Somewhat sarcastically the Domin Dominion DominIon Dominion ion authorities reply to the criticism of the London press prese saying among otter other things that surely the stamina of ot the tha th British men of today has ha not deteriorated deteriorated deteriorated to such a degree that they are un unable unable unable able to pass the simple medical exam examination examination examination required by the Canadian reg regulations regulations regulations And equally surely It can be beno beno beno no hardship to int jf J r that any man ruan who is not a farm lalo laborer lal er or Intending to take up land possessed of at least 25 In cash There have been times when the colonial officials would be punished for taking such a 3 step but not now Can Canada Cana Canada ada a a Is pretty much of an independent nation and does about as she pleases In Immigration as wt w as other mat matters matters matters The tie tle that t t bins binds s is not n not t strong enough to make coercion a safe prop proposition proposition proposition Such being the case the Eng English English English lish brother will have to sweat out his indignation |
