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THOUGHTS ON INDIA..

(BY THE AT BON, VISCOUNT WILLINGDex

The following extract is made from a paper read at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, on December oth, 1921-

JAPAN AND DISARMAMENT.

SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCE. The New York correspondent of m London paper writes :

cession," which denotes an unwillingness to give, and that Indians are convinced! that India can and will never get any political advancement except through pressure of active nail sometimes even violent agitation. I emphasize this point, for I am sure, and have for same years that the political atmosphere urged," would entirely change if we were, for Japan's attitude towards the proposal stance, to take some practical steps to for a new Disarmament Conference to be relieve the difficulties of the situation called by the United States, such as which has arisen there since, the Reforms President Coolidge recommended in "bis Act was passed, and I an equally sure

LONDON, November 20th. For the first time, is afternoon photo graphs were successfully transmitted by Wireless from London to New York, M

I have found it so difficult to condense distance of about 3,300 miles. The trans my remarks within reasonable finuts and mission took place from Radio House, the to avoid being too egotistical, that Marconi telegraphic station, in the City, must as a preliminary ask for the indal

that if we do not conditions will before Receptance speech, is decidedly favour to the headquarters of the Radio Corpora,gence of this distinguished gathering it

I transgress to some extent on both these arise in India which will oblige usable... This important 'hews was cabled a special. despatch to tion in Broadway. There was a crowd of British and American newspaper men at points. I hope I may be excused when to face the alternative of either giving trom Tokyo in Radio Heuse, and they were in comradelys is realized that I am endeavouring to further concessions in the face of com the New Tork Times, which reports

bined pressure from Moderates and Ex- touch by wireless with aucther bigger give my thoughts and impressions ex crowd in New York of journalists who had Lending over a practically continuous tremists alike, or of retrnung our foot- Admiral. Takarabe, the Minister for the advantage of watching the photo-period of eleven years in India-years steps and of reverting to a bureaucratic Marine, as declaring that any new pro-" posal emanating from. Washington for a graphy coming out under their eyes. At which, in some ways, have been the most form of government and all that this may one point in the proceedings the Ameri

anxious and critical that the country has involve..

On completing my term of office in further reduction of, armaments to an cans wirelessed to their colleagues over passed through since it became in in-

extent compatible with Japanese defence here, Coming, beautifully, About portant part of the British Empire. Let Bombay 1 was appointed to the Gover

shooting." me add that steen photographers here

propose to confine my norship of Madras and arrived, there Movies next.'

Steen is the meri remarks to the administrative side of my early in 1910, shortly before the arst requirements would be the subject of can equivalent for umpteen.")

forms Act, and about the time that Mrrabe referred to the friendship between London Journalists, sent an appropriately life in India, and say nothing of the General Election in India under the Re- favourable consideration. Admiral Taka

economic problem which is equally im humorous reply: "including the

portant: to give you some idea as to what Gandhi started his non-co-operation agt-

Now I want to make a pre- the United States and Japan,." which has Journalists shooting whisky bere. Sorry I feel are some of the chief causes of tation. cannot transmit nay.'

the dificulties we have encountered in wary observation of a general character heen, traditional;" and "expressed the The apparatus used is the invention of recent years and some suggestions as to with regard to these two matters before opinion that it is the duty of statesmen Mr. R. II. Ranger, of the Radio Corpora- the steps which, in my humble judgment, make any remarks as to the Reformis

must make a short reference to Alf. Ed-sible to hold, the sacred cause of. tion of America, and the Marconi Com- might be taken to improve the situation Act and its working, and in doing so in both countries to do everything pos pany here has the rights of the patent. which exists at the present time.

win Montagu, whose recent death cams.

pence." There are other systems in existence for

When I was appointed by His Majestys such a shock to all his friends, and

It will he recalled that not only did to be Governor of the Bombay Presid- who, though some of us may not have Jess and line telegraphy, but noac, it is

merenes. I had had no previous experience agreed with all his actions, will, I am President. Coolidge declare his intention stated by the Company, which is commer

of India. I had never visited the coun- sare, be always remembered by all of of calling another Conference, but pre-** vially operable. It is claimed for the new invention that it is capable of being used and I went out to my work there as who worked with bun as a statesman cisely such a meeting with the United with a completely open mind. But with who gave the most devoted and unspar- commercially in the near future. Marconi experts state that it has the a few months of my arrival, in the ing service to want be believed to be the States,, as the crivaning Power: was re

