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Why Indo Ceylon talks failed? Ceylon betrayed by Indians here? Mr.Senanayaka speaks
Congress camp saturday ;
Details about abortive indo ceylon talks at delhi reveals for the first time Mr.D.S.Senanayaka, one of ceylon delegates to delhi. When he spoke as chairman of the reception committee at today's session the Ceylon National Congress at Mirigama Mr.EAP Wijyearatna president elect occupied the chair.
Remarking that the vast number of Indians in ceylon regarded India as their home and
Ceylon only as their place of occupation, Mr.Senanayak specifically mention the tentative proposals which were laid before the Delhi conference as embodying conditions under which the status of indian in ceylon should be determine.
I make bold to say declared Mr.Senanayaake ' that the chief reason why our confrence with the representatives of the Indian Government failed was because fo the poisonous atmosphere already crated by so called indian leaders from Ceylon who are betraying this country"
The vast majority of the Indians in Ceyon have no intention of permanently settling down in Ceylon . They do no bring their families here. They are here only ot earn and make money and take ti away to India" said Mr.Senanayake.
I these people are to be given the franchise without restriction and admitted to full rights of citizenship we would be taking upon ourselves intolerable burdens and facing grave dangers. These sojourns would l e entitled to share in all the messures which we adopt for the economic amelioration of the condition of our people.
" Such a claim becomes all the more ridiculous when we consider that many of the sufferings which our people endure by reason of unemployment are to a large extent due to the presence of Indians who have rapidly ousted our people from employment and gainful occupations of all kinds.
On the outher hand there is a small minority of indians who have made Ceylon their permanent home and in their way of living have identified themselves with us. Tho them we are willing to exetend the full rights of citizenship and to treat them as Ceylonese.
The Proposals
"On these principles we placed before the recent Indo - Ceylon Conference at Delhi certain tentative proposals laying down the conditions under which the state of Indians in Ceylon should be determined
They were as follows :
(1) Persons of Indian descent who posses a Ceylon domicile or origin ..I e :, those born in Ceylon of a father having a Ceylon domicile of origin or of choice, will be consider Ceylonese and wil be entitled to all the rights and privilegers of Ceylonese.
(2) Other personas of Indian decsent now resident in Ceylon There will be entitled to the rights and privileges normal accorded to British subjects. Within this class those who possess a Ceylon domicile of choice (Whiche must unclude 5 years residenc) will be entitled to state Councile franchise, but will be not entitled to certain privileges reserved for Ceylonese,e.g, under the land development ordinance and Fisheries ordinance, and to apply for post under the Ceylon Government.
The whole of this class, e.g, other persons of Indian descent now resident in Ceylon, will be entitled to on application to certificates of residence, entitling them to reside and earn their living in Ceylon, subject to such conditions as many be set out in the certificate.
On our proposals Indinans now in Ceylon may be divided in to three classes -
(1) The second generation of Indians who have made Ceylon their permanent home. To those we give full rights of citizenship and treat them as Ceylones for all purposs.
(11) Those Indians now in Ceylon who have made Ceylon theri permanent home, irrespective of who their parents were, and have resided at lease five years. To these we not only give the right to continue to reside and earn their living, but also they will not be entitled to to certain special benefits, e.g, obtaining crown land under goverment schemes , etc.
(111) Those Indians now in Ceylon who have not settled permanently here but continue to have connexions with India. These will be entitled to obtain certificates to enable them to continue to reside and earn their living, but they will not have any other rights such as the franchise.
Indian Point of View
The representative of the government of Inida rejected these proposals and made the following counter proposals : -
(1) Our category (1) giving full rights of citizenship to the second generation of Indians permanently settled in Ceylon , to remain .
(2) Full rights of citizenship, with the exceptions stated below, to be conferred on all Indians who can furnish proof.
(a) of five years residence, and
(b) of a permanent interest in the Island.
The fact that a married person lives in Ceylon with his wife and children would suffice to raise the presumptions of permanent interest. Similar test to be adopted for unmarried persons. The only exceptions from the full rights of citizenship applicable to this class are the following: -
(1) They may not claim the right to appointment in the Ceylon government service but their descendants are to be entitled to it .
(11) They may not claim grants of crown land already set apart for Ceylonese, but they are to have equality of rights to all other crown land.
