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Notes and News INDIA N o . 1,074 Old S e r ie s . 1 I" Reg iste r ed at th e G.P.O. ( P rice........3D N o . 980, N ew S e r ie s . J FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916. L as a N e w spa per . I B y P ost 3JD Notes and N ew s.................................137 “ Autonomy for India ” : Angles of V ision.................................139 Mr. Banerjea’s-Prediction ..........142 had the distinction of assisting in the gallant defence of “Trade Politics and Christianity" The Heads of a Scheme ..........142 Kut. He added that the Kashmir and Jind Durbars (Review) .........................................139 Letter to the Editor: Mr. St. Nihal Singh on India's “ Home Rule’’ or “ Self-Govern- have recently received a special message of congratula- Man-Power .................................140 ment ’’ ? ........................................ 143 tion from General Smuts on the efficiency of their The Reward of Valour: Gallant Indians Decorated at Simla ... 141 Islam and “ Sister Religions" ... 143 troops. Indian Labour in Ceylon .......... 141 Indian Affairs in Parliament: Internments in Bengal: A Repre- (Special Report) ......................... 143 sentation to Lord Carmichael ... 142 A d v ertisem en ts.................................144 As something more may be needed to convince those who persist in 'proclaiming that India has contributed little or nothing to the prosecution of NOTES AND NEWS. the war, attention may also be drawn to that -------+ portion of the speech in which the help given by E gladly publish the following letter which we the Indian Railway Board was described. That have received from Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, department provided the whole of the material and Wunder date of September 12 : personnel required for the construction and working of railways in East Africa and Mesopotamia and at Aden. “ I gratefully desire to acknowledge letters and It supplied the rolling stock and engines required for telegrams from various parts of the country from these strategic railways, equipped and staffed a number friends and admirers conveying their congratulations of workshops overseas, and constructed on behalf of the and good wishes, and I take this opportunity to thank military authorities armoured motor-cars, motor-lorry one and all most heartily and sincerely, as also the bodies, water tanks, armoured trains and Jiospital Indian Press, and all the numerous public bodies and trains. institutions, who held congratulatory meetings in Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and other centres in con- For the last five months the army in Mesopotamia has nexion with my 92nd birthday.” been an army behind a thick official veil; and it cannot Lord and Lady Willingdon sent their heartiest con- be said that Mr. Asquith in his survey of the war on Wednesday added materially to the public stock of gratulations to Mr. Naoroji on his birthday, and re- knowledge. There was a reference to improved health ceived a message in reply expressing the veteran’s deep conditions and to “ rail communications” which sug- appreciation. gests a new phase of the campaign. Incidentally, also, At a recent meeting of the Bradford and District he revealed the fact that yet another change had been Trades and Labour Council, the question of Indian made in the chief command. Of General Maude, who affairs was considered at length, and after prolonged took over charge, on August 28, we are told by the “ Times” that he is understood to have the confidence of discussion the following resolution was carried unani- the General Staff and of the Government, and that he mously : has never been under the cloud which—rightly or In the opinion of this Council representing the organised workers of Bradford and District, the time has arrived when the question wrongly—has dimmed the reputation of so many gene- of Home Rule for India should be brought within the scope of rals on the Tigris. practical politics by the British Government. In view of the loyal and whole-hearted support of the Indian nation to the Mother No reason has been given for the withdrawal of Sir Country in her hour of need, this Trades Council strongly urges Percy Lake, who has been in control since January 19; the British Government to introduce at an early date legislation having for its object Home Rule for India" . but the publication this (Friday) morning of his despatch regarding the unsuccessful attempts to relieve the gar- The “ Hindu’\ of Madras finds evidence of a dis- rison of Kut is made the subject of a severe leading heartening mental attitude in the statement made by article in the “Times.” After the “irreparable misfor- Lord Chelmsford at the opening of the autumn session tunes ” at Es Sinn on March 7 the “ situation was of the Legislative