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INDIAN OPINION April 3rd. 1925
a position that cannot be" envied by any self· DR. MOLL'S OPINION OF THE PRo-ASIATIC
respectjng people. And that is. not the end of it. Such '\The man who is pro-Asiatic in this country is a
fUrther legisration is before tp.e Provincial Council and peril to the future of South Africa," said Dr: Moll
the Union Parliament in the course of being passed
of Johannesburg, in a speech to the N'orwoOlI Anti.
~iatic Association recently. All over the world
without heedihg to the voice of those against whom tue white races were fighting against the menace.
it iff directed and stilr more is under preparation. Australia, Canada and the United States had closed
And what is the reason for all this? Are Indians their doors to the Asiatics, and South Africa should
in this country such treacherollli people? Are they not forget her duty to her future generatIons. The"
so wild that they require all this control? Are The Indians, Dr. Moll declared, looked on Africa i::
their tenjtory in all seriousness, and he urged that"
they nOf law-abiding? Are they seditious? Are
everything should be done to fight the menace. The I
they crhhinal? To that the authorities rep~y: "Oh movement should spread from the small townships
no, they are the most law-abiding and peaceful into the provinces and throughout the length and ,
citizens: they have rendered llseful service iI\ the breadth of the land. One good pomt diseernible in' I
development of this country." What then is the the effects of the menace was that it would be the I
matter With them? They are very industrious; means of uniting the white population of this coun- i
their requirem~nts are meagre and hence they are
try. It was a most scandalous thing that the race :
should be divided about little things when this I
progressing much faster in every ,direction. But storm was gathering. There should be on(' big l
they have not shown any inclination of becoming w,ute stream directE'd against the menace.
rulers of thisCOl.1lltry, have they? Oh no, not in
the lealit. _
And this is why Indians ill" thIS country strongly
CHRISTIANITY VS. RACIALISM 1
feel that the treatment they are sub)·ected to is A striking sermon was recently delivQred by the
Rev. E. F. Paget, of Betloni, in the Palladium
totally unwarranted. They feel that as subjects of Theatre;, i
His l\fa;eaty: the King their lot in this country is Love, he said, as exemplified by the actions of j
-anything but pleasant and therefore they feel that Christ was not the "weak and silly lientimental ,:
tqIS is not a tlffi'e for them to rejoice.' stuff" which was being "dished out to the world." t:
But w-hat has this got to do with the Prince? it That sort of love did not encourage anyone to acts II'
- of sacrifice. "- :,
is argued. / Chriet did not come to get rich ,quick. He was II
The unJustifiable acts committed by the Govern- not looking fo~· poplIlarity, votes or brioos. He had ;!
ment of this country agaiJist -a section of His no axe to grmd. He merely cami to Berve his H
Majesty's_subjects are committed in his name and it fellow-men. jH
is felt that in so far a.s His Royal lIighness is con-. The gospel of Christ was a revolutionary onE'. He'
loved the humble. "He kept compant with the;,
nected wIth this system he has to bear the responsi- sort of people you w9uld cut dead in the str('et be- 'i
bility.
._ ~ callse you did not want to be seen I'Ipeaking to them,''' ,I.
Moreover It is felt that by refraining from.Arl1 add€d Mr. Paget. , t"
jollifications we do/not in fIielOOst"'mean (6 c~~V"ey Any fool could: merely love nis friends and hate
to His Royal Highness that we are lacking in our his enemies. The teaching of Christ demanded,
f h
'-' 11· to th Th' however, that any enemy should be treated as a I
respect or 1m or m our a eglance e rone. friend. i
What we wish to convey to" him is this that he "You can ridicule as much as you like about the: I
should not be misgmded into the belief that all his tlieory of turning the other cheek and you can say' I
father'S subjects are happy and contented; for it is a mug's game," declared the speaker. "If thad
there are some of his lllOst l{)yal subjects who are is so, then Christ is a mug and you believe in and I
b . .• 1 d d th . - h -1 f
emg crus 1e un er e Jron ee s
d t follow a mug."
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