Reuter's Agency reports that the mission of Mr. Mackenzie King,
Deputy Minister of Labour for Canada, to London con- cerning the immigration of Indians into Canada has been successfully concluded. Legislation is said to be unlikely, but administrative measures will be taken to discourage Indians from emigrating to Canada, on the ground that the climate and the conditions of labour are unsuited to them. When asked whether race-feeling entered into the agitation in Canada, Mr. Mackenzie King said that it was an economic question, and that Canada was considering first the interests of Indians themselves. We can hardly say yet whether the administra- tive action is likely to satisfy Canada, but it is a good sign that the Dominion Government has sent a representative to London to discuss what is chiefly an Imperial question. We gather that Indians will not be excluded who, despite all dissuasion, insist on facing the climate and the hostile feeling of Canada.
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