PLACE IN EMPIRE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 17 February 1921, Page 5

PLACE IN EMPIRE.

RACIAL EQUALITY. \

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—CDPYRIQHT

(Reuter.)

DELHI, Feb. 15

In the Legislative Assembly, Jamna- ' dass Doardass, of Bombay, moved a re-:! solution recommending the GovernorGeneral, firstly, to declare the firm re- ' Solve of the Raj to maintain that the connection of India with the Empire is based on the principle of equal partnership and perfect racial equality, Indian lives being held as sacred as British; secondly, expressing regret' that martial law in the Punjab departed ( from these principles, and was calculated to deeply wound the self respect of Indians; thirdly, to compensate the families of certain Indians who suffered through the Amritsar troubles on the same scale as Europeans, and to further punish the officers guilty of an improper exercise of their duties.

After a lengthy discussion the motion was withdrawn.

The speeches were marked by seriousness and moderation, with au evident desire on all sules to avoid bitterness, and comply with the Duke of Connaught's appeal to forget and forgive. *