INDIAN GRIEVANCES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 5

INDIAN GRIEVANCES.

REFUSAL OF AUTONOMY. j J)y Telegraph-Press Assoblation-Oopyriteht ' (Etc. Juno 28, 11.35 p.m.) Calcutta, Juno 28. The newspaper "Bengalee," in commenting on Lord Crewe's statement that it is nit intended to grant India autonomy on the lin£s of the overseas dominions, Bays it is' ft pitiful spectacle to find a Liberal leader repudiating the plain and solemn / words of a dispatch sanctified by the autkority of the King. The journal odds that the Bengali leaders will stick to the dispatch. The "Arraita Bazar Patrika" asks whether, in view of tho abandonment of the pretext for the changes, Bengal should not domand the restoration of the capital.

' FREMANTLE DOCK FAILURE. , The Prernantle correspondent of the Syd-neyS-'fHeriiid,'' in .writing of tlio trouble at'the dock, there, says it is ■ difficult.to obtain reliable details concerning, the obstacles which have been' undoubtedly met with. ,It appears, however, that,'' workers oil the dock encountered a cave in the bottom. The water surged up through this, and ail endeavour was immediately made to fill up the.ca.vity with, cement. Although 100 bal'rels of cement , were emptied, into, the cavity, no sign "" / coiiia.bft seen of it This discovery made it clear that if any proper attempt were made to fill the cave it would mean the further expenditure of 'public money, witihout, any tangible assurance that tho ccmenting would be effective. This phase of the matter, was at once commumcated to the Minister, and in vievt of the thousands "'of. pounds whiicfh have been spent on the dock ,already, and the absence of any promise of possible construction. It is believed that .the Cabinet is now considering .whether the present site of the JYemantle dock is. doomed or not. The main difficulty is that although a fairly good bottom has been obtained, the water 35 .constantly coming up, owing to faults such as. that of the cave.