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fKE DAILY GLEANER, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 5, 193J.I1rpt1trnPE AC K HANXKR DKDIPATEI) AS INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL. Pictured above is the white iilken banner dc«ie:ftM by Nicholas Roerich to be an international aymbol of peace through culture. The banner will be sent on a tour of the world. In each country where the banner \n received the flag of thatnation will be attached The above photo, made recently in New York a* the banner was dedicated,rhow* left to right, Louis L. Horch, Rev. I)r. Robert Norwood, and George Gordon Battle.r1East Indians Of Trinidad Protestthink that any East Indian could have done that. We shall leavehim alone. I bellava hia Conscienceto-day is the groat**t chastiser of tliai man. We may escape from ourworst enemies in some secludedspot in this \,orld. *A hermit may hide in mountains; a cannibal in a cave; n pilot In mld-ocaan; butone cannot escape from his conscience. I bet you he has got the greatest blow from his conscience and wherever he goes he will hearthe still voice(“Like Jud.-s.” said a voict inthe crowd.)“It will always remind him that his conduct on that day was mean(Applause I.ADMIRATION LOST.Mr H H. Ramkeasoon. Barrisler-at-I.aw, seconded the motion, and in the course of his speech said Captain Cipriani feels that the Last Indian community can be attacked with impunity. I feel so happy to see distinguished East Indians here. It will let people know that of whatever race class or treed, the East Indians are not prepared to sea the Hon’ble Teei-ucksingh respected member of theEaat Indian race, intuited with impunity.“I must confess that tip to that morning I had much admiration and esteem for Capt. Cipriani and to-day he reminds mi of these familiar words of Shakespeare: Butyesterday the words of Caesar might have stood against the world; now lies he there and none so poor to do him reverence It must have been very humiliating to th* Captain to be suspendedattitude of the Hon. Timothy Roo-dal in opposing the suspension of Captain Cipriani from the Council meeting.DIGNITY EXPECTED.stained it to the disgraceful extentas he did.ANOTHER MOTIONMr. A. A. Sobrlan aaid:The Legislature ia one of the placet where one expects the highest form of self respect and selfcontrol.It ia certainly not a place where one expects to see manners and hear language of the La Basse. We East Indians and as the Trinidad Guardian” said, all the thinking people of the Colony will commend the bearing of the Hon. Teel-uckslngh in that unhappy incident.PUBLIC SERVICE.The Rev. J. D. RamkeeaoOn said:I do not find myself here as a member of the East Indian National Congress, nor as a friend of the Hon. Teelucksingh nor as a partisan of East Indians though I am proud that I am an East Indian I am here aa one man to protest against the unmanly action of another person. I only hope that the Governor would not Judge the temperament and the character of Trinidadians by the unhappy and improper ebullition of a misbehaving pedagogue like Captain Cipriani. Trinidad people are known for their good manners. Hla conduct Is a stain on the good name of the public of Trinidad, and it i we did is regrettable that he should have for it.He moved a subsidiary motion which was seconded by Mr. J. Mun-gal.It was—That the East Indians in mass assembly desire to place 011 record their deep appreciation of the Hon. Fred Grant for his impartial and admirable conduct In correcting the deliberate mis-statements of Captain Cipriani when he endeavoured to extricate himself from the ignominy of his misbehaviour.If Trinidad, continued Rev. Ram-kfesoon, was made up of men of the character of the Hon. Fred Grant, then the Inhabitants would have no reason to fear for the future.uokRingh he has hit our owh hearts.Mr. A. J. Ramsarran said he was an eye-witness to the incidentand he described it.The once gallant Captain, he said, did not behave as the idol we thought he was.Mr M. Y. Khan of Priae®* Town', and Mr. K. Ramnarace of Fyzabad, also expressed their dt*.approval.Scores of letters and telegramsfrom all parts of the Island werepouring in to the Hon. Sarran TeeLucksingh sympathising with him and congratulating him on hla toLerance.Onfc from Mr. A. OfcwrallyiCouncillor, San Fernando, aaid— East Indians here deeply concerned over sad incident Legislature. Await action of Congreee and Vssoclation on hotheaded end dia-Mr. Paul Blssessar of Tunapuna, , ,,1!cal Rcti strongly support yourand member of the Tacarigua Loral Road Board said:We, of the County of St. George deplore the mean attack and I desire to inform this House that we are calling a meeting in Tunapuna on Sunday next to record the matter and I have been asked to act as Chairman.Mr. A. Ogeerally said:Captain Cipriani has dug his own grave. We helped to organise the Workingmen’s Association In the South, but to our surprise for allfor him we now get a kick By hitting the Hon. Teel-v iws