COMPLAINT TO UNO

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24910, 25 June 1946, Page 5

COMPLAINT TO UNO

Indians In South Africa DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 23. Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar, head of the Indian delegation to the United Nations, filed a complaint with the United Nations charging South Africa with discrimination against about 250,000 Indians in South Africa. He asked th'e Secretary-General (Mr Trygve Lie) to place the case before the General Assembly meeting on September 3. Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar said difficulties between the two countries had already caused India to terminate her trade agreement with South Africa and to recall her High Commissioner. He added that the situation at present was so serious that it threatened to impair the friendly relations between India and Soutty Africa, The complaint charged South Africa with unilateral repudiation of agreements reached in 1926 and 1932. “Discrimination against Indians reached a climax in the recent enactment of the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, which is designed to segregate Indians into particular areas for residence, and for the ownership and occupation of fixed property,” added the complaint. The Associated Press points out that the Security Council handles cases threatening international peace, but cases merely threatening friendly relations can be taken to the Assembly which, after considering the facts, has authority to* make, a recommendation to the State concerned or to the council.

INDIANS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

EUROPEANS CHARGE CAMP IN NATAL (Rec. 10M5 p.m.) DURBAN, June 24. Four Indian men and one woman were taken to hospital after a charge across a passive resisters’ camp by a party of about 40 Europeans. The police during the week-end arrested five groups of from the encampment on charges of trespassing.