INDIAN AFFAIRS

Otago Witness, Issue 3519, 23 August 1921, Page 19

INDIAN AFFAIRS

TRIBES TIRED OF FIGHTING. DELHI, August 13. The unrest among the Indian border ti ibes is subsiding. They are apparently tired of fighting, and are turning their attention to agriculture, which has been encouraged by a good rainfall. The Indian wheat crop is 14 per cent, below that of the 1319 season. BOYCOTT OF EUROPEAN GOODS. DELHI, August 15. A meeting of the General Council of the Burmese Associations decided effectively to boycott all European goods. STATES OF INDIANS. LONDON, August 16. Mr E. S. Montagu (Secretary of State for India), interviewed by the Daily Telegraph on the subject of Indians’ status in the Empire, said : “ Mr Sastri at the outset of the conference emphasised the point that the subject was one of burning anxiety to Indians. A resolution passed bv the conference recognised the Indians’ rights to citizenship. We should pay a special tribute to Mr Hughes, Mr Massey, and Mr Meighen for their ready acceptance of India as a- sister commonwealh to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and for the Imperial outlook which marked their speeches and action.”