INDIAN NATIONAL LIFE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 29 December 1910, Page 5

INDIAN NATIONAL LIFE

SELF-GOVERNMENT PROPOSED. » By Ckble.—Press Association.—Copyright. Bombay, December 27. Sir William Wedderburn presided at the opening of the Indian National Congress at Allahabad. Eight hundred delegates were present. He appealed to officials to accept the reform policy ungrudgingly, and so secure an early repeal of the repressive measures. He warned Indians that the Government would not allow the new spirit of independence to degenerate into race prejudice. A long apprenticeship was necessary before India could stand alone. He was confident that the congress would guide people into the path to secure selfgovernment within the empire. DECISIONS OF THE CONGRESS. > Received 29, 1.8 ajn. Bombay, December 28.' At the Indian National Congress at Allahabad resolutions were carried expressing satisfaction with the King's proposed visit, and with the administration's heroic struggle for the Indians against prescriptive legislation in the Transvaal; also urging the Indian Government to prohibit recruiting of indentured coolies. Impassioned speeches were made, calling upon Indians to support the Swadeshi movement and to purchase Indian products, even at a sacrifice.