THE POLICY OF INDIA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 19 September 1913, Page 5

THE POLICY OF INDIA.

LORD HARDINGE'S SPEECH. #. [Ly Electric Telegraph—Copyright lUnited Press Association.l Simla, September 18. On adjourning the Legislative Council, Lord Hardinge made an important review of India's policy. He emphasised the importance of the existence of Turkey as an independent Power, and woiild add a word of friendly warning to the Moslem community. India must not give an unreasonable ■ interpretation to the idea of Islamic solidarity. Alluding to the position of the Indians in the self-governing colonies, he said that while the colonial Governments were extremely sensitive, the Indian Government fully recognised their responsibilities, and spared no efforts to protect the interests of their fellow-Indian subjects. He would continue to urge these views until redress was obtained, He laid special stress on the right of entry to (Canada of the wives and children of Indians who had acquired a Canadian domicile. He hoped that the defects in the South African Immigration Bill would bo remedied. He regretted the' appalling increase of lawlessness in I <f' Northern and Western Punjab and by; the Dacoities in Eastern Bengal. He concluded by justifying the lieavy expenditure on higher education in India. i