W.E.A. talks on INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 21, 4 December 1931, Page 30

W.E.A. talks on INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

By the REV.

W. G.

MONCKTON

MA

Synopsis No. .4.-India (Part 1). To be broadcast from 1VA on Tuesday, December 15, at 7.30 p.m.

WHAT are the prospects of self-government for India in the near future? The mixed character of the population. How the religious bodies are divided. The difficulty of defending India from invasion. Could. India -manage without the British Army :and the British Navy? The movement for self-government has developed almost entirely in the last quarter of a century. The influence of Western education on this movement. The effect of the defeat of Russia by Japan. The consequences for India of the Great War. Outbreaks in the Punjab. The influence of Gandhi. The gradual education of Indians in the art.of self-government. The dyarchy explained. Its weakness. The Simon Commission report. Its proposals for a Federal Constitution. The question of ‘the Indian Army. The problem of religious minorities. The cause of Hindu-Moslem tension, Can this tension ‘be removed? The following questions may be considered : — 1. What are the main ‘difficulties attendant on self-government for India? 2. What are the chief causes‘that have led to the demand for selfgovernment? 3. Has Britain pursued the best policy toward India? 4. Can the antagonism between the Moslems and the Hindus be overcome? 5. What are the advantages and what are the disadvantages of a Federal form of government?