THE DAILY PROVINCE
FEBRUARY 28, 1912

THE HINDU QUESTION.

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After an enquiry instated by the interior department into the whole
question of Hindu immigration, and the conditions prevailing in British
Columbia, the Federal Government has come to the conclusion that the
regulations against the entry of East Indian women, who seek to join their
husbands here, shall not be relaxed. The decision will no doubt find general
endorsement in this province, but it should be noted that the government did
not reach this conclusion as a result of representations by the public here. It
was on the strength of an investigation conducted by its own commissioner.
From that point of view the conclusion arrived at is a direct rebuff to those
people in the East, and especially in Toronto, who made such a determined
effort to throw open the door to this class of immigration, who in fact favor
indiscriminate entry of all Asiatic peoples.
It is impossible not to feel a sentiment of pity for the Hindu people now
here. To separate them from their families can not(Sic) fail to work a hardship
upon them individually. But if the good of our own community and of the
country at large demands, as it seems to demand, the exclusion of these
people’s families, we can not(Sic) be expected to allow sentiment to sway us
to our own undoing.