(3) Other Indians not coming under the above classes to be entitled to engage in any lawful vocation or calling which they now exercise or may hereafter exercise, with out discrimination. These Indians now in Ceylon may however qualify in the future to come with in category (2)
The difference between our proposals and those of the indian Government representatives may be briefly put as follows : - We proposed that the franchise should be given to all Indians now in Ceylon who have permanently settled down here, and that full rights of citizenship should be given only to the second generation of such Indians. Their proposals was that full rights of citizenship with very minor restrictions should be given to all Indians who have lived five years in Ceylon and have their families here.
Their proposals would practically amount to our having to confer full rights of citizenship on the entire 900,000 Indians now in Ceylon irrespective of the fact that their real home is India and not Ceylon, except to those who choose to leave Ceylon.
We found it impossible to agree to these proposals and so the conference had to end in this unsatisfactory manner. We suggested that the proposed Indo Ceylon trade talks be taken up but the representatives of the government of India had been established they were prepared to discuss question of trade between the two countries.
Congress camp saturday
Details about abortive indo ceylon talks at delhi reveals for the first time Mr.D.S.Senanayaka, one of ceylon delegates to delhi. When he spoke as chairman of the reception committee at today's session the Ceylon National Congress at Mirigama Mr.EAP Wijyearatna president elect occupied the chair.
Remarking that the vast number of Indians in ceylon regarded India as their home and
Ceylon only as their place of occupation, Mr.Senanayak specifically mention the tentative proposals which were laid before the Delhi conference as embodying conditions under which the status of indian in ceylon should be determine.
I make bold to say declared Mr.Senanayaake ' that the chief reason why our confrence with the representatives of the Indian Government failed was because fo the poisonous atmosphere already crated by so called indian leaders from Ceylon who are betraying this country"
The vast majority of the Indians in Ceyon have no intention of permanently settling down in Ceylon . They do no bring their families here. They are here only ot earn and make money and take ti away to India" said Mr.Senanayake.
I these people are to be given the franchise without restriction and admitted to full rights of citizenship we would be taking upon ourselves intolerable burdens and facing grave dangers. These sojourns would l e entitled to share in all the messures which we adopt for the economic amelioration of the condition of our people.
" Such a claim becomes all the more ridiculous when we consider that many of the sufferings which our people endure by reason of unemployment are to a large extent due to the presence of Indians who have rapidly ousted our people from employment and gainful occupations of all kinds.
On the outher hand there is a small minority of indians who have made Ceylon their permanent home and in their way of living have identified themselves with us. Tho them we are willing to exetend the full rights of citizenship and to treat them as Ceylonese.
The Proposals
"On these principles we placed before the recent Indo - Ceylon Conference at Delhi certain tentative proposals laying down the conditions under which the state of Indians in Ceylon should be determined
They were as follows :
(1) Persons of Indian descent who posses a Ceylon domicile or origin ..I e :, those born in Ceylon of a father having a Ceylon domicile of origin or of choice, will be consider Ceylonese and wil be entitled to all the rights and privilegers of Ceylonese.
(2) Other personas of Indian decsent now resident in Ceylon There will be entitled to the rights and privileges normal accorded to British subjects. Within this class those who possess a Ceylon domicile of choice (Whiche must unclude 5 years residenc) will be entitled to state Councile franchise, but will be not entitled to certain privileges reserved for Ceylonese,e.g, under the land development ordinance and Fisheries ordinance, and to apply for post under the Ceylon Government.
The whole of this class, e.g, other persons of Indian descent now resident in Ceylon, will be entitled to on application to certificates of residence, entitling them to reside and earn their living in Ceylon, subject to such conditions as many be set out in the certificate.
On our proposals Indinans now in Ceylon may be divided in to three classes -
(1) The second generation of Indians who have made Ceylon their permanent home. To those we give full rights of citizenship and treat them as Ceylones for all purposs.
(11) Those Indians now in Ceylon who have made Ceylon theri permanent home, irrespective of who their parents were, and have resided at lease five years. To these we not only give the right to continue to reside and earn their living, but also they will not be entitled to to certain special benefits, e.g, obtaining crown land under goverment schemes , etc.
(111) Those Indians now in Ceylon who have not settled permanently here but continue to have connexions with India. These will be entitled to obtain certificates to enable them to continue to reside and earn their living, but they will not have any other rights such as the franchise.
