Parliament rose for the Easter holidays on Wednesday, the Government having on Tuesday introduced the Aliens Bill and the Unemployed Workmen's Bill—apparently the two principal measures of the Session—undor the " 'Teu ates: Rule," intended to render' progtes's easy with minor measures, As to. the Aliens Bill it is difficult to gauge what, amount of opposition it will meet with until we know more about its details than, contained in the speech with Akers Douglas introduced although its rejection is to be moved the general impression is that no serious criminal, diseased, and incapable alichs, if it can be done without undue interference with the freedom of others, and without the establishment of iachinery which would cost the country far more than the undesirable aliens. do and the question for the Liberals therefore is how far these matters have been safeguarded by the provisions of the Bill. The proposed machinery for the exclusion of undesirables is to be set up flat the eight principal Englisl and Scottish ports to which immigrants now come, and immigrant, ships will not be allowed to land passengers, at-any other port; on the face of Mr. Akers Douglas's explanation the Bill seams very reason-
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