(    4t    )

This wicked war has taken a sadly heavy toll of British
officers.    The   Universities  of   the    United    Kingdom
have covered  themselves   with   undying  glory   by   the
contributions they have made  to  it.    But  their  losses
have been appaling ;, and in the years that lie before   us
they   wiil   be   called upon to supply an increasing num¬
ber  of captains   to   the   various  branches  of national
activity which will be set up after the  war.    It   is   per¬
missible to think therefore that the demand upon   them
for officers  for  the  army will be greater than they will
be able meet. Besides owing to the tremendous wastage
of officers during   the  war   and   the  greater  demands
of the army of the future,   a   much  larger  number of
youths will   have   to be   put under training, than used
to be  before   the   war.     These considerations enforce
the claims of Indian youths to   be admitted in sufficient
numbers for training as officers in the Indian Army,    It
will  be both   unwise and  unjust   not  to recognise and
encourage these   claims   to   the   full.    Let   an  equal
number of Indian and  English  youths be admitted into
tho, colleges at  Ouetta   and   Wellington, and let  them
undergo  the   same   training  and   tests together.    The
mutual   confidence   and   friendships  which   will  grow
between  them   there will be assets of inestimable value
to the cause of the empire.   Similarly let it be provided
that  Indians  should   be   trained   for  and   admitted to
every other branch of the Navy and the Army, including
the   air-service.    These   measures will furnish the most
convincing   proof  to   Indians   that England   means to
treat   India   in future as a partner and not as a depend¬
ency.

Provincial Government.

28. 1 have said that Mr. Montagu and,Lord Chelms¬
ford have put an unduly strict interpretation on the terms
of the   pronouncement of August 20th,    It is due  to

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