ASIATICS IN THE TRANSVAAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 40, 6 February 1908, Page 3

ASIATICS IN THE TRANSVAAL

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t- j DEBATE IS THE Lull!IS. ■ | mi; uu\ £i.\ii£.vr i u.\DL.\i.\m ; lieccivcd oiU. 1 i p.ui. " ; Euj;dioi, i t'briiarv : Luid Ampthill laiw di'Uitu m iI R ! li'm-,. I.i |.,n,|, rt . S jK«tjii s iik. tri\U!m-iil "I liriii-li liidiiiiis in the inui-vail. Jlc i tA]iru.~!i'J i>iitctiun uilli l!u' i'iiii|iru ( r.iire arranged, though he \va.-s of opinnji ; tH.it the <invennneut lo have m'1 cured a settlement hi'iove tia; j ltan>vaal yelt'-goverinnent. | Lurd Curzon taid the setvlemeni was f ii«»l tin il ironi the stand]ioiiit> of the ! ludian-.. Two forces were pulling in j opposite directions, lie thai Uie ! restrictions ought to bo a> little \»wa- ! tious and injurious as possible. Tiie ; educated higher clashes of natives might . not to he jicrdcd with men of a lowir , debtee. J Lord Elgin said an honorable scttle- ! menl had t)oen arranged that was >;ilit--j factory to both parties. Indians were ! excluded in the not on account of their bad qualities, but because of their good qualities. They were patient, industrious, frugal, and temperate, and these qualities made them such formidable competitors to white men. Tn future the Indian community in the Transvaal, though limited in numbers, would ocupy a definite and honorable position. I

Lord Lansdowne, formerly Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said the Government, in bargaining, might have made better terms.

The siilijeit then dropped. The -Marijuis of Kipoii'a motion was seconded l>y Lord Lansdowiie.