THE INDIAN MENACE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 September 1920, Page 3

THE INDIAN MENACE.

[to the editor]. Sir, —-Your sub-leader recently on the Indian menace is veryappropriate, but does > not quite convey the right impression as regards the Chinaman. You say he does not stay in this country, and leaves when he has accumulated sufficient wealth. But there is a lot of him, and he never leaves the country without another to take his place—there is no end of him. Ido not blame these people for coming here, but the Government are to blame for allowing them to come — Britishers would be better. A thousand pound poll tax, perhaps, would have some effect, and it could be as legally applied as the present tax. Mr Massey's illogical excuse that Hong Kong is a British colony is all camofiage, for why does he collect a tax from Chinese and not from Indians ? Mr W. M. Hughes is striving for a White Australia, and it looks as though we are to have a coloured New Zealand. The soldiers are fighting again to save the country, and they are worthy of the support of the public, for it is their concern as much as the soldiers. Any government who refuses to do what the people want, should be put in their place. It really looks as though our democratic Goverment had turned into an autocratic one. Our soldiers are not likely to fight again for a country handed over to aliens. If Mr Massey can manage along with half a dozen portfolios and enjoy it, could not half a dozen men run the business of the country. —I am, etc.,

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