. . . Protests

In a meeting held December 9 last year the Students' Association Executive decided to protest to the Minister. As many members of the students Association are New Zealand citizens by naturalisation, it was the duty of the Exec, to protest. In its statement the Exec, stated that they recognised that people of foreign birth, many of whom were refugees from persecution overseas, have contributed and are contributing a great deal through their knowledge and culture to the welfare and progress of New Zealand and particularly of the university. They considered that if the principle of fair trial in a court of law is right for British-born people, then it is also right for foreign-born people. Therefore if any person is accused or suspected of being "disloyal or disaffected towards His Majesty" that person should be entitled to a fair trial by the ordinary process of law, whether he be British-born or not. It should require some evidence more substantial than the opinion of the Minister to condemn a person to suffer such penalties as loss of citizenship or deportation.