unflinchingly, unanimously.loyally andSCHOLARSHIP AWARDED^BELLEVILLE, Ont., Doc. 24.Clifford Empson McCormick, director of music af Pickering Collegeand son of Ernest W. McCormick of this citv, has been awarded thescholarship of the Royal Academy of Musio and the Royal College of Munir entitling him to three years Dee tuition In London, England. Mr. McCormick is a graduate of Toronto Conservatory of Music*Against Capt. Cipriani's ConductSequel To Recent AttackOn a Member Of TheLegislative Council.600 AT A MEETING.A anbaldinrr motion was alao pas^od recording thofr d*cp appreciation to thn Hon. Fred Grant for hia Impartial and admirable conduct in correcting the deliberatemlARtatcm*nt«* of Captain Cipriani whon be tried to extricate himaelf from tbe Unomlnv of hla misba-with the bare tf«f, anlt;lt aa an Kaat Indian repreaentatlvr of my people I will do if at any moment. All lie hn* to do la to name the time and pliu-e for me and I ahall meet him there.“For the Hon. Sarran Teelnck-alnah I have nothin* but eomraend-Suspending Him Istpphpfrihaviour. This subsidiary motion iation and praise. I know him toAction Of Governor In m()Tpd by thp Rev. J. D. Ram- j be a very heated man. I neverkcesoon. thought that under auch provoca-Mr. L. R Raising, Secretary of tion he would hav« been abl# to the East Indian National Congress, | restrain himself, convened the meeting. ; Is Captain Cipriani's conductA CHALLENGE TO FIGHT. something that you can look uponMr. I,alsing in brief sa!d:—The w'*hout feeling that every fibreHeartily Endorsed.POKT orSPAlX. Tt in . Irlt;The gallant Captain ought to have shown more gallantry. He has not only brought ahame upon himself hut upon tbe City, for Port-of-flpain deserves better at the hands of its Mayor.I thought he would have met with better front the criticisms of a colleague I think hla act will be to his eternal shame, and I am persuaded that he has dug lil* political grave in this Colony.Home time ago he aaid that the Government would gat Into Queer Htreet, hut he baa himself got intoQueer Street.What made the position worse is that after committing such an act he tried to hide it by mis-stating it, but tfce Hon. Fred Grant, to his eternal credit, spoke the truth in the Council Chamber.HI.—About H00 Kast Indians.from all mirt* of Trinidad, motinConva Then tie on Thiir*»d»vresolutionofa-fnight, and pn**f*u a wartime their disapprovalres»n tinem a gainst CaptH intheand\. A. Cipriani’* attnek on1- Hon. Sarran Teel nek sinuh in theLegislative Council Chamber on Mondev last. They commendedHia Excellency’s .notion and dcplorod the attitude of a memlterin opposing the suspension ofMr. Cipriani.nV*Vwhuh contained 30.000 books and many priceless hlatorieal documents.Tlia damage was estimated af£ 100,000.COFFEE?a vent, thennssing yourring's Coffeebest.you can get it at:Bro.StoreTong 5c Co.ents.Chang 5c Co.ik Chong 5C Co.jarden GroceryPlaza Co.Executive Body of the East Indian National Congress Association commanded mo to convene this meeting in order to protest against thw, unwarranted attack o* our President, the Hon. Parian Teelucksingh. in the Legislative Council Chamber by Captain A. A. Cipriani. (Applause1,Most of you have come at great inconvenience and cost, but that passes into insignificance when we realise that we have to uphold, protect and defend the honour and dignity of our race.“You must have read the true report in the ‘Trinidad Guardian of how our President wag struck so it is unnecessary for me to go over that ground. I shall leave it for you to discuss. I will now Introduce as Chairman, Mr. A. Jam-adar, Barrister in Han Fernando.CHAIRMAN'** HPEECH.Mr. Jamadar said: “I am sure like myself you greatly regret the reason for the convening of this extraordinary meeting. We regret it more so because of the fact that the person whom we have you here to censure is one who has held out himself as the protagonist and champion of the down-trodden class including the East Indians.ONE ACT COVNTS,It is said that in a man’s wholecareer one act may be committedwhich will reveal his entire lifejust what he is and who he i* and by that one act Capt. Cipriani has revealed to the world who he Is and he docs not deserve to be noticed by any self-respecting person.(Hear Lear I.“Captain Cipriani has entered into public life and he ought to have known by this time that hernunt experience concerted opposition from rivals end he is expected to keep a cool and level head; and if he doesn’t he is expected to conduct himself with decorum like a gentleman.This meeting is to record your disapproval of the conduct of a man who has been trying to masquerade in the eyes of the public.The cream of the East Indian community has presented them-selves here tonight. It will go down on record for ell time that we met for the purpose I havestated.CONDUCT DEPRECATED.His conduct on that day Issomething that every decent »elf-respecting man woman and Childwill record their disapproval of. We show that we all stand behind the Hon. Sarran TeeluckHlngh solidly in one body and we feel the pain and ttie humiliation that he felt on that day and we weep with him. We also rejoice with him that he has under such great provocation shown himself a gentleman. (Applause) .Retaliation Is easy under provocation but it takes a re*| big-heartolt;| man a man who has practised a great deal of self-restraint to refrain fruoi using force againstforce when btwiesly insulted in thiswa v.