Spring of 1913, two matters impressed

part of the British Empire uver which ne the Byrne amendment to the Naval Bilk great advantage of being operated by themselves forcibly upon me, and in highest interests of the people of that gommanded by the American Congress in the ordinary wireless hand in the positive film of u photograph all the years I lived in the country. In it has been said that air. Montagu, was

as emphasising the necessity of." stabilia- marly responsible for the troubles we and it will come out at the other end as the first place it became clear to me a recognisable reproduction: The journ- that a principal cause of the ill-feeling nave had of late years in india, and that ing the situation in the Pacife in such a alists to-day could not test this claim: for between our two races in India was due these troubles were due to the Reforms themselves because the Marcout people to the assertion, often quite upconscious eneme, which he and Lord Chelmsford way as to remove prejudice and sus that country. I alto pivion," and he suggesta, that the best have only received from America they of racial superiority by the Britisher increduced into transmitting and not the receiving ap-over the ledian, and the difficulty he has getner disagree with that view, for I bulwark of peace would be a plan to re- paratas. They were shown a photograph found in associating with the Indian in noid the opinion, after some experience, of President Coolidge which has been the social side of life in the latter's OWL that Mr. Montag showed in a marked duge armaments on. n, fain basie-a plan

I transmitted from one radio station to country and in the second place I s004 degree wide lugination as to the de- which would remove the possibility of

quirements of the situation, a clear out- another in America. It is an excellent realized that, owing to the vast size

the legitimate aspirations of aggression, and this should be made likeness, and is covered with shop lines the-great Continent of India, with its took o forming a pattern of dots and dashes population of over 300,000.000 souls, with indians during his term of ace as Score-dependent not "only upon, human will, buż upon the technical impossibility of prao-" which makes an unquestionable picture its diverse religions and languages, with tary of State, and white I always dis-

all the rivalries and jealousies of the agreed with nim on details of his Be-tical warfare." The Japanese Minister' various communities, and the different forms Act, I am certain that the main About a dozen photographs were sent

at Washington, and responsible It is easy, I know, to sion this afternoon. They were chosen hy the characteristics of the people in the dif principles of his paley in India were statement has made a favourable impres

perfectly sound. London offices of the American papers for ferent parts, it was necessary to put

aside the idea of working to,, secure the De wise after the event, but in my Government officials view with satisfao. reproduction in their journals over there ideal of India as a nation and to con- bumble judgment, "baring regard to a Thus the New York Times transmitted

centrate one's attention on the develop-point to which I have already referred, tion the announcement of Japan's pur Mr. Baldwin, the field Trinterment of the Province over which one had namely, the vast size of the country, the pose to help the Coolidge plan to call

New Fork! Austen Chamberinin, the

great difference in the development of another international Conference for the World Queen Alexandra, and so on, I been placed in administrative control.

Well, I spent the first year of my life its various parts, and the absolute neces addition the company sent some photos of London buildings and one of Queen Mary for general distribution in the Statea. These buildings included St. Paul's, the Tower Bridge, and Westmins ter Abbey. The time taken to transmit depends on the size of the photograph, bus roughly each took from twenty minutes to half an hour to send.

You ean

practically Aerators, that it fluenced my actions and dutlook during was for a time placed otheially in charge: 1st March, Adrira! Takarabe is quoted

of the President..

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JAPAN'S BUDGET.-

SLIGHT REDUCTION IN WAR SERVICES VOTE.

The featutes of the national Budget for next year, says the Japan Chronicle of December 20th, are a general, though not very large, retrenchment of expenditure, large reduction in loan's and an anti- cipation of increased revenues froin most sources of taxation.

