Though great efforts are being made to prevent the Bill becoming law, we have to be prepared on the assumption that it will be passed. Questions have been asked from many quarters. I give below a clarification of the important questions raised. It has to be borne in mind that the whole struggle is on behalf of those who hold genuine permits, and those who are not thus equipped should therefore certainly leave the Transvaal. The pre-war residents and others, who have come after the war but hold genuine permits, have to put up a fight.
Nobody can do the boys any harm.
This point clarified, the important thing to understand is how the struggle is to be waged. After the law is passed, an order will be published requiring permits to be renewed within a specified period. No Indian should get his permit renewed within that period. At the expiry of the period, the Government can arrest any person, if they choose, for residing in the Transvaal without a permit. It cannot be said for certain who will be arrested and where.