INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The dissatisfaction which has for some time existed among ihe Indian Coolies in South Africa at the restrictions that have been placed upon them in immigration laws, social conditions and in some cases in their compulsory return to India, is at last finding expression Attention for some time has been c tiled to their position by British Liberal journals. In India the protests nave been very pronounced and very serious. It is advanced above all that they are British subjects and should receive consideration as such. Undoubtedly they have right oj their side, and something will require to be done. It is another phase of a very important que-tion that the British Empire sooner or later will have to settle—the colour distinction question.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2027, 17 September 1913, Page 4
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127INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2027, 17 September 1913, Page 4
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