Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1913-10-25
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note: The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. ol. XI, No. 35-Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, Oct. 25, 1913 Naval Defence "No policy will be satisfactory to the people of British Columbia which does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and the ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." Oriental Immigration A NUMBER of Western papers, both American and Cnnndinn, A featured a despatch from London purporting to give the -■*• siilistnnce of nn interview with Sir Richnrd MeBride nnd to nto with grent circumstantiality certain incidents nlleged to hnve •urred whilst he wns in London, nssoeiated more particularly with ! question of Oriental immigration into Canada. The Colonist 1 not publish this despatch. The Colonist was wise. Commenting the subject last week, The Week pointed out the impossibility of • Richard hnving adopted the course attributed to him. He wns eged to have practically held a club over Sir Edward Grey nnd to ye demnnded thnt both the Imperial nnd Dominion Governments mid lino up with the policy of British Columbin in favour of nbso- ! exclusion of the Asintic. Snch despatches nre invnrinbly liianu- stured, nnd anyone who knows Sir Richard must have known thnt, wever strongly nnd emphatically he mny hnve explained to Sir Iwnrtl Grey the attitude of his native Province on this important oject, he hns certainly never flouted either Government or presuin- to do more than mnke clear the wishes of his own constituents. The lonist has been fully justified in the course it pursued, that of wring the despatch. It is all very well to print a piece of "yellow" Ws today in order to contradict it tomorrow, but the action nnd the licy of n Provincial Premier nre matters of too much importance to trifled with in this manner. The Colonist did much better; it sent pecial emissary to New York to waylay Sir Richard at the moment his landing nnd wns nble on Thursday morning to give a very eresting report of an interview in which the Premier …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373741
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text