INDIA

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1916, Page 5

INDIA

PROPOSED LEGISLATION* RECRUITMENT 01 LABOR, the army an imperial asset. i Renter Service. ! Received Sept. 7, C p.irt Simla, Sept. 6. Lord Chelmsford, in opening the Legislative Council, outlined the proposals to eradicate Austro-Germap influence in India and for dealing with the question of after the wai trade. Referring to the question of supplying the Dominions with labor, the Government, he said, was trying- to devise a proper system of recruitment and the proper treatment of Indian labor in the country of destination. Uncontrolled recruitment should nGt be allowed. The relations existing between India, Afghanistan and Persia were cordial and harmonious. The loyalty of Tndia had been steady during the war. They had supplied anil kept up the strength of large forces in France, -East Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Murat. The Indian Army had proved a great Imperial asset. Recruiting was excellent, and enlistments since the opening of the war exceeded the entire strength of the Indian Army in August, 1914-. The expansion of the military transport was equally good, whilst the Indian marine had done splendid work,