on the ground that the " Sinhalese were the origin of the row.*' 

 Passes were refused to Sinhalese professional and business men 

 of standing, merely on account of their race, while passes were 

 readily granted to Tamils and numbers of other races of all 

 classes. Even Sinhalese lawyers experienced difficulty in 

 securing passes to proceed to outlying villages to appear in 

 Courts-Martial and other proceedings. 



Of the motor-cars that were commandeered, those belong- 

 ing to Sinhalese gentlemen alone were retained after the others 

 were returned. Some of these were put to private use. 



All firearms belonging to Sinhalese, even those handed to 

 watchers of cocoanut plantations, had to be surrendered. 



In Colombo and the country districts, the firearms belong- 

 ing to Sinhalese, including the educated and better classes, were 

 retained, while those belonging to Tamils, Ceylon Burghers, 

 and other classes were returned. Europeans alone were not 

 asked to surrender their guns. The writer's information is 

 that firearms that have been surrendered by the Sinhalese have 

 been destroyed. 



The Officer Commanding, Brigadier-General H. H. L. 

 Malcolm, has inaugurated a scheme of village defence, from 

 which Sinhalese Buddhists are virtually excluded. 



This is the first time during the history of British rule in the 

 island that disabilities have been imposed on, and a racial dis- 

 tinction has been drawn between the Sinhalese, as such, and 

 Europeans and other classes of His Majesty's subjects in Ceylon. 



Extract from 

 The Capitulation of Colombo, 1796. 



That the citizens and other inhabitants shall be allowed to 

 follow their occupations, and enjoy all the liberties and privileges 

 of the subjects of His Britannic Majesty. 



Article XIX., Treaty, February isth, 1706. 



Extract from 



The Kandyan Convention _, 1815. 

 The British in the Articles of Cession agreed to save to 



The Adigars, Dissaves, Mohotteles, Caraals, Vidaans and all 

 other chief and subordinate headmen . . . the rights, privileges and 

 powers of their respective offices, and to all classes of tho people 

 the safety of their persons and property, with their civil rights 

 and immunities according to the laws, institutions and customs 

 established and in force amongst them. 



Kandyan Convention, November 2ist, 1815. 



