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REFORM IN INDIA. INDIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS.
HEARTY SUPPORT OF THE BILL. For the first time this Joint Committee of the Lords and Cummons, which is considering the Cluvernment of India Bill, heard evidence in public on Juis tech The Earl of Selborne presided, and
there were presa Sinha i
Mr. Montag (Secretary India) Lord.
the
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lean, Sir it. Craik, Bennett, and Mr. |
tain Crushy Gore, Mr.
Spoor. There were many Indian visitors..
Besant was with the Indian parts.
of the Council the India, was called na witness. When asked as to the political position in India. said what track him most was the rapidit, with which political idens were penetrating the people. They had peno- frated right into a stratum of society which every ten years ago it was believed could not be affected by an interest in the development politics and A desira for
a larger share in the acministration of their wa-afnirs. Even deeper than that was the extraordinary, growth of a rent
was very vividl ant
Buenos
of
us in the life of lettia todas.
was pride in India -pride in its achievas anents, and belief in its future, which in
evitably led to a rapid development of the natioanl en scienc Sometimes it was a little pathetic in its vagueness, bus it was there.
Sir J. 11. Res: Have you in your ex- perice found that the upper castes ill trent the lower enstes, or the lower caster. bold that they are ill-treated by the upper Is there an upper caste versus lower custe question: Oh yes. I think that question is very real one. it is more acute in, the south of India than in the north
Is there really such a question in the aurth think they accept it as part of the clave of Life.
Thi
Jou not think that to give sente tu gusteg is togésentuate the question !--The reenimendations are rather cenuat! than with reference to the Hindu castes within the community. I do not think there is any tar bustility between the custes, according to my experience,
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VISCOUNT MILNER ON PHILIPPINES' INDEPENDENCE;
COLONIAL EXPANSION. GOVERNORS OF CROWN-COLONIES
CRVM LAID BEFORE CONGRESS.
WHO PLAY FOR SAFETY
NOT WANTED.
The Filipino people have faid their vas befare Fonzees and will receive the deci |xiðn-rendered in a "réñsonable transe f
Fount Milner (Secretary of State Fusind. If nothing better happens, they for the Colonies) was the principal guest expert a delegation from the metabers of on July 25th at a dinner at the Savon the Congressional Committer to visit the Howl, organised by Sir Owen Thomas, Philipping Islands and satisfy themselves M.P... and a committee, and attended in
that entitie Ne represented to a large number of gentlemen' represent-
them. The Fiupins and the Philippine ing various interests in British East fourtinent entët such an investigation. Africa
The statements made that, the greaper
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The Chairman. In proposing the health of Viscount Milner, aid British East Africa presented splendid pessibilities to those is ho possessed a moderate amount of capital and were willing to devote enterprise and energy to their work. The, elimate in the interior was singularly congenial to Europeans, whilst there was
number of the Filipinos are, wind prüfle, is a gross exaggeration, as iniy, at most.
a half million natives ought he so deserite fed and there are already subject te flas
civilizing infarner of education.
This suniuarizes a statement mad by” Governor-tirneral Francis Burton Harri son of the Philippine Administrating, an
hanna.
an abundance of local labor. He looked the Empress 1 heges at Viker forward with confidency to seeing many of the young men who had returned from
The Phinppine Comimisson, whel, Wont the war with a zest for larger and freer
Washington in the interests of Fin life settle in East Aftica, where more piud independence was given a beärine opportunities for initiative and enter-
thefore a joint mitte composed of |prise were afforded, then in the old
countries, beers.)
• EXPIRE, ADMINISTRATION.
Viscount Milneg in retilsing to the toast said Mr. Joseph t'hainberlain was the example of a Colonial administrator he had always set before him. That great statesman initiated a system and spirit in the government of our Empire. specially in this development of the non self-governing parts of it, which he (Lord!, Ariver) hoped might be maintained under all his, stigerssors. But during the comparatively short period he had been at the Colonia, Omer they had been a so much occupies with the aftermath of the war that he had not get into his stride as the head of that department. There were many things on which they aught diner, but in Colonial administra tion there was one point on which nu two men could disagree, and that was the vital importance of a close and id, timate connection, aut a thoroughly grond. ag, between "the oferil. and. understanding,
no3-6mcial etements interested in the Colonial development.
He
ase mia
not.
ember, trout both Hoters, gf Wongress Governor-General. Hareising a computated the Commission an.! toko bar! 11 hearing.
Emmediately after the completion of the work the delegates left Washinapo and have had pe oficial unties of any action takep of Congress. The vettor Genont knows nothing bigout what lus, has read in the newspapers.
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COMMITTEE MAY INVESTIGATE. Governor Harrison believes. many members of the jor coinmiti, are able to make the tr Phippine Tands and sestigate conditions thene betore action
taken.
