The Story of my Experiments with Truth

To turn now to the Asiatic Department.

Johannesburg was the stronghold of the Asiatic officers. I had been observing that, far from protecting the Indians, Chinese and others, these officers were grinding them down. Every day I had complaints like this: "The rightful ones are not admitted, whilst those who have no right are smuggled in on payment of £100. If you will not remedy this state of things, who will? " I shared the feeling. If I did not succeed in stamping out this evil, I should be living in the Transvaal in vain.