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 that, according to telegraphic accounts received in this country from South Africa, such disorder as arose has completely ceased, I trust that the Government of the Union will fully realise the imperative necessity of treating a loyal section of their fellow subjects in a spirit of equity and in accordance with their rights as free citizens of the British Empire, You may rest assured that the Government of India will not cease to urge these considerations upon His Majesty's Government.

  Under the auspices of the Indian South African League, a public meeting was held on the 15th December 1913 ''in the Y.M.C.A. Auditorium to thank H.E. the Viceroy for his sympathetic assurances about the conditions of Indians in South Africa and to protest against the composition of the Committee appointed by the South African Union Government to go into the question. The Rev. Lord Bishop of Madras, the Chairman, said'':—

Gentlemen,—The object of this meeting is: to convey most respectfully our thanks to His Excellency the Viceroy for his remarks on the South African question during his recent visit to Madras, and our hearty appreciation of the deep sympathy which he has shown with the wrongs and sufferings 