The premier of the province Quebec, L. A. Taschereau, has withdrawn the bill amending the act respecting defamatory libel, explaining that the reasons which had given rise to its presentation did not exist any more, the papers against which it was directed having ceased publication. The premier promised, however, that if ever such an occasion arose, he would bring the measure back before the Legislature.
The bill was mainly intended as a weapon against the anti-Semitic publications “Le Miroir”, “Le Goglu” and “Lc Chameau”, the premier having promised to bring in such legislation after Judge Desaulniers found himself powerless to grant an injunction to prohibit the above-mentioned sheets from attacking the Jews. In the interval the Goglu publications went out of existence and the premier found it a good excuse for withdrawing the bill which had aroused dissatisfaction in Jewish as well as labor quarters.
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