RIGHTS OF INDIANS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1922, Page 5

RIGHTS OF INDIANS.

STATUS IN DOMINION. REMOVING DISABILITIES. SOME PROGRESS MADE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 6, 5.5 p.m. Delhi, Sept. 5. The Viceroy (Lord Reading), in opening the legislative session, alluded to Mr. Sastri’s mission to the Dominions. He said there was every reason to be gratified at the impression he made and the reception extended him. Mr. Sastri already had been successful in obtaining the removal of some minor disabilities from domiciled Indians, and His Excellency trusted that in due course he would be successful in regard to the larg?r questions, and that the friendly feeling towards India created by Mr. Sastri’s mission may conduce towards the realisation of India’s reasonable expectations. The Indian Government has been and will be unremitting in urging the rights of overseas Indians throughout the Empire. Lord Reading added that there was no change of policy on the part of the Imperial Government towards India, but recent events in India had had an effect on the British Parliament and people, and he appealed to the legislators to use their utmost influence with the masses. Their progress towards self-government depended upon securing the woodwill of the British Parliament.—Reuter.