THE COLOR QUESTION.
EXCLUSION OF HINDUS. By Ei.kutrio Telegraph—Copyright.; .[United Press Association.] Washington, February 13. Dr. Sudhindra Bose, a University professor, holding the lowan chair, declares that if the exclusion of Hindus is persisted in by the Western States, the fiercest revolution the worl has ever known will likely be. precipitated. Professor Bose contends that Hindus, as Aryans, are entitled to the same privileges as are accorded to other Aryans. If exclusion is necessary in the United States, America ought to. make a generous agreement with the Indian Government, thus avoiding the passing of a special law humiliating to the Hindus. EXCLUSION LAW IMPERATIVE. Washington, February 14. Commissioner-General Caminetti, head of the Immigration department, urged the House of Re?presentaives' Immigration * Committee to pass a Strict Asiatic Exclusion Bill. Such immigration, he declared, was a menace to the whole of the United States. Japanese immigration had doubled during five years, while 30,000 Hindus were already in California. Commissioner Caminetti's statement surprised the Committee, owing to the President's recent request that anti-Japanese attacks should be suspended pending the conclusion of a new treaty. ; _
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 39, 16 February 1914, Page 6
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181THE COLOR QUESTION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 39, 16 February 1914, Page 6
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