Proceedings of the first Independence congress : held in the city of Manila, Philippine islands, February 22-26, 1930 / Published under the direction of Dean maximo M. Kalaw, executive secretary, University of the Philippines.

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possibilities are mere dreams and they have no attraction for
him, The most discouraging restriction upon Hindu emigration to the Philippines is the control exercised by the British
government over India emigration to foreign countries. On
the pretext that Indians migrating to foreign countries have
been abused, exploited, and robbed, the British government
has from time to time curtailed and extended the privilege of
emigration of Indian people in accordance with British interests. To-day emigration and the dispatch of indentured labor
to the French and Dutch colonies have been stopped and Hindus are allowed to emigrate only to British colonies, such as
Mauritius, British Guiana, Trinidad, St. Vincent, Fiji, and
Natal. Until India shall have obtained her independence from
the British Empire, it will be reasonable to assume that the
mother country would prefer to have the surplus population
of India go to her colonies to help develop the resources of
the people in whom she is more interested.
The menace of 150 million Malayans in southeastern Asia
and the East Indies, if it should ever come at all, will be from
the direction of Java and Madura. In order to escape political slavery and enter a country where opportunities and
resources are certainly more abundant, the outward flow of
these people may seem to be naturally toward the Philippines.
Holland's interest in her other East Indies colonies and outlying possessions will not allow the surplus population to get
out of her control, because other islands of the East Indies and
her outlying possessions are sparsely populated and their resources have hardly been touched and exploited. For this
reason she has, by restrictive legislation, prohibited indentured
emigration to foreign countries and has encouraged the proper
redistribution of the population among her possessions by systematic colonization of and emigration to other Dutch possessions. Like Great Britain, Holland will not release the
population of her colonies to other countries, because of her interest in her own colonies. ~
Our very great hope for freedom from the population menace of Japan, India, and Java seems to be darkened, however,
by the possibility of a Chinese invasion. China's enormous