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TTTF. SO-CALLED ASIATIC MENACE. SOUTH AFRICAN INQUIRY. Australian and N.Z Cable Aoryiltlos. CAPETOWN, Alarch 12. The Government Asiatic Inquiry Commission regards the so-called Asiatic menace ’as exaggerated. It was inconceivable that- the few thousand Asiatics in the Transvaal could ever swamp the 'European populationThe Commission is unable to support a policy of repression. General and compulsory segregation would result in helotxy. degrading the Asiatics, and reacting on The Europeans. Compulsory repatriation was out- of the question, but the Commission strongly favours an arrangement for voluntary j repatriation and also voluntary segregation under municipalities. It recommends the continuance of the Transvaal law forbidding Asiatics to acquire land except under certain restrictions ; also uniform licensing laws, empowering the municipalities to refuse licenses -without giving a reason, subject to a special board; no relaxation of the immigration laws; and the Government Asiatic policy to be administered by one official.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10849, 15 March 1921, Page 5
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