Australia Warned Against Loss of India’s Friendship
MELBOURNE. —A warning that the loss of India’s friendship would have serious results to Australia, was given here recently by Dr. < . F. Andrews, vicepresident of Sir Rabindranath Tagore’s university at India, and delegate of the World Christian Student Movement. made India the important, link between Britain and Australia,” lit 1 said, ‘‘and lit would be a catastiophe for the British Commonwealth ot Nations if India, through unfriendly action or neglect on I Australia’s part, were eliminated from Australia should make advances to India to show that in spite of economic policy it was not unsympathetic toward India’s nationalistic movement, Dr. An- ■■ The White Australia policy made India think that its coloured races were despised,” he added, ‘‘and bad feeling was dispelled only in 1918 with the abolition of Indian indentured labour in Fiji, and by the 1922-23 reciprocity 1 agreement between Australia and In-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 24 November 1936, Page 10
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