TRANSVAAL ASIATICS.
Press Association—Copyright. London, January 29. Mr Cliownaggree, in a speech at the New Reform Club, said that the Transvaal's outrageous treatment of Asiatics had already created a crisis which would become an Imperial danger if continued. Lord Elgin's attempt to shelter behind the plea that it was impossible to interfere with the legislation of an autonomous colony was a flimsy excuse, since self-government was given to enable the colony to deal with its internal affairs, not to tyrannise over other British subjects.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 327, 31 January 1908, Page 3
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84TRANSVAAL ASIATICS. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 327, 31 January 1908, Page 3
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