The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-22
. HINDU PROTEST
BRITISH Su3JEcTts AN
CHANGE IN CANADA IMNl.
GRAFTON LAWS.
Mere Difficult For Them to Enteg
American Colony than for
Chineoe--Aardships Point
ed Out.

London, May II The pesulia dis
advantage at which TIindus w:o wish
to emigrate to Canada find thensel-
yes is set forth in petition from
TIE Hindu Friends Society OF Victoria
B. c., and addressed to the Imperial
Conference which viii open in this
city next week.
The petitioners point sut that the
Dominion emigration laws make it
more difficult for british citizen
to emigrate from Yncla to CaAatia
than It is for Japenese or Chinese
to become a resident of the Canadian
part of the Empire They quote
Canadian order-of-Council effective
since May. 1sto. as follows:
From and after the date hereof,
the landing In Canada shalt be and
the same is hereby prohibited OF any
immigrants who have come 10 Canada
otherwise than by continuous Journey
from the country of which they are
natives or citizens, and upon through
tickets purchased in that country or
purchased or prepaid in Canada"
1t is noted that this order-in-Coun-
Gil number 800 has been suspended
In the case or aliens and the petit
TONERS respectfully submit to the I'm.
perial Conference, why it should not
be rescinded on behalf OF fellow sub
jeets.
The hardship entailed by this law
is explained by the statement that
there is no direct steamship com
Canada and that the HInddus cannot
munication between Indian porto and
canada and that the Hindus cannot
purchase steamship tickets from In
Ola for any point in Canada as the
steamship companies will not take
me FISK Of being compelled to carry
them back in the event that thew ara
Tor any reason refused admission 10
mat country. The petition continues:
AS long as the (Hsndus) are brit.
ish subjects anu British territory ia
the land of their citizenship from the
Interpretation of the Imperial and
parental government. II is needless
to point out that the narrow fnterpre-
tations of the Dominion Government
about the land of citizenship do not
allow them to enter Canada from
Great Britain, Hon Kong, Shanghai
and other parts of the British Empire.
lhese men can travel unhampered in
China, Germany or the Sahara.
The present Dominion immigration
laws are quite inconsistent with. the
Imperial policy because tney discrl-
inmate against the people OF India
who are British subjects, as compared /
with other British subjects"
According TO the petitioners there
are some 5000 Hindus resident in
Canada, most of them in the Province
OF British Columbia. all working
steadily but AS result or the oh.
1eetionable restriction, mot single
HINDU, whether merchant. student or
tourist coming to Canada during the
last two years has been allowed 70
remain here"
II fs stated that while Japenese
wishing to enter Canada Is re1nfred
to show $50 in his possession. Hinni
must have 5000 Many Hinsus w,sh
TO make Canada Their -sme and that
this may be made possible the petit
TONERS In conclusion submit:
That with due respect to the DO
minion government at Ottawa. thar
the disgraceful conditions OF those
our fellow citizens may be BROUGHT
m before the Tmeperiai Conference
and the whole question OF Hindu i'm.
NAV be put on pronar
basis with the helm and coonerat'on
q Sir WE I Jaurier and His Ma
iesty's government"
Rain or shine go IN tha Eiinu a. !