§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether recent enactments by the Legislature of the Province of British Columbia in reference to the immigration of Japanese have been disallowed at the instance of Her Majesty's Government; and, if so, upon what grounds.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)Certain laws enacted by the Legislature of the Province of British Columbia imposing disqualifications on Japanese have been disallowed by the Government of Canada at the instance of Her Majesty's Government on the ground that they were offensive to a friendly Power.