INDIAN REFORMS.
♦ j HINDUS VERSUS MOHAMMEDANS. THE SCHEME "WRECKED." By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Bcc, Dcocmber 29,' 11.5 p.m.) London, December 29. Rooter's Lahore correspondent reports that tho chief feature of Iho annual meeting of tho Indian National Congress was . a deolaration ( by. Surendra Nath Banorjco (one of Iho Indian representatives at tlio lato Imperial Press Congress)' that tho regulations issued in connection with tho Indian Councils scheme had wrecked tho reforms. Mr. Bancrjee added that the preference given to Mohammedans on the ground of their religion was entirely Opposed to Queen Victoria's proclamation. [Qnoen Victoria assumed the government of India by Proclamation dated Rovomber 1, ISSB. The Hindus are annoyed at concessions in ado to safeguard Mohammedan representation. Being outnumbered by the Hindus, tho dans demanded separate "electorates. These the Hindus denounce as class and religious distinctions.].
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5
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136INDIAN REFORMS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 5
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