The vote for the fighting service is nat at the average rate for all departments. specially curtailed, simply suffering a cut The total of ordinary and extraordinary expenditure for these departments is

last budget, and the ratio to the whole

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in Bombay in learning my duties, andsity for strong central control, it would limitation of armaments. His words then in 1911 came the Great War, and probably have been better if the framers are also construed as indicating that from August in that year until the Armis of the Reforms Act had concentrated Japan wishes to forget the recent an tice in 1918 the Government and people their attention on a more generous ad pleasantness over the Japanese exclusion vance towards full responsibility in the of Rombay were principally occupied in organising all efforts for the efficient Provinces, while deferring any alteration clauses in the American immigration lawa

It in the constitution of the Government last July, the law which created quite Prosecution of their war activities. must remembered that Bombay during of India until the face of this develog-stir and many protests in Tokyo at the these four years became the main basement in the local Governments had becu of all military activities in India. From observed. There can be no doubt, too, The full technical details are not avail. Bombay were despatched tens of thou that the non-co-operation agitation has ...method is as fol. sands of troops to serve at the various very seriously handicapped any possible lows:-Au, ordinary photographic film of battle-fronts with all their equipment success that the Reforms Act might have half-plate size is placed under clips on and stores; in Bombay we had to provide achieved. If the leaders of this move. glass drum Inside the drum is a bright great hospitals for the sick and wounded, ment had decided to achieve their enda light. The light shines through the film camps for the labour corps, accommoda-by constitutional methods and had form. and impinges upon a lens which coucen- tion for prisoners of war, and organized a political party willing to undertake trates the light from that portion of the Lions to provide comforts for the men in the full responsibilities of administration film upon a photo-electric cell. As the these hospitals and far the troops who they secured a majority at the polls, Looking think we should all have welcomed drum revolves the light acts successively were on service in the East. upon each part of the Alan and affects the back. I have nothing but the haplliest re- their movement as taking a real step to siguals sent on the urdinary wireless tele collections of the cordial co-operation of wards the formation of political parties. circuit. At the other end, as the the men and women of our two races But their line of policy has always beca graphic signals come through they operate a pen and of all Indian communities through to try to destroy and not to construct, to paralyze the Government as establish on a similar revolving drum, and this pen out the Presidency to secure the best re- makes uiars upon the drum either lightly sults for our labours, the splendid gene-ed by law, and to-day the situation they er heavily or misses it altogether, and rosity of the princes and people by their have created in India causes us all feel- in that way there is gradually built up ready response to the many appeals ings of considerable anxiety. That they fine by line a facsimile of the photograph which were trade for funds, and of the will succeed in their efforts to make the steadiness with which the mass of the position of Government impossble is, of sent from, this side,

The most noticeable part of the clabor people throughout the Presidency bore course, out of the question. Their pre the strain of the very unusual and trying sint line of action cannot stop the course crit light inside it. To the drum the quirements of the situation during the on. All they seen to be doing is to put expenditure of State funds renihiss prac eye is the glass drum with a strong elec conditions brought about by the to of administration, That will be carried 1587,990,000 against Y612,719,000 in the

four years of war. There can be no photo is attached. This drum makes a doubt that the Great War and the work back the clock of progress and to compel tically the same between 38 and 38 per those Governments where their destruc cent. Supplementary Budgets may be series of half-revolutions, and the photo upheaval which it brought about had a tive efforts have had some effect to revert introduced later to alter the ratio ono inside it is moved 1-19th of an inch with each revolution in such a way that the tremendous effect on the minds of all for the time to a bureaucratic form of whole of the photo has been covered when Indians generally and particularly the administration.

A great deal of criticism has been Loans are to be reduced from about the message is complete. The light educated section of the people. The

latter felt and justifiably felt that their levelled against the members of what is Y250,000,000 to Y100,000,000. pussing down the photo 129 times for each country had done its full share in giving known as the Moderate Party in India,

Large increases of revenue are expect hey, though anxious to advance ed from the business tax, Customs, Stata of dots and dashes at intervals corre towards the successful prosecution of the towards sponding to that

ends by hine in the picture.

constitutional saké tax is expected, for some reaso□ya- and these are reproduced in America, and War. They appreciated the recognition achieve their

The Communications Department is the thus a complete reproduction of the photo of this by the British Government when methods. failed to take active steps to to yield Y21,034,000 less than this year.

