INDIA

Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 4

INDIA

THE MONTAGU EPISODE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 13. Mr Chamberlain, replying to questions in the House of Commons, pointed' out that Mr Montagu circulated Lore! Reading's message .among members of the Cabinet on March 4. '" Mr Montagu telegraphed the same clay authorising its publication in India. Cabinet met on March 6. Before the meeting Lord Curzon ;ind ho (Mr Chamberlain) agreed: that publication wae undesirable. Loth of them were then unaware, that publication could be prevented. Lord Curzon replied to Mr Montagu on Tuesday, and' tho House, of Commons debated the subject on Wednesday. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

LORD CUEZCO'. RESIGNATION PENDING. LONDON, March 15. The ' Daily News' emphasises the rumor that Lord Curzon (Secretary of State for Foreign. Affairs) is anxious to resign, owing to ill-health, but will not resipn before the Montagu controversy is disposed of lett ilia action be misinterpreted.—A. mill N./'. Cable. MOSLEM SUSCEPTIBILITIES. LLOYD GEORGE'S MISTAKES ACCORDING TO FRENCH CRITIC. PARIS, March 14. (Received March lf>. at 9.25 a.m.) The newspaper 'Matin' attacks Mr Lloyd George for perions blunders in policy towards the Islamic Empire. It eays: " Lloyd George has aroused hostility in E.nyp't, revolt in India, unrest in Irak, rudeness in Constantinople, and enmity in Asia. Mora, and crowning all this, the great Jews of England, like Mr Montagu and Lord Reading, despite the opposition of the great Jews in America, created the Jewish State of Jerusalem, which the whole of shuddering Islam considers a most mortal insult; consequently in three years the British Empire throughout its length cracks and begins to crumble. Egypt is going, India is in revolt, and all Islam is threatening."—A. and N.Z. Cable.