“WHITE AUSTRALIA”

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 422, 1 May 1937, Page 7

“WHITE AUSTRALIA”

PHRASE NEEDS REVISION Aiding Indian Students London, April 22. One of the most vi al voru.l problems of to-day is the maintenance of .he be lanes of power in the Far Easi, writes the Indian publicis , Dr. C. F. Andrews, in th Spectator He s-.-ys he found 1 the greater eagerness, in Au-si'mlla. about India’s a tituda to Japan. “It is time do cultivate friendship betwe n India and Aiisti. lia. The mfortuna- e phrase ‘While Australia* is still in the way and badly needs revision,” he writ's. “It ought to be jointed cu-.. that its main object is i jonomic, not racii < The phna.se is regarded as insulting, and should be withdrawn, and a purely economic ide substitu cd. “Indiians domicil d in Australia are reated . s citizens, and there is no colour bar. A political mission from Yus rc.lia to India is long ov r-due. There are many important ways whereby 11 hete two countries could be drawn together, despi e exclusion laws. “The entrance of Indian studen’s to Australian universities, where standards of practical sciences are high, is not barred, the only barrier being the desperate poverty of the students. “Could' not Australia offer bur-s.'r-Us, enabling tlie bst studen’s to finish medical and scien ific courses in Australia? Som . of the strongest lies binding China to Am-rica have >een similarly formed.”