AFFAIRS IN INDIA.
DELHI., November 26. The Viceroy js making a threemonths' tour of India, and finding everywhere enthusiasm amongst all classes to win the war, and the certainty of victory. Sections of the educated are already speculating on aftertlie:war changes, .urging domestic and' political reforms. Generous gifts from all classes throughout the country continue to be made. The manufacture of munitions ani other war material- is being steadily pushed forward. The Indian Army i s in a highly efficient w ?• - ri i? <>ondition.s on the Northwest frontier are tranqiiij. When the Mohammedans.-recently- gave trouble a blockade was instituted, and the hoa-tlle-1 gathering easily dispersed by a small body of troops. The late monsoon was good, and prospects for the crops generally are very favourable. Wheat promises well, but cotton has been somewhat damaged by tfae heavy rams. Trade conditions are booming
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 28 November 1916, Page 2
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