Council, that “ it is a question for con- always hopeless.” sideration whether the Viceroy’s powers of nomination Sir Percy Lake says that General Aylmer instructed his sub- ordinates that the capture of the great Dujailah Redoubt, the should not be further enlarged.” It writes : centre of the Es Sinn position, “should be pushed through with It is a commonplace that any future reform of the Council should the utmost vigour.” His words must have fallen on some deaf be in the direction of popularising it by throwing open more seats ears. The main attack was to be made by General Kemball from to election and restricting the powers of nomination. This prin- the south, with General Keary attacking in support from the ciple has been recognised in the successive amendments of the east. General Keary was in position at daybreak, General Kemball rules, and it has also been recognised in effect by the Provincial was an hour late. Even then the defences might have been Governments who often refrain from nominating the maximum pierced and Kut saved, lor, in spite of the lateness of General allowed them under the rules. That the local administrations in Kemball’s column/the Turkish positions were hardly manned at this respect are actuated by a more liberal spirit seems to be all. “Prompt and energetic’action,” says Sir Percy Lake, “would indicated by the action of Sir Harcourt Butler in appointing a probably have forestalled the ene^ny’s reinforcements.” Incredible committee to consider the question of extending and popularising though it may seem—aqd the storys of E's Sinn is one of the most the Burma Legislative Council by making it more elective. To incredible episodes of the war—three precious hours were wasted. hear the Viceroy express such a sentiment as the above under the The conclusion at which the “ Times” arrives, after circumstances, is an unhappy augury for the hopes which have been entertained of large reforms in the Indian Councils after making every allowance for the extraordinary difficulties the war. which confronted the Expedition, is that the story of the first three months of the present year on the Tigris The cabled reports of Lord Chelmsford’s speech on sheds no lustre upon British generalship. “ The public September 5 gave no account of the interesting details have a right to expect that the blame for a series of which were given as to the activities of the Imperial blunders which gravely compromised our prestige in the Service Troops in the war. The Viceroy, as a matter Middle East shall be properly apportioned.” of fact, paid a warm tribute to the valuable work done by the Mysore Lancers and the Bikaner Camel Corps We are glad to learn that the street collection which in Egypt, the Kashmir Rifles, the Jind Infantry and is to be taken in London on Thursday next (October 19) the Faridkot Sappers in East Africa, and the Malar on behalf of the British Red Cross Society and the Order Kotla Sappers in Mesopotamia. The Sirmur Sappers of St. John of Jerusalem will include an Indian Section. No. 15. Vol. XLVI. INDIA. October 13, 1916 Indian flags will be sold in the Haymarket and the desire to be associated. As for the thing that is streets leading from it : and the depot and stall, which “ inexplicable,” it is sufficient to say that the proposal will be under the charge of Princess Sophia Duleep in the Bill is to substitute twelve scholarships of ^300 Singh, will be at Dewar House in the Haymarket. Some for fifteen scholarships of ^250. sixty helpers will be required, and we hope that the number will be more than supplied. We are told that the Secretary of State for India has requested the Indian Committee of the Imperial Insti- Among the 57 British prisoners in Germany who have tute to enquire into and report on the possibilities of been exchanged are four Indians. A correspondent of further extending the industrial and commercial utilisa- the “ Daily Chronicle” who visited the party at the tion of Indian raw materials in this country and else- Hook of Holland on Saturday last (October 7) writes where in the Empire. The enterprise is laudable in that the Indians spoke only Hindustani and little every way ; bpt when it is realised that this so-called French. Three were evidently very ill : but the fourth, “ Indian Committee” contains only one Indian member, who was able to tell a little of the great fight'at La in the person of Mr. Yusuf Ali, Indians may be for- Boiselle, where he received his wound, wanted to know given for the belief that the commercial development of what England was like, and whether he would find India is regarded at the India Office as a matter in friends there. Four members of the party had lost which the people of the country take a very insignifi- their reason as the result of their experiences in captivity.
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