THE COLOR QUESTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 52, 20 February 1908, Page 2

THE COLOR QUESTION.

TREATMENT 01' ASIATICS I.V TilE COLONIES. IM.SCUSSEJJ 1!V TILE lIOCSK 01'' LORDS. London, February 18. 11l the House of Lords, Lord Amptliill asked if the Government intended to invite the Governments of the colonies to discuss at a conference or otherwise the question of the treatment of Asiatics in the colonies with a view to arriving at an agreement upon general principles of Imperial application. The Secretary for the colonies, Lord Klgin, replied that the subject had been debated at the Imperial Conference by Sir William Lyne (Australia), and Ml'. iMackay. The discussions had heel* somewhat lively. Sir Win. Lyne adopting an uncompromising position and prescribing conditions lor the Government of India such as lie (Lord Elgin) 'could never assent to. Kew Zealand's altitude was the same as Sir William ■ Lino's.

'it would be- diltteuU. added Lord Elgin. 1 o initiate a fresh discussion so soon nftor the Conference. Besides, it ■would Im- scarcely fair to begin again before tlic ink was dry on th* settlements Velently concluded bv C';iinula and the Transvaal. He undertook to use Hhe first opportunity either of si conference, or of some more diplomatic method of settlement, but tlir» present moment was inopportune.