INDIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1921, Page 5

INDIA.

LEGISLATIVE REFORMS. DUKE OF. CONNAUGHT WELCOMED, PROPOSED BOYCOTT FAILS, 1 ' ■■■"■ 'I By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Delhi, Jan. 10. The Duke of Connaught paid his first official visit to Madras, where he was loyally welcomed by great crowds of Indians from all parts of southern India despite the efforts of non-co-opera-tors to boycott the visit. The Duke declared that his mission was to inaugurate new Councils, constituted under the Reform Act, which he hoped would Jielp to heal old sores and meet the new spirit of India which Britain recognised.—Reuter. A BLACK OUTLOOK. J-J . A JEWISH TRIUMVIRATE. Delhi, Jan. 10. The agrarian riots will result in heavy levies on the peasants by the landlords. The riots were a sequel to a number of industrial troubles recently fomented by agitators. These have ‘been characterised by violence and KSve necessitated the use of troops and this has tended to arouse hatred against authority. The masses are discontented owing to the cost of living and high prices. The political outlook is black. The appointment of Lord Reading as Viceroy is not altogether approved in Indian official circles, because, since he is of the same faith as the Right Hon E. S. Montagb, Secretary of State for India, it is expected that he will subordinate the Vice-Royalty to the India Office. Now that Mr. Samuel is Governor of Palestine, Mr. Montagu is at the India .Office, and Lord Reading is Vicgroy, it is pointed out. that Britain’s eastern policy is in the hands o’f a Jewish triumvirate.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.