INDIAN POLICY
f _____ STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY FOB INDIA. ' London, August 20. In the House of Commons, Mr. E. S. Montagu, Secretary of Stat® for India, in reply to a question, stated that th© Government proposed policy regarding India, with which the Government of India was in complete accord, was increasingly to associate Indians with every branch of the administration, • and the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with si view 'to responsible Government-in lncna. as an. integral part of tho Empire. The Goveminent had decided that ho should pro* ceed to India in the winter to discuss Matters. It had been decided to remove the bar to Indians receiving commissions in the Army, and nine Indian officers hau been recommended for commissions.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. •
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3170, 22 August 1917, Page 5
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