BETTER BAYS COMING.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1925, Page 4

BETTER BAYS COMING.

—»*3*»**“" clou.-s ci.kaktnc in india CAI.CI'TTa. April 17. Tip I i i.. \I -1 •:«•:! I I ov. a I'll hat tor 1 1: il'• ■ s in fialia iv:o consider.inly at i-. ngl liciii<l last night ly specche- b, Marian Molia.'i Mnlaviya am! I.ala l.atpal l!ai. two liantpiiants of Air t'. 11. Das. (lip Nationalist leader. Tho fm-iner urgOtl 11 1 .• pt'bnmi ion of hrothcrly friendliness among ail sections of the cotiilnunily, while t lie iat ter paid a 1 1 ilatte to lirii isliers and all tliinps |!t it islt.

Reply! lie, to a civic Web-oik ■ extended by the eorpm-utioti of Calcutta. Mtllavijtt. in the course of a striking vernnienf of the Km |>i re- would lie judged !>y tlie si 11-governmcnt o| Caleutta and tiio measure of harmony which now prevailed among all classes. In that city’s welcome was an augury for the future development oi selfgovernment' in India. “I lee! that no higher duly devolves mi Indians.” .Malaviya -aid. “than I lie promoting, of a feeling ol c-m----lidence and real brotherly friendliness among all sections. whether they lie Indians or only sojourners in the land for the purposes of trade." Lajput Itai expressed t lie greatest admiration for the .deal ipmlilics of Britishers. and the purity of public life in Britain. atTiTing: "Me have ym a great deal to learn I rout them.’ Thos o sentiments from loaders who only a year or two ami were the lotto rest opponents ol British rule, me rewarded as indicating the tr.-ud ol events at the moment in India. Indeed. in the course of a few months, prospects have turned from the bla.-k----ness of despair to bright hopes lor the future.