INDIA'S PROBLEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19015, 10 November 1923, Page 10

INDIA'S PROBLEMS

THE KENYA DECISION. MR SASTEI IRRECONCILABLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigat DELHI, November 8. Mr V. S. Sastri, interviewed upon the Imperial Conference discussions on the position of Indians overseas,'declared that the Indians would not relax their retaliatory and boycott programme till tangible proof that the Kenya situation would be righted was forthcoming. He claimed to voice the general opinion of the country. .—Reuter. A DOUBLE MURDER. BRITISH SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE. DELHI, November 8. Captain Watts, of the Kurrum Militia, and his wife were murdered at Parachinar. No details are available.—Reuter. TROUBLE IN AMRITSAR. LONDON, November 8. Twenty armed dacoits raided the Amritsar horse fair at midnight. They resisted the police. A hand-to-hand fight ensued, one dacoil being killed, and one injured. Two policemen were wounded. The dacoits escaped.—Reuter. CIVIL SERVICE AND ARMY. THE ROYAL COMMISSION. DELHI, November 8. The Commission which was appointed by warrant to report direct to the King upon file questions of Indianisation and grievances in the public services has opened. The president appealed for a calm atmosphere free from racial bias.—Reuter. Viscount Lee of Fareham is chairman of the Royal Commission, which consists of nine members, including four Indians. The terms of reference are as follows: “Having regard to the necessity for mamstandard of administration in conformity with the responsibilities of the Crown for the Government of India, and to the declared policy of Parliament in respect of the increasing association of Indians in every -branch of the Administration, and in view of the experience now gained of the oneration of the system of government established by the Government of India Act in respect of the superior Civil Service in India, to inquire into 1. The organisation and general conditions of service, financial and otherwise, of those services. 2. The possibility of transferring immediately or gradually anv of their present duties and functions to services constituted on a provincial basis. 3. The recruitment of Europeans and Indians respectively, for which provision should be made under the constitution established by the said Act and the best methods of ensuring and maintain ing such recruitment; and to make recommendations.