INDIA & AUSTRALIA

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1937, Page 2

INDIA & AUSTRALIA

CLOSER FRIENDSHIP URGED.

EASTERN BALANCE OF POWER

LONDON, April 17

One of the most vital world problem of to-day is the maintenance of the balance of power in the Far East, writes the Indian publicist, Dr C. F. Andrews, in the Spectator. He s.’.ys he found the greatest eagerness in Australia a (tout India’s attitude to Japan. “It is time to cultivate friendship between, India and Australia. The unfortunate phrase ‘White Australia’ is still in the way and badly needs rev.sion,” Dr Andrews writes. “It ought to be pointed out that its main object is economic, not racial. “The phrase is regarded as insulting, and should be withdrawn, and a. puiely economic title substituted.”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 two countries could be drawn together, in spite of exclusion laws.

“The entrance of Indian students to Australian universities, where stand nrds of practical sciences are high, are not barred, the only barrifer be'ng the desperate poverty of the students.

“Could not Australia offer bursaries enabling the best students to finish medical and scientific courses in Aus tralia? Some of the strongest ties binding China to America have been similarly formed.