26 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 2

The agreement which has been reached between the Union of

South Africa and India about the resident Indians in the Union is honourable to both countries, Neither side can claim a victory, and in that fact lies the promise of peace. South Africa recognizes that Indians who are prepared to conform to Western standards of life should be enabled to do so in the Union. India, for her part, recognizes that the Union has a perfect right to maintain 'Western standards. The Union will subsidize the emigration of those Indians who wish to leave South Africa. Union domicile will be lost afte three years' continuous absence, but this provision wil apply generally and not only to Indians. * * * *