INDIAN PROBLEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 5

INDIAN PROBLEMS.

WjUMtiEBSJE THE SOLE/TEBT? '(pi'TBLEOBira— >BBSB,"-iSSp«ATWlIr- COPIBIOBT.) ,v:. . : ;y[--. •*■:.■■;;>■ ■■' 4. ■■ ■;:There; is;'continued.;discussion on the reply of .yiscoiuitMoriey;'Secretary ; of State for India;' .to tho : recent'deputation of. Mohamrneaariß'i;;';'.:o'; l :K^ ;, ' ;, ?;''; : ';.'^."'V ; ;'./-'■ ~/■ '.'■'■ . -\ ]? 'Mohamiedttns,'denyftlie : ;oorreol;ness .of ;-Via-' oiuhtj/Mprleylß'.diotum'that, populatibn'-sta-tisticsv ■'shbnldVbejya •; main ;• iaoior' '•; ip.: -, determihing'representation, under l the new. scheme of Jreforms. They • put. forward vinany" powerful; claims; for. "exceptional. treatment; .;.;' ;."■•': ?;,Tbe-India-' Office^denies that';Dr,":Aahu-'loiH'-Alukharjii".:ia y Judgo of Hhe ■ High. Court at .Calcutta, has beeri';select«d as>the ; first native, member of the Viporpy's^Executive .Council.;.'^;;;' : K. : ; . A':[One> of 'the'/BMtish 'iconcessions ,to : .lndian olaiiiis''-is' that -.oris ipf .the i>iX members: of. , the : : . Executive' /shall '. ; be.. a : ■ native..;. The >haye'ibeen,: British'ruleTT-seei ho.cbnsolation in,tlus' concession. unless there-.is■ a/liatiye.ijiember, .represeutihg-. the 'Mohamm'edans-fwho.^■ number;..^62,soo,ooo—as' well as.one representingithe Hindus, iwhonuin-. ber •: 207,000,000...; -Lord ;,Mprley,' replying' to. the' Mohammedans' ."requests: emphasised ;'tb.o . fact, that' tho ;anpo.inMent ; of'. an member ;t)f the .Council:- , waf.-intended to bb a. signal proof that .race : was -no'disability, to 'the attainment of a tremendous trust;, but .that no man : should be selected.'either' as. ajHindu'pr: medari'.. Wbilehe'.was ready to 'make oneof the ! . sixlimeriibers;of v ; the,oounoil ; a , , , native, , .he ;saw; no ohance of 'appqinting' two natives.•.- 'He added,' ■mth;'referen(»;:W'' , ot^er:!BTi^esttons, : ' ; ratt:'eleotoral;.:;:cpllegea-:'fpr..the;VMohaniini^ans : 'and'Bandus;-migh.t\possibly ; .(be;: arranged.]- i-.. ; tj .^iß^■^Cplomals■.Su^'^'iQpmgany > ,to :lookwith'.suspi6ioii ; 6n;the-alarmist reports' cabled 'i'rbm'iMcld^d; -ivjM';rMpect^to..-a. possible: '•. ■,'';^X;' i .'.-. \-IIA ;ia -i cpinmumca-, : |ipn%(th ; Fiji,;-;and.'-'sb , -of. • -J. ; •£;. '.ii'j-:'; *i> < ;.•: 'h ':■, '•? '■■;'; j■ y> : ;:;';The Sydney agdntrbf,;theyFiji , Government' aJBO- states;that he\has/no'.official informatiott;. ■bn'^iVsnfcie'efc;^^^ ;, i [The report referred: to came,froin:-.the- Suva ' •correspondent. of '■ the < Auckland;, ''■ Herald,": and,. was to, the "effect ithat'.unrest.among the coolies ■'btetto ; ■ mongers' <an'd,impbrfed':literatufe,; ; might:, d^vfruprising.] fc^^;^..;V ;> ; f;V;:V:;;,:-::'b: