New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
Officials Lose Patience.

Officials Lose Patience.
the ground apparently have adopted
hitherto policy OF patient waiting until
the situation clears IT was said that they
were far from as patient as they ap-
peared 10 be They feel that the immi-
grafton laws have been treated with con-
tcnpt. Unless the case is promptly dis
posed Of il is their intention to take ag-
gressive action. and Mr.. Msrechal is here
for the purpose OF advising them how TO
go about IT,
II is said the ottawa government IS par
ticularly displeased at the Thaw lawyers
for blowing first hot and then cold over
the writ OF habeas corpus. as seemed 10
suit their purposes. They first affected
desire TO have their client released under
the writ from further confinement on a
false charge. However. instead OF using
the writ in its ordinary function of releas-
ing a man from illegal imprisonment as
soon as they saw il would be more eN-
pedient 10 keep him in jail beyond 'he
reach OF the immigration otflcers' they
blocked the ordinary operation OF the IT'D
migration laws by discontinuing II, BRING
ing about a deadlock from which there
seems 70 be no escape.
why. we have done nothing that couIu
be interpreted as Illegal or I'm any sense
urethical." said Mr.. White tonight "hen
the temper of the immigration people ana
the Ottawa government was called 10 HIS
attention. I'VE have done nothing we
u,are NOT justified in doing. The only thihs
which could possibly be called a mahfu-
yre Of an unusual kind was I'm connecuoh
with that writ OF habeas corpus we u''
,s. :, for DELAY. and We will continue 10
delay as long as We need time 10 asce'-
tain lust what is the best method OF p'o'
,,dure To protect the interests OF our
cliant II we had not delayed and pro-
c.eded as we have Thaw would have been
sent back TO Matteawan long oelore '"'''
Chance for Long Delay.
LAWYERS for both sides agreed to-day
that ne had about equal chances OF oe
Law for a week, a month or two years AZ
c,rding as the situation develops The de-
Law would be for only week If the COM
mitment. on orders from the provincial
Premier at Quebec, who is also the Az
tornev General. should be amended 10
remand and there was no appeal or IN
junction for the Thaw lawyers.
otherwise the delay might be month";
or until the Court of Kings Bench opens
I'm October. when there is no doubt the
Grand Jury would quash the charge upon
which he is held lie would then nave 10
be liberated. and the immigration o"'
cials could nab him at once.
The third alternative. two years ue-
Law. would arise in case ThaW in'oNes
the aid OF the treaty with the Ohlten
states on the grounds that the immigra-
,ion iaus are unconstitutional. since they
g,ant recourse TO the courts 10 Britiah
subject but not To an American citlZcn.
There are some who suggest fourth
WY ont OF the snarl They say tnat a
writ OF habeas corpus may be applied for
nv any Canadian citizen on the Srounl
that Thaw is being confined without
cans, ana therefore the laws are oeins
violated Only an entirely dlsinteresleu
person. they say could take TINS actloh'
and 1naw could not then resist IT,
Norman A. Lees, a lawyer Of BROOKLYN
who was a friend of Thaw's in Mattea'
wan and after his own release oo'aihed
the release of several inmates through
habeas corpus proceedings, and VINO las
served as a confidential agent in various
capacities for Thaw. left Sherbrooke hir'
riedly tonight, IL was reported III I'll.
fear that the immigration authorizes
were about to arrest him as an undesira-
ble alien because OF his Matteawan con-
nncmcnt. The immigration officers SAID
that his presence had been called to their
attention. However. they said. they
would assume he was legally here unless
a charge was brought against him by
some one who was ready TO produce eNi-
d,nce to the contrary.
The case OF Roger Thompson will come
ND for hearing tomorrow before Maeis-
trate Mulyena. Thompson said tonight
,Gat he would not do anything which
would in any way hurt Thaw's interests.