The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-23
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fhe handing m CanHas shall ht sua
shn Same hewby prohibited ~ ant
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isufnss from the eountra 0f @hieh
flte, sra natives ~ eitlnens and np-
an through tickets purchased tn lhai
country or purchased ST prepaid in
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he Is noted that this order in-
Council number a2n has been sas
bonded in the case of aliens and the
petitioners respectfully submit to The
immortal Conference Why il should
not be rescinded on behalf Of fellow
subjects
The hardships entailed 10y this Ia"
is explained by the statement taat
there is no direct steamship O. az
munication between indian ports an,
Canada and that the ffindus cannot
purchase steamship tickets from IN
dia for any point IN Canada as the
steamship companies will not take
the risk of being compelled TO carry
them back I'm the event that theF
are for any reason refused admls-
sion to that country The petition
continues
As long as thcy tHndusi are
British subjects and British territory
is the land of their citizenship from
the Interpretation Of the Imperial
and parental government. II need
less to point out that the narrow
INTERPRETATIONS Of the Dominion gov
ernmcnt about the land of citizen
( shin do not allow them to enter
/ Canada from Great Britain Hong
Kong. Shanghai and other parts OF
the British empire These men can
travel unhampered in China, Ger
or the Sahara.
init INN iyr- "a
ton laws are quite inconsistent with
the Imperial policy because they dis
crimmate against the people of In
dia who are British subjects, as
compared with other British sub
iects.
According to the petitioners there
are some 5000 Hindus resident in
Canada most of them in the Prov
ince of British Columbia, all work
Ing steadily but as result of th'
Objectionable restriction, not SIN
gle Hindu whether merchant, stu
dent or tourist coming to Canada
during the past two years has been
allowed to remain here,
II is stated that while a Japanese
wishing to enter Canada is required
to show only $50 in his possession
a Hindu must have 5000 Many
| Hindus wish to make Canada their
| home and that this may be made
possible, the petitioners in conclu-
| sion submit
'rhat, with due respect to the Do
minion government at ottawa, thai
! the disgraceful conditions of those
| our fellow citizens may be brought
| up before the Imperial Conference
and the whole question of Hindu
/ immigration may be put on prop
er basis with the help and co-opera-
ton of Sir Wilfred Laurier and His
| Majesty's government