Indian Point of View
The representative of the government of Inida rejected these proposals and made the following counter proposals : -
(1) Our category (1) giving full rights of citizenship to the second generation of Indians permanently settled in Ceylon , to remain .
(2) Full rights of citizenship, with the exceptions stated below, to be conferred on all Indians who can furnish proof.
(a) of five years residence, and
(b) of a permanent interest in the Island.
The fact that a married person lives in Ceylon with his wife and children would suffice to raise the presumptions of permanent interest. Similar test to be adopted for unmarried persons. The only exceptions from the full rights of citizenship applicable to this class are the following: -
(1) They may not claim the right to appointment in the Ceylon government service but their descendants are to be entitled to it .
(11) They may not claim grants of crown land already set apart for Ceylonese, but they are to have equality of rights to all other crown land.
(3) Other Indians not coming under the above classes to be entitled to engage in any lawful vocation or calling which they now exercise or may hereafter exercise, with out discrimination. These Indians now in Ceylon may however qualify in the future to come with in category (2)
The difference between our proposals and those of the indian Government representatives may be briefly put as follows : - We proposed that the franchise should be given to all Indians now in Ceylon who have permanently settled down here, and that full rights of citizenship should be given only to the second generation of such Indians. Their proposals was that full rights of citizenship with very minor restrictions should be given to all Indians who have lived five years in Ceylon and have their families here.
Their proposals would practically amount to our having to confer full rights of citizenship on the entire 900,000 Indians now in Ceylon irrespective of the fact that their real home is India and not Ceylon, except to those who choose to leave Ceylon.
We found it impossible to agree to these proposals and so the conference had to end in this unsatisfactory manner. We suggested that the proposed Indo Ceylon trade talks be taken up but the representatives of the government of India had been established they were prepared to discuss question of trade between the two countries.
LYING Tales
No one but a man who is absolutely blind or absolutely dishonest can fail to see that within the last few decades the Indian in Ceylon have made enormous strides in ousting our people out of their business property. Compared to their own country, Ceylon has been a veritable paradise to them.
When these are the facts, it is a most depressing thought that some among them whose parents have made fortunes in ceylon and who today are living in comfort and luxury only because of the hospitality of the people of Ceylon, should betray this country by carrying to India lying tales of imaginary grievances.
All this is for their own selfish political ends . I make bold to say that the chief reason why our conference with the representatives of the indian government failed because of the poisonous atmosphere already created by the so called Indian leaders from Ceylon, who are betraying this country.
These indian delegates broke off the conference becaus mutual good will had not been established.
What chance was there for mutual goon will to be established when the had already been poisoned?
I appeal to you with all the earnestness at many command to realize that unless we can stand the tide of this growing domination of the Indians in Ceylon in our economical and political life, our extinction as a Ceylonese nation is doomed.
We must rouse the whole country , all the races that callthis lanka our home whether is be sinhales, Ceylon tamils, Ceylon Moors,Burgers or malays to live by constitutional methods to bring before the British people our just demands that we, the Ceylonese nation must have the sole say in the affairs of our country.
LYING Tales
No one but a man who is absolutely blind or absolutely dishonest can fail to see that within the last few decades the Indian in Ceylon have made enormous strides in ousting our people out of their business property. Compared to their own country, Ceylon has been a veritable paradise to them.
When these are the facts, it is a most depressing thought that some among them whose parents have made fortunes in ceylon and who today are living in comfort and luxury only because of the hospitality of the people of Ceylon, should betray this country by carrying to India lying tales of imaginary grievances.
All this is for their own selfish political ends . I make bold to say that the chief reason why our conference with the representatives of the indian government failed because of the poisonous atmosphere already created by the so called Indian leaders from Ceylon, who are betraying this country.
These indian delegates broke off the conference becaus mutual good will had not been established.
What chance was there for mutual goon will to be established when the had already been poisoned?
I appeal to you with all the earnestness at many command to realize that unless we can stand the tide of this growing domination of the Indians in Ceylon in our economical and political life, our extinction as a Ceylonese nation is doomed.
We must rouse the whole country , all the races that callthis lanka our home whether is be sinhales, Ceylon tamils, Ceylon Moors,Burgers or malays to live by constitutional methods to bring before the British people our just demands that we, the Ceylonese nation must have the sole say in the affairs of our country.
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