Fearsed, that tou gress has been in almast or inuous session since the beginning of the war and much important work is still before it and it will be possible to enture
an opinion as to the time this visit will take place..
The Gue
vernor and the. Special Philip pine Commission desire such an investi- gacion and both extended an invitation
(Hlear, hear.) to the congressional committee handling ut like to promise, but could the Philippines to make an investigation conditions. The tieverner stated
4ssure then he would always try to keep of Philopi felt ginte certain that the
an open mind, and listen to the repre- sentations of those who were actually in interested in and had practical experi-
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Speaking un lehalf of the Geverament of India with regard to the bill, the wit- ness said he shërl to express to the Com.. mittée the very great appreciation by the Government of India of the gravity and magnitude of their responsibility. They felt it was almost impossible to exag gerate the importance of the experiment ot creating, the first time
history denierney in a great Enstern country. The Government of India bach they Gured
take very "responsible schemo By to work it out in detail. their despatches and subsidiary papers they had endeavoured to paint a com plete picture in relation to the bill they
In doips 4 15 Were now considering. was inevitable that they should get away from the original details of the reperi which the bill was founded. took the report as a working drawing and they had tried, to translate it int plan. The tests to which they had
submitted all schemes had resulted in the rejection of all but that contained in the bill, with which they
absu lutely in whole-hearted The Government of India accepted every vital Principle to which the bid gave effect.
upon
to
had not consciously endeavoured whittle away the scheme in any respect they had appeared to dimin
the generosity of it, it would
be found that that "was due to the un- warrantable hopes huilt upon the report.
The Real Burley" Cigarette Regarding religious affairs, he pointed
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out that the measure omitted wholly an important provision in the present law,
local was that
legislatures requir ed previous sanction before they could deal with religious rights or religious Lixilges. Although the present law bad been regarded as hampering social de velopment, it was still necessary to main "tain central control, although it was ex should be at merty to deal with such tremely desirable that the provinces
matters as religious charities and "social retorms of any sort which did not affect the structure of the personal law of the two great communities.
Clause dealt with the Financial reli tions between the two halves of the Pro- vincial Governments. The Government of India wished to enter a strong ples for a clearer demarcation of the £nancial resources, duties, and responsibilities of the official Government and the popular Government. The proposals of the re pert contemplated a single pool, into which the whole of the revenue of the provinces should be poured: From that poul very year, at the time of the pro paration of the budgets, the two halves of the Government would meet and ca deavour to draw the funds they requir ed
If there was a struggle for the funds, the Governor would endeavour to The Provincial sumpose the differences. Legislatures would be empowered to re- duce the estimate of expenditure, but if the Governor was of opinion that he could not carry on the reserved sabject with the reduced funds he was empowered to restore the origioni estimate..
DATUERS OF A JOINT PERSE. The Government of India disliked the common pool and the possibility of an annual wrangle.
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official FILIPINOS ARE MISKEPRESENTED,
vitation of Manita would make the ins
En reply to the recently published story that the Filipinos were mostly
wild and that the greater number of lud not the slightest, knowiedze of the meaning of independence and cared
Governor-Generat Harrison said: The population of the Philippine Istands
10.500.000, of
mer
the
ence of the life of the countries the direc tion of whole policy was to sont extent entrusted to his cars. (Hear, ha). Chie thing which weighed upon him rather heavily was the sense of the extreme res- ponsibility or the office be helt, and of the enormous potentialities of that vaseless, Colonial Empire which was ours-be was speaking rather of that Empire which
approximately
was more or less administered from Home, whom 200.000 might be called non-Chris and not, in this instance, of the great tiau. All others are Christian and live self-goverung Dominions, ve had, in as civilized Christian people do. The fact, so tur only scratched the surface Christians are the called Wild of the great territories. It was true, ae, Included among these are 400,000
in some respects, that a great work backe
been accomplished. We had throughout.
the Crown Colonies and Protectorates.
who are not to be called wild, bet The remain.ng half million
be termed wild. They are of a
in all parts of the world, peace, order, type similar to the wild men of Formosa
Justige, and a good and humane govern
and Indo-China. They are wild only in
ment- (Hoar, hear.) Un that side we the sense that they have not had the ad vantages of education, and that is rapid developing They have given up hight-
and utile record, but when we came to consider how far we had made the most of their material resources, he thought
we must admit we were only at the ba gining.
PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT,
He was sure that, in the väst problema of development which lay before us, the importance of transportation by sea and
been
#cill
in and the practice of head hunting; have dropped their arms and are, attend- ang schools.
