Winnipeg, Oct. 11
The Conservative Convention, which is being held here. to-day, passed a resolution declaring that the immigration policy of the present Government is a failure and urging a vigorous system of immigration based on the selective principle, It also urged that efforts should be mace to repatriate Canadians, secure a larger proportion of British settlers and -take full advantage of the assistance of the British Government to promote Empire settlement, The resolution also favoured the exclusion of Orientals.
Winnipeg, Oct. 12.
At the Conservative Convention to-day, the resolution which was passed yesterday dealing with immigration was referred back to the Resolution Committee after the Winnipeg delegate had moved deletion of the words "Oriental exclusion' and substitution of the words "exclusion of races incapable of ready as tion."
Sir George Foster suggested that} there might be a more courteous way' fof expressing Canada's feeling towards so large a proportion of the world's population—Reuter,
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