WEST V. EAST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16920, 20 December 1922, Page 7

WEST V. EAST.

SIR D. TATA ON W 0 AD ED BRITONS. RESENTS WHITE AUSTRALIA By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian an 1 N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 20. 11.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 20. Sir Dorab Tala, in an interview, expressed resentment of the attitude of a- section of Australians towards Indians. He declared that the people of India were part and parcel of the British Empire. 'lMiey threw themselves unreservedly into the Great War. neither men nor money being spared. Why, then, should they be treated as aliens, or worse than aliens, in parts of the Empire that they sought to saver He meant by ‘‘worse than aliens,” that a foreigner, even an enemy foreigner, could come to Australia and in a few years seek naturalisation, whereas Indians were denied the franchise. It must not. be forgotten. Sir Dorab said, that it was not the Most that, civilised the East, but vice versa. India had an advanced civilisation when the people of Britain were going about painted with woad. The contemptuous attitude of the West towards the East was calculated to inspire sensitive people like Indians with resentment. Sir Dorab Tata, an Indian magnate, and owner of the famous Jubilee diamond. valued at £500.000. said that the Bombav Municipalitv had decided to boycott everything Australian, including hanks and insurance companies connected with Australia, in consequence of the White Australia policy.