3 MARCH 1923, Page 9

The statement of Mr. Aims Geoffrion, a former Presi- dent

of the Quebec Bar Association, at Winnipeg to the effect that unless Canada secures a large influx of immi- grants of the right kind in the next few years she will be forced into annexation to the United States, has received considerable publicity in the Canadian Press. Migration problems, as I have pointed out in these weekly notes, are uppermost in the thoughts of all Canada at the present time, and the Canadian Govern- ment's appropriation of £120,000 for advances to immi- grants has been variously commented on by the Dominion Press. The Montreal Star thinks that the Canadian Government is " looking at this great problem for Canada through the spectacles of a small town politician."