A TRIBUTE TO BRITISH RULE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 April 1937, Page 6

A TRIBUTE TO BRITISH RULE

EVERYONE has heard of the Aga Khan, the religious leader of millions of Moslems in India, and a staunch upholder of the British Raj and a loyal subject of the King-Emperor. Recently he visited East Africa where many Indians have settled, and this is what he says upon British rule in that part of the world: “There is no doubt that the conscience ol Great Britain, as trustee of the mandated territory of Tanganyika and in Kenya, can rest serene, and even satisfied, if all the facts, so obvious to the returned traveller, were known in the Mother Country.” That is a great tribute from one whose visit to the African territories was notable for the fact that he found Europeans and Asiatics mixing freely at social functions. At the conclusion of his visit the Aga Khan “congratulated the Government on the improvement in the condition of the natives in the last

decade.” That opinion should have weight with the League of Nations, which is responsible for the good government of Tanganyika, and sht%3 please the British Government, who is responsible for the good government of Kenya. But after all it is only a case of the extended success of the administration of British officials responsible for the welfare of coloured races: in which work British officials excel ; because of their careful training | and high character.