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OCTOBER 25, 1907

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INDIAN RAJAH’S SON TALKS OF RACE
PROBLEM
------------------M. P. Sinha Would Abolish Race Distinctions and Have
Peace.

------------------VISITING IN VANCOUVER.
------------------Takes Liberal View of Situation and Freely Discusses
Grave Question.

------------------M. P. Sinha, of Agre, the old Mogul capital in India, is at present visiting
in Vancouver and is a guest at Hotel Irving. He is accompanied by his wife and
Mrs. Allen, a lady physician who is in attendance upon Mrs. Sinha. The party is
touring the globe, and that part of their itinerary already completed includes
the capitals of Europe and London as well as the principal points in Canada
and the United States.
Mr. Sinha holds a very distinguished position in his native land, being
the son of the Rajah-of Agre, and the heir apparent to the title. He is highly
educated and speaks English fluently, possessing a wealth of verbiage.
En Route Two Months.
The party left Bombay on August 17. Mr. Sinha freely discussed
questions of a public character. He is decidedly well informed and in order to
familiarize himself with the other countries of the world, he proposes to
traverse the globe seven times, this being his first trip. He is obliged to
abbreviate his present journey owing to the weakened condition of his wife
after a few days here will go on to Japan and thence[Sic] home. Each trip will
cost him upwards of $6000, but he considers that the money is well spent

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because of the education it will provide for him. Mr. Sinha is very favorably
impressed with Vancouver.
“It is a very busy place,” he said, “and as far as I can see is very
cosmopolitan.”
Asiatic Question Puzzling.
“How do you regard this present Asiatic problem?” was propounded.
“That is a very difficult question to answer,” he replied. “It is a question
that would puzzle experienced politicians and they would hesitate in
answering it.”
In my estimation the great object of humanity is to establish universal
peace and in order to establish permanent harmony and peace it would be
necessary to abolish the distinction between races, languages and countries.
But the aim and object of this present trouble in Vancouver is to keep
the Asiatics out of the country then the other and broader purpose cannot be
served. Of course I admit that the only immediate solution of the problem is to
keep the Asiatics back. The races must mix and intermarry before the problem
of universal peace is solved but at the present time the solution appears to be
far away.
“How about a restricted immigration?”
“Well, that certainly appears to be a good idea but the permanent result
would be different.”
Living in India.
Mr. Sinha said that of all the countries he had visited he found Canada
and the United States the mostly costly in which to live. In India one could live
so much cheaper than in any other land. He reviewed labor conditions there
are showed how laborers would often work for a sum equivalent to 10 cents a
day.