NO INSULT TO ASIA
INDIAN LAND BILL GEN. SMUTS’ DEFENCE NO FEAR OF THREATS CAPE TOWN, March 25. The South African Prime Minister, General J. C. Smuts, in moving the second reading of the Asiatic Trnncl Tenure Bill, said there had been attempts abroad to exploil the bill’s international implications and magnify its importance. He would be the last person !o minimise its importance from an international viewpoint, but essentially it was an internal measure to promote social pence. "We arc not vping to be frightened by any movements or any propaganda.” lrc said. "It is not true tire bill is an insult and a challenge to Asia.” 1C the Indian-African question were allowed to drift, South Africa might be on the rocks. The question might become a first-class international issue. The bill was an attempt to limit the mischievousness of the historical mistake of admitting Indian labour to Natal in 1860.
The public galleries were crowded. Those present included the Indian High Commissioner,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21981, 27 March 1946, Page 5
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