Mr. Borden, the Canadian Prime Minister, received two deputations on
the subject of Women's Suffrage on Wednesday. Miss Barrett, who headed the deputation from the Women's Social and Political Union, stated that its main object was to ask whether on his return to Canada he intended to introduce and carry a measure giving votes to women on the same lines as to men. She observed that the Women's Social and Political Union, which was not merely a national but an Imperial organization, had been considering the question of advising women and men not to emi- grate to colonies in which women had no voting rights, and added, "I hope that the Canadian Government is going to be warned by the mistakes which the Govern- ment in this country have made. On your reply to our question will depend the kind of advice we give to our Canadian members. It will guide us in considering whether we shall send out speakers to conduct an agitation there."
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