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... Legislative Council , say that they do not want that Act , then that measure ought not to be passed into law . Con- ceive what it would be here if you had legisla- tion , not by a minority , but legislation against the unanimous wish of ...
... Legislative Council , say that they do not want that Act , then that measure ought not to be passed into law . Con- ceive what it would be here if you had legisla- tion , not by a minority , but legislation against the unanimous wish of ...
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... Legislative Council of all shades of opinion and of the country at large , stirred feelings in the country to its profoundest depths . People began to question the fundamental bases on which Indian Government rested and wondered whether ...
... Legislative Council of all shades of opinion and of the country at large , stirred feelings in the country to its profoundest depths . People began to question the fundamental bases on which Indian Government rested and wondered whether ...
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... legislative power , but the administrative power to deal with these questions of law and order , which have been so mishandled by the military , unless you give the people power to repeal the Seditious Meetings Act and to restore to ...
... legislative power , but the administrative power to deal with these questions of law and order , which have been so mishandled by the military , unless you give the people power to repeal the Seditious Meetings Act and to restore to ...
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... legislative and direct control over the provincial Governments , sought to get administrative control over them by creating central inspecting agencies in all departments with right of advice which has the force of law almost to the ...
... legislative and direct control over the provincial Governments , sought to get administrative control over them by creating central inspecting agencies in all departments with right of advice which has the force of law almost to the ...
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... directing these legislative councils , may , by stupid , tactless action , destroy the possibility of India becoming , not merely a member of " If this family of nations but one of the freest and 100 Josiah C. Wedgwood.
... directing these legislative councils , may , by stupid , tactless action , destroy the possibility of India becoming , not merely a member of " If this family of nations but one of the freest and 100 Josiah C. Wedgwood.
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Page 102 - I would add that progress in this policy can only be achieved by successive stages. The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be judges of the time and measure of each advance...
Page 102 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Page 102 - The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be the judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Page 44 - My last recommendation is that we should no longer deny to Indians the full privilege of citizenship ; but should allow them a large share in the Government of their own country and in the control of that bureaucracy, which in this War, uncontrolled by public opinion, has failed to rise to British...
Page 29 - Lord Donoughmore, Lord Hugh Cecil, MP, Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, General Sir Neville Lyttleton, Sir A.
Page 30 - September 26th, 1914, suggesting that a force should be sent from India to occupy Basra in the event of Turkey joining in the war. The advantages of such an expedition were stated by General Barrow to be that it would checkmate Turkish intrigues and demonstrate our ability to strike, it would encourage the Arabs to rally to us, it would safeguard Egypt, for without Arab support a Turkish invasion of Egypt was impossible, and it would effectually protect the oil installation at Abadan, in which the...
Page 35 - Turkey, supported by Germany, they ought immediately to have striven energetically to bring the equipment of the expedition up to the standard *of modern warfare. The Indian Government were guilty of omissions in nearly every branch of military provision, with the -exception of the commissariat, though even here the standard was low and the distribution of food uneven.