‘T am sure I voice the sentiment* 0f those present and the entire East Indian community that the Hon Harran Teelucksingh act'd wisely ir, a manner that the East Indians of the colony or all over the world would expect their representative to act.( aptaln's Cipriani's act Is one that we cannot express in language strong enough. I for one find my-self groping in the dark hut I ear this, it is tiio act of a coward, andwe are ),fre tonight to prove toCaptain ( iprianl, and people, not only in Trinidad, that when our representative is insulted we aregong to show our disapproval ofthe fact.and muscle in your body aches to get at that man'’ The more we think of it. the higher will be our resentment. and the warmer we shall wax, so perhaps the less we say about it, the better.The Hon. Harran Teelucksingh has emulated that spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, who believes in turning the right cheek when he has been smitten on the left.That la what I shall strive todo tonight. I will ask you to forgive but not to forget. It la Indelibly written in our hearta.niSTABTKETL HEIRLOOM.Let it be your heirloom that Captain Cipriani did eo and so, and that you have to beware of himwho says he is the protagonist of the poor and needy 8ing it as alullaby to your children and bo-ware of him.Don’t try to avenge yourself upon him. If he comes to shake your hand, remember it is a filthyhand; say, I scorn it.COMPATRIOT CRITICISED. There is another matter I must deal with. It is the conduct of one of your own compatriots who on that ocrasion should have had the common decency to refrain from encouraging Captain Cipriani in what he did. That parson is ourfriend the Hon. Timothy Roodal. In voting that Captain Cipriani should not be expelled be was simply encouraging him. At least, heought to have had a sense of justice and decency about him, and to have remained nedtral when the motion was put. I think Captain Cipriani would have appreciated that. Now the Captain does not know if he has « friend or an I enemy in the Hon. Timothy Roodal if anything ahould happen to himto-morrow.I thought that the Captain’s manly courage would have enabled him to admit his wrong. The East Indians owe a great deal .to the Hon. Mr. Grant. It has been said that the Grant family has always beenfriends of the Ea^st Indians and this incident shows tlie truth of It.«lt;• 1It does seem as if th* mentality of the Hon. Timothy Roodal prevented him from being a man. But the other Hon. Members of theCount li came to the succour of theHon. Teelucksingh and Captain Cipriani wax asked to withdraw. Tho!*e who read this will see that the East Indians are not only numerically strong but morally and courageously strong.I am proud to know that my birthplace, Couva, has got auch a representative of the East Indian*.The Hon. Teelucksingh ha* always championed the cause of East Indians in the Council. He I* a representative of whom we thay be proud.The resolution was put and carried unanimously.THE RESOLUTION.The resolution, which was passed was as follows—That the meeting of East Indiana held under the auspices of the Bast Indian National Congress of Trinidad in an extraordinary meetingassembled, records its entire disapproval and resentment of the improper conduct of the Hon. Captain A. A. Cipriani and his unwarranted and mean attack on the Ron. Sarran Teeluckalngh, President of this Body at the Legislative Council Chamber on Monday, December 14, 1931. It further commendi and highly appreciates the prompt action of His Excallency the Governor and Honourable Members inI feel humiliated myself to the matter, and daeply deplores thefitted with free-wheeling“He thinks hennM up a hero, aa athe Great War, but thathe is a noward, and ardovaman from act ahou a weakling.If his views differed from thosethe lion. Sarran- irom inoseof the Hon. Sarran Teeluckaingh,he could have aaid. you and I aregoing to fi£ -t u out later, but not attack him in tht mean wav.“I am no fl*hfpr, l)Ut if Captain Cipriani throws down the challenge1. 1.frmm uirm\s down the challengeme, I will take It up tomorrowUNTIL FURTHER NOTICE■WhenMakingCashPurchasesAtEither1or[/AWILL BE ACCEPTED FOB1WRAYNEPHEW LTD.24-28AWith no uncertain voice the great motoringJamaicabeen demanding1iBritish car with a better performance, appearance and equipment than foreign competitors,and at a price that would make it sound businessIas well as honest patriotism to buy in the BritishIMarket.HEBETHE CAB• n‘M *ABritish Motor CarLtdHarbour*• * *
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