AUSTRALIA’S BAN

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1930, Page 2

AUSTRALIA’S BAN

V .|/ A ITALIAN'MIGRANTS. -' A;,7 (Times Service). LONDON, December 8. ..‘‘The ..Times’s’’; Rome. correspondent states: . The exclusion of the Italian migrants, from Australia has not yet beconie the Subject, of any official protest, and it-. has - riot ’been given any special prominence in the press. Few comments are published, and these are studiously moderate. It is maintained that the Italians'have every right; to disembark, and that Australia s. refusal to allow them to do" so is un-; just. It is contended that -there is. no reason to .exclude honest, '.hardworking men; since work is available; for everybody. Australia’s action is ascribed to an uncompromising determination to protect a high standard of living, despite the fact that Italian labour has been largely . instrumental ,‘‘in creating those conditions of prosperity which the country is enjoying to-day.” Signor, Arnaldo Mussolini in an article in the newspaper “Popolo d' Italia,” says that the exclusion of the Italians from Australia has pain--fuliy impressed public opinion, and should be the subject of a protest because, he says “it is unjust that Tittle nationaF units should exploit vast regions, and should prohibit others, not from dividing the fruits but from the work which increases wealth.” :