THE INDIAN UNREST
A NATIONAL CONGRESS. THANKS FOR PROMISED REFORMS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, December 29. The Indian National Congress, now meeting at Madras, elected Dr (.these president.’ In the course of his opening address, Dr Chose declared that the whole Indian Empire was deeply grateful for Viscount Morley’s efforts, which gave the country something like a constitutional government. Indians had now best show themselves deserving of Great Britain’s confidence. The colonial form of self-government, though still very distant, was India's ideal. He hoped that repressive legislation would bo only temporary, and ridiculed the idea Of shaking British sovereignty bv a few flasks or pirto arid or ft few pounds of powder. The Mahomedan papers consider the proposed reforms tantamount to a political abandonment of the Mahomedans and in favor of the Hindus. Viscount Motley’s disregard of Lord Minto’s efforts to safeguard the Mahomedans is also condemned.
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Evening Star, Issue 13146, 30 December 1908, Page 6
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147THE INDIAN UNREST Evening Star, Issue 13146, 30 December 1908, Page 6
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