"The Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada,. in a speech made in the Canadian Parliament, said that, on the question of disallowing the British Columbian measures cluding Japanese'and Chinese, he was prepared to deal with Chinese immigration in accordance with the views of the British Columbians, but that' Japanese immigration must governed by Imperial considerations. He said that if Great. Britain precipitated a war in the Orient, Japan's support would be of the greatest importance.
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