CLOSER BONDS URGED

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 8

CLOSER BONDS URGED

rINDIA AND AUSTRALIA. V ■AN UNFORTUNATE SLOGAN LONDON, April 18. One of the most vital world problems of today is the maintenance, of the balance of power in'the Far East, writes the Indian publicist, ■ Dr. C.F. I Andrews, in "The Spectator." He/says he found the greatest interest in, Australia about India's attitude to Japan. "It is time to cultivate friendship between India and Australia. The-unfor-tunate phrase 'White Australia': is still in the way and badly needs revision," Dr. Andrews writes. ."It ought to-be •pointed out, that its main object is economic, not racial. / , ''.'■■■' v : "The phrase is regarded as insulting, and should be withdrawn, and a purely economic title substituted. ■."■■'■ ;; . "Indians ■ domiciled. in Australia are treated as citizens,, and, there is no colour- bar. A political mission from Australia': to India is long overdue. There are many important ways whereby these iwo countries' could be drawn together,'-in spite of exclusion1 laws. r "The entrance of Indian students 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'bursaries, enabling the best students to finish medical and scientific courses in Australia? Some of the strongest ties binding China.to America have been similarly formed."