ALL DESTED INDEPENDENCË, The desire for independence is the most universal sentiment of the whole Philippine Islands people. Independence
by land could not be over-estimated is the theme of all orators, at all times, shipping, roads, railways, no great sub-from one end of the Islands to the other, stantial progress could be achieved with and generally the subject that
There was not cae of our school boy picks for his school oration.
every important Colonies and Protectorates The request to Congress was not ac- that was not
very much behind in companied by any complaints. The Com these vital means; and this was all the mission was entirely respectful to the more remarkable because, whatever had United States and expressed the apprecis
done in thas'direction-tor instance,
tion of the Philippine people of the many in railway development had been rapid benefits derived from their administra
results. It was all a
Harrison remarked:""· The question of money and men. He was Commission has put the case before the told in the House of Lords to practise Congressional Committee and it is the economy. He was perfectly alive to the judge. I believe that the Philippine Becessity of avoiding
but he
w people are in a very reasonable frame convinced that wise
On de of mind toward the United States and relopment was not waste, but economy. toward the whole situation. Whatever (Hear, bear) And he felt that more
the decision may be the people will res especially with regard to what the lat ceive it in the proper spirit."---Les pan- Mr. Chamberlain: called
disnertiser." veloped States It was not only
ly and compcessful and production.'
tive of
under
chief
our great
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a question of money, but of men. Tho great work of development in our Colonies thought we bad not men enough ti would in the future, as in the past round-men of the high carried on mainly by private individual were wanted." He did not believe money go qualities who risking, their capitala
and putting in the was the principal inducement that at energy-dot leaning unduly upon tracted men in the Civil Service to Government support. He should be the abroad; be believed that what they valued go last to wish to see the Government at tempting to do everything, or pursuing nityas the desire to have an oppor a course which could in any way sub-tity of doing some service for their stitute Government activity for that primuntry. (Hear, hear.) In Colonial ad- vate enterprise and energy which had principles of government, especially as pri ministration we had gradually evolved been the main-spring of our imperial far is native races were concerned, and development; at the same time, he felt had aid down for ourselves principles that the Government could and must Abdul Hamid, an Indian youth of assist, and that much depended uren var had served as an example in the drawing
which been so successful that be a tremendous st pool would pectable parentage. was charged 'at having in our Colonial service as Gov-
the two halves
the Magistracy, yesterday, with stealing era of Crown Colonies and as their tories generally: He thought that was a up of the "wandatea of Colonial terri the
ocials men who were not merely matter of which, as a antion, we had a Government, each to develop its a bicycle. own resources.
The bicycle, it is alleged. was left at content to do their daily work fairly and right to be proud. Our responsibilities. They also feared that during the initial stages of this scheme the Kowloop Ferry and defendant took honestly, and to "play for safety
had enormously increa ed in hear) but men who were genuine He did not welcome a joint purse would create much mis it away and brought it to Hongkong.
Africa understanding. Certain Indian gentle
ly The defence is that the youth par-gress of the countries in which they dwelt. by the fact that even before the war our interested in the growth and the protory for its own sake, he was impressed
expansion of men already conceived that the power of chased the bicycle from another boy, who and exhibited a real keenness about the Empire was so enormous that
terri the purse would be very largely in the has disappeared and is believed to have development of those countries and their about all we could do to cope with its bands of the popular Government
The Government of India were the last
geno to Macao.
materini resources. (Hear, bear.) to resent any form of advice.
Mr. J. H. Gardiner, for the defendant,
innumerable problems. thought that the powers of the Provincial bi! being fixed at $150.
They applied for a remand, which was granted,
He thought we had men of that kind rested upon: 14, even heavy burden was shared in our Colonial service, but be did not of our great self-governing Dominions Legislatures should be restricted to pass
he hoped it would by the citizens for a moment say that we might not have throughout the world. more.
Nothing that the authorities at had said, desired to see a great expan
He never, as give it a senatorial aspect Their-scheme home could do was more important than sion of British control of territory, but to the world. He could not say, a duty to tial interests of the State. He had esti.vital quality live men, men of driv- the representatives for the mated the the division of the funds is ing power, energy, keen interest, to the the case of East Africa ho must say that that he did it with a light heart, but in countries which they were going to ad- his misgivings were less than they other- they could find an elector the general pool would vary in the pro
ing resolutions which would not be bind- ing upon the oficial Government regard ing expenditure
Regarding the Pon reserved subjecte
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the two chambers of the Cen would produce for the Council of State that they should succeed in attracting we had to.. accept fresh responsibilities as
For they were not
in favour more representations of the more substan, and increasing numbers of men of that
two
They
from the same sourdo
ate for the Council of State which would portion of two-thirde to four-fifths for minister. It was not easy to do it, be-wise would be, for the reason that ex-
any increased burdens. (Hear,.bear.)
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