INDIA AND REFORM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 5

INDIA AND REFORM.

VIEWS OF LORD CURZON. SIR JOHN LAWRENCE'S DICTUM. A RESIGNATION. (BT 7ELECIUM—I'IIESS ASSOCIATION—COI'rnIGHT.) (Rec. March 7, 4.45 p.m.) , London, March 0. Lord Curzon, in a letter to "Tho Times," states tliat tho Government of India is not responsible to tho Executive Provincial Councils. Ho dwells on tho magnitude and importance of tho change. Tho proposal, ho says, is duo to Lord Morley (Secretary for India) acting on tho advico of tho Decentralisation Commission. Lord Curzon supports tho lato Lord John Lawrence's dictum that, personal administration by a singlo head without a council is tho best form of government for India.

Sir Walter Lawrcnco has resigned from the Council of India. It is understood that ho has taken this step as he views with misgivings Lord Morley's Teforms.

TEN YEARS' TRANSPORTATION. Caloutta, March 5. Ail Indian named Ram Charan Lai was sentenced to ten years' transportation for preaching sedition at Allahabad and attempting to corrupt students. Lord John Lawrence went to India in 1829 and became one of the admir Istrators of tho Punjab in 1849, Chief Commissioner in 1853, and Governor-General of India, 1863-G9. The services which he rendered as Governor of tho Punjab during the Sepoy Mutiny earned for liini the title of "Saviour of India."

Sir Walter Lawrence is a lending authority on Indian affairs, and has held a number of important positions in India. He was private secretary to Lord Curzon during the lattor's term of office as Viceroy (1898-1903), and was chiof of the staff of the Prince of Wales for tho Indian tour in 1905.