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/PAGE FIVE
III,,TC II ,MacHILLAl4 • quOTED
. IN SCOTTISH PAPER
' .I EMOY LA "die .. _�____
Poxwarren,- M.
Dear Mr. 'Thompson,
Editor i`Sentinel''.
1Vlany . self ' exiles , of • the old:
home town and countryside. who,
now live down "`mernory vane",
appreciate :very, much your kind,
ly efforts to uncover the far past.
and revive in fond memory • what
. they are always pleased to think„
off ;as• their, "good:old yesterday'.
Apropos the , above is a recent
reference to `our 'boyhood friend,
Mr, Joseph. Agnew. , and:. a des -
e riptive account---= of the • Para
Mount 'of sixty. 'years ' age from
the pen, of the late` P Murchison.
We: maybe `pardoned if we`
'appear somewhat • effusive in'.re
Organizations, " labor. , groups and
omen's societies; as well as in-
p old .:settlers of the
s. ect 'to :the ' divaduals in Canada took part.
Boundary West"for we know
that there are 'still those.. among: The Rev. Hugh* MacMillan,' who.
you .in the person . of D. G, Mac-• took. a 'leading part in this cam
IKKenzie, Finlay. McLennan, Hugh ,paign, •and' who is at present' do
Mclntosh and -many .others, .Who. ing- research.:!;work.::in.. Edinburgh,
are s°ti11; prowl to, doff their. 'hats told : a' ' representative of The
Jo,. .ineinot:Y ot-tha.�-men-and Scotsman -that there 4werei. at --the
-women `•of the. bush, • outbreak of the war, some 23,000
'people. of •'Japanese race 'in :.Can,
ada,•
,, ofwhom- about'' 50 ;percent
were, Canadian: .born, Most of the
`g'st°`haviril ife`
e• g d There a quarter
of a century,, ; t
"They; had no more to do with:
• ``The Scotsrnai'i",- of Edinburgh;
Scotland, in the February 3rd ,is-.
sue; devoted a large space' to an
interview with Rev, 1ugh Mac-
r�o
Millarn the subject of .Japanese
deportation, which for some time
was . a very. controversial ques-
tion,
The ' article in ' The Scotsman
follows, ,and .whieli appeared un-
der 'the..ca•ptioI',.
"REAL • CANADIANS"
The 'repeal of the brder•'to . de-'
port persons of Japanese ,lraee
}om:
f '"
. Canada; marks the end of.
a -long. and vigorous •`c,'ampaign. 1)n
theirabehalf''i-i which'practieall'y
all religious denominations h
,. yout
• To me my colorful friend "Joe"
(as • citizen; ' .secretary7R .or. • clerk)
stands as a fitting representation
f what. the. • town . owes in -
a. business.. 'way to. The various
homes of 'the Huron -Bruce Boun
d.ary the _war, than ne had, 'd there
em o unions; .' youth ;.groups,. socias
nna
;...
King :.OF Siam"
MMMR.'.AND MRS.E.' PHILLIPS
FI . TY -TWO' ,EARS MARRIED'
Mr. and:.Mrs. ' Ezekiel Phillips
recently celebrated' ,their '•, 52nd
wedding_anni_versary_._.�. bey were
rnarried<.in 1895 at' `the•'Anglican.
..church'rector Lucknow, ty.,Rey..
Y� �.
`, Charles',Miles. They Were ',attend
ed ;by; Eliza Phillips, now Mr.::
Alfred Tebbutt of Goderich; sis
Bill. was •introduced, with a, clause
authorizing deportation ° and re-
vocatip`n cif , nationality, This Dill.
was withdrawn •as a -result-of the
apposition •of Parliament and'
people. In December' 1945, h"owr
ever, . came -:the ,;Government's
Orders in Council `authorizing the
. deportation;
Public; Opinion Aroused.
. Public ;opinion was aroused,
• and a_. Co gperative••'Comrnittee• on
Japanese -Canadians' •asked the
government: to test the'legality of
the Orders' in Council before the
Supreme Court. The •"Supreme
Court having declared..theili in
r.:
_fa .as:�hey�;,alZglied 1~0�.
the wives :and children of those
Who .signed., the repatriation
forms, but:•v'alid•ywith 'respect to.
other„groups. to be deported -.two
of the judges dissenting in the.
ease of Canadian -born and nat-
uralized :Citizens—an • appeal was
made to., , the • Frivy `Council ' in
London: •
"Legality is not .all", ' was the
answer• of the'operative Com
mittee to the Privy Council's dei
elaration'7 t0_ the effect: that;'.' the
Canadian Government. was. act`
tng 'within its.. powers, It • was
pointed out that the Privy Coup.:
cil w •s one''
a _�:_..� ei:ned. {twa`th.; theta,
..�iy
:legality .of •the Orders iii Cbunoil,
and not with`the moral, justice ,of
:the policy , ii•f dep9rtation
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a an Press, radio,: universities,: trade . •
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3�'"P clge�vrrovi�•c�e�rrce--�arrrorrg-•th f
there has ' scarcely '!been • .a' time, disloyalty •w1Ten. the. war was on•
since its:'inception, in 1.853, '••when• Their.' record was''pfetty clean' ,
you `did not'„ find some • of these said Mr., MacMillan, „adding• .that'
'.homes. represented in the busi- the ,younger among them �4want-\
ness lifeof .th:e town: Among ;the ed into the
: fight l
veryearliest • was Mr. Alexander
:Mtit ray,., to' .helater followed :by
Murchison:: •Ma I. be Per- '-ed, had a .distinguished-�-iree d 414
milted callattentiion,to P the :the , war: It 'Was • a very sore', poi it
oto .: - •: .
with '
fact that from' l:'i,necRrver'to Dun=. • the Japanese Canadiansthat, •
garmon;•some-of the Agnew,Mur-
they were ,not trusted, Some, of•
thenactually.madeth•
eir•wa
chisorx, Murdoch co pee ion.` have,�-•
•
at one time or' ` another; . serviced•
over to' Britain arrrd.were accepted
each countryatore or post office
along •the for.' service.in •Burma, and later.
:,
alohe route
% the •Canadians, seeing :,that :they
cru hnr Yad411-d'oe ; Agn,
•Japanese Americans, • he ; .recall
• ter of the. groom;: and ;James W.
at,-Pine'River•:;and: L';ucknaw.Mr.
Medd; Auburn brother .of the a
M , b
W•. G. ':Murdoch: at Amberley,
•lii•de. W . •
• G..,and"R.:-Murdoch .at- Lochalsh,
rs Pliilli s. as ormerl a
p' f..• Y, The Murchrsons at Paamoun
ou st eta .0 ow ttit-lvi t`leeh 31 a�t' ' hundreds'
• � hundreids have .returned • as• war
ghter of the late Mr and' . Mrs ••L• ucknow Mr:' and " Mrs: