GOVERNOR OF AGRA AND OUDH

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 9

GOVERNOR OF AGRA AND OUDH

The news received from Allahabad regarding the appointment of Sir William Harris in succession to Sir H. Butler aa Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh is to the effect that general approval has been expressed among Europeans in the United Provinces (saya "The Post's" London correspondent, writing oh Ist September). "The Pioneer" expresses itfcsatisfaction, but "The Leader," which represents Indian Liberal views, emphatically protests, on grounds of principle and policy, against an appointment which it thinks should have been filled from the ranks of trained public men. This is the latest proof, it declares, that the present Government in England is reactionary, although it recognises the ability and experience of Sir William personally. "Indian Opinion," an independent Extremist journal, affects a tone of indifference, and says that "in these spacious days of non-co-operation, it matters little as to who is to succeed Sir Harcourt Butler." One thing is certain, says tho Allahabad correspondent of "The Morning Post," and that is that the appointment .of Sir William Harris is another snub to the Co-operators. They did not want a civilian' Governor, and they will, therefore, resent the new appointment.