The Yellow Question.
London, Nov. 25.
Replying to a petition to terminate the experiment of Chinese labour, Mr Balfour, in ’ a letter dated November 22nd, declares that no case has been shown for a reversal of the present policy. He remarks that the whites in the Transvaal a few months hence will have adequate machinery under the Constitution, for expressing their views. If these are in harmony with the petition, he proceeds, “I shall gladly agree to abandon the experiment. ShoUld they be favourable to the existing legislation they ought not to be overruled 'by Downing-street. There is no distinction between the status of the coolie and the status of the Kaffir, except the greater distance travelled, nor in the principle between the legal status of the indenture Asiatic in the Transvaal and his condition in other colonies. Indenture labour, whether coolie or native, must be treated as a whole. ’ ’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3603, 28 November 1905, Page 2
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150The Yellow Question. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3603, 28 November 1905, Page 2
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