AFRICA'S PROBLEM.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 9

AFRICA'S PROBLEM.

Indian Special Legislation Abandoned. I VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION, i (Received 1.30 p.m.* CAPETOWN", February 21. The term* of agreement reached al the conference on the Indian question arc now published. I The <k»vernment ha* abandoned the proposal of special Asiatic legislation. 1 which included segregation, but the exi-t-1 ing voluntary expatriation scheme was' extended. The bonus to Indians returning to. India ha* been increased to £30. will) £10 for each child under sixteen, payable in India. Free passages are provided for. together with transport to the port u! embarkation, and from the port of binding in India. Hitherto the scheme has been ignored by the Indian Government, but the' agreement provides for co-operation wit hi the Union Government to the fulle-t extent in order to ensure success. The agreement is regarded as a diplomatic score for the Indian delegate-. I since the status of Indians is unaltered.' and while they obtain no addition to' existing privilege* there is no curtail-1 ;nent of their existing rights, as was proposed in the bill introduced last session. i The Indian delegation to the round table conference at Capetown consisted o! Sir Mohammed Habibullali. the leader. ! Mr. Corbett and Mr. I'addison. of the i Indian Civil Service. Mr. Srinirasa Sastri. Sir Pherozc Sethna, and Sir D'Arcy Lindsay. The leader is a Minister in the l>epartinent oi Education. Health, and Lands. Mr. Corbett did excellent work in the cause oi 'ndian emigration in Fiji in 1922. his -work being thoroughly approved by Indian opinion. Mr. SasUi and Mr. Paddison a:e well-known ior their work on behalf of Indians overseas. Sir Pberoze Sethna is a well-known Bombay business man. who was knighted tins year. Sir D'Arcy Lindsay is in business in Calcutta. His inclusion demonstrates the solidarity of Indian and European opinion. The composition of the delegation wa* highly approved in India.