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RESTRICTIONS ON ASIATICS. COMMISSION ON THE QUESTION ASKED FOR.
SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS FOR ASIATICS SUGGESTED.
United Press Association—Copyrighl (Received Dec. 29, 4.32 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 28.
The Times says that the Imperial assent to the Immigration Restriction Act enables tlie Transvaal to enforce Asiatics’ registrations be deporting passive resisters. The Times recommends the Imperial secretariat to organise a commission representing the Empire to investigate the Asiatic problem, and make plain mutual difficulties. Possibly evidence could be taken in somo of our most exclusive colonies. It was impossible to entirely bang the door against tlie growing tide of population of the East. Possibly also the commission would convince us that unrestrained immigration of Asiatics would be fatal to our civilisation and race. Certain parts of the Empire most suited to Orientals and least, suited to our habits might he specially reserved for Oriental immigration.
TRANSVAAL INDIANS INDIGNANT.
UNDUE STRAIN ON INDIAN LOYALTY. NUMBERS ARRESTED. (Received Dec. 29, 4.30 -p.m.) CAPETOWN, Dec. 138. Mr. Gandhi, an Indian barrister, at a mass meeting of Indians on the Rand, declared that Lord Elgin’s action in sanctioning the Immigration Act unduly strained Indian loyalty, for it was a barbarous and savage measure although passed by an avowedly Christian Government. Mr. Gandhi and eight compatriots were prosecuted for failing to register under the Act. They were released on parole. Many Indians have been arrested elsewhere in the Transvaal.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 30 December 1907, Page 2
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