INDIA.
THE PROPOSED REFORMS
APPROVED BY INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.
CONDEMNED BY MOHAMMEDANS.
United Press Association. Copyright (Received Dec. 29, 10.5 p.m.)
CALCUTTA. Dec. 29
The Indian National Congress has opened at Madras, and elected Dr. Ghose president. He declared that the whole of India was deeply grateful lor Viscount Morley’s efforts, which gave the country something like constitutional government. Indians, he said, had Pest show themselves deserving of Britain’s confidence. Colonial - self-government was India’s ideal, though it was very distant. Dr. Ghose hoped that repressive legislation would be only temporary. He ridiculed the idea of shaking British sovereignty by a few flasks of picric acid and a few pounds of powder. The Mohammedan papers consider the reforms tantamount to political abandonment of the Mohammedans in favor of the Hindus. They also condemn Viscount Morley’s disregarding Lord Minto’s efforts to safeguard the Mohammedans.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2386, 30 December 1908, Page 5
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