Sir-In reply to the Rev. G. W. Blair, I would like to say that I thought the article by Miss A. Lantis gave a very true account of conditions prevailing in India, while the reverend gentleman’s letter bristled with inaccuracies, He states that "Hindus and Mohammedans are violently antagonistic the one to the other." Mr. Jinnah, leader of the Moslem League and at one time a congressman, states that the riots of today are nothing to those of 10 years ago, and are often. among Moslems themselves, As regards the differences in language and religion, advanced as an argument against the recognition of Dominion ‘status for India (which could be preceded by a series of Development Commissions), the Government of post-revolutionary Russia had a far greater task, and has succeeded in uniting her peoples, composed of a very similar peasant population to that of India, and in wiping out illiteracy almost entirely in 25 years. The quarrel between Moslems and Congress is a domestic matter, and must not be used as an argument against Dominion Status by parties with an axe to grind. Mr. Churchill has spoken of "the forward march of the common people in all lands towards their just and true inheritance." Every patriotic Britisher should work to see this carried into effect:
E. B.
HOLLAND
(New Lynn). |
(This and the preceding letter have been considerably abridged).
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