As soon as the receiving they were given an official position at the counteract the non-co-operation agitation only, one that is to be permitted to in-

I think there is Rood deal of justice Imperial Conference, and at the discus sions of the League of Nations. But at in this criticism, for the Moderates have crease, its revenue, both ordinary and the same time, their ambition, their in- not, so far, shown much courage or much extraordinary. While the ordinary vota tense desire to take a more active share spirit of organization. But on their be for education is increased by Y8,683,000, more than counter- It is thought that the chief commer- and responsibility in the affairs of their balf 1 would make the following observa- this addition is

in The members of the Moderate balanced by a decrease of Y10,222,000 cial use of the invention will be in send-own country, became more urgent than tion:

been Party have, I believe,

honestly the extraordinary vote, so that many ing photographs for newspaper reprodue ever before. tion over long distances in cases where Apart from the general effect of the anxious to support the Clovernment in schools will probably look in vdio for time is all-important. The illustrated War there were also certain happenings defeating this non-co-operation movement, extensions, new buildings and so forth. Preas would be able to record distant in India, to which I must refer in pase but I must own that I have always events much more widely than at presenting, which had a great influence on policousiderable sympathy for their hesita

I remember very well that when tha Handwriting can be transmitted in the tical conditions there during these years. tion and bewilderment, when they found same way, so that anyone could have a They were Mrs. Beasant's Home Hule that those in authority, did not seem to

passed through Parliament. many of us message transmitted in script. It is sug- campaign, the passing of the Rowlatt realize the gravity of the situation and Act of Union of South Africa was being gested that the system might be used by Act and Mr. Gandhi's Satyagraha ac. were disired to take by sugh who supported it were constantly being

His Lordship then reviewed at length. banks for, scoding specimen signatures or tivities, and all the circumstances con-

now what the by the police authorities in connection nected with the tragic affair of the the difficulties the authorities had met in uformed by some of our friends that wo with their finger-print system:

the British Empire. We Punjab riots. I am going to give.no pet-administering the Reforms Act and in were voting for the dismemberment

conclusion. xaid

ho sonal opinion to-night as to my views I have endeavoured to lay before you effect of the passing of that measure has on the rights and wrongs of these in- sidents.

They are past history and I frankly, and I hope fairly, my thoughts been in securing co-operation for

and opinions on some of the political and benefit of that country. It was the have certainly no wish to start again the administrative problems in India, after of imagination and statesmanship

Henry unfortunate controversies which they living there for eleven very happy and enry Campbell-Bannerman which secur of that Bill and which baa In their report isaged November sind have around. Basant's Home Rule most interesting earth all classes and created goodwill and friendship between the Colwyn Bay Town Advertising word about Mrs. timate

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inch in the picture sends in effect a series of its best to help the British Empire because tonsible Government and to enterprises, and monopolies, while the

is built up Apparatus reaches London photos from Amerien will be transmitted here..

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for and prosperity, It is that spirit of contend among Indians that we are not really are and will be many difficulties to Afr combined, with the result that, despite sincere in our desire to secure their poli- pessimism. Indeed. I am a complete imagination which I hope to see in our administration of India in the future. Wembley and bad trade, there was antical advancement. I can remember very optimist myself as to the future of the we shall have to take risks, but I believe

rent We for I am certain that the great Beptember These figures completely 42swer the question, Does advertising August, 1917, was published, Mrs. Besant mass of pay? And we have again proved that and her fellow propagandists claimed tish Raj, that they are grateful for the just, candid and generous in

citizens of India and I am sure we shall methods of advertising, announce that its publication was brought about benefits of peace and security which they sympathy in all our dealings with the ments in the daily Press produce the by the pressure of their political egita | have obtained as a result of the magnitive an immediate response.

countrymen havo best results and at the lowest cost per tion, and that they had secured a further ficent services our

unwilling Govern rendered them in past years, and that result I am certain that we shall and inquiry. An extension to the Midlands concession from

confusion British and Indians working together Hand the south of the northern system of ment. Indeed, I am afraid it is true to they realize the APP ish control i for, long years" in a spirit of warm «CO

town holiday weeks, arranged between say that there is hardis an educated which would arise if June and September, is advocated na Indian who does not believe that the were removed-if, in fact, they severed means a lessening the August over British Government's policy as gene their connection with the British Empire,

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