The mission of Mr. Lemieux, who was despatched to Tokio
by the Canadian Government to discuss the immigration question, has been attended by eminently satisfactory results. It was announced in Thursday's Times that Mr. Lemieux's Report is entirely satisfactory to the Canadian Government, who are prepared to accept in good faith a verbal promise by the Japanese Government to restrict the emigration of labourers, relying on them to enforce the regulations out- lined in their Memorandum. The compromise, as the Times points out, involves no . modification in the wording of the Treaty, or any written Convention. The Japanese, however, have voluntarily made internal regulations restricting the influx of their countrymen into British Columbia, while the Canadian Government have issued instructions forbidding the landing of any strangers except those sailing direct from their country of origin. While both Governments are tO be congratulated on this compromise, special credit is by common consent assigned to Mr. Lemieux for his tact in conducting the negotiations at Tokio.
