INDIA'S PROBLEM.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 13

INDIA'S PROBLEM.

RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS, DESIRE FOB SELF-CKmBINSfWr TOBONTO, Assad T. The pwaidentiai addreaa to tk« Gmgresa of the British AsMciatiw* ****** Advancement of Science wa* ■&«**&*& by the reading of a mewage ittm (ft*Prinee of Wale* exptessisg keen fetor* est in the work of pnpwfef B**Si* boyo for overseas careers. Professor G. Raynwn, of the Vatemaity of Calcutta, said that lulls'* troubles were religions, not petitkal. "The bitter fanatical intolerance •? Mohammedans," be «aid, "«» »a •»» force which preclodea a working agr##ment with liberal-minded Hindu*, a*4. obstructs the realisation of natkaal a*pirations. '.'The great desire of the p»F* « India is to obtain aeU*eor*r*m**L They are not concerned whither the? are insido the Empire or ootaid*. T*W are not antagonistic to G«*t They wish to co-operate wtti B«drto remain allied to Great Britain, *«t ** now the great aim is to reeefve ih« MM* full measure of self-governanat M few been extended to Canada, Awfn3£», New Zealand, and the Iriah Fm» Bt*to. "Mr Gandhi, lender of tt» ummoperative movement, and Mr C. B. J5«§V leader of the Swarajist mov«S«li. *» men loved by the people. tluS» m&f aifference is that they have *wi«e4 m different methods of obtaining tho mm abje-ct. Mr Gandhi has four exttmm which he holds as essential #«* «*» proper realisation in Indiana pritftv* as a nation within the Empire: H*v»* tion of cast, -implifieatioa of lif«, «K»ination of luxuries, and the »ae»l**fcSaa of self-reliance ia the people. Hi* movement is the eool-force—the e«te«Btration of the mind of the people <si* tie will to adopt a certain attitude ia r«gard to any problem. "Mr Das advocates a policy of »b* struction and aim* at gaining strength in the councils of administratkis, std so to hinder the Government taatji I will eventually grant India ■elf-tale."