tailieunhanh - INDIAN SPEECHES (1907-1909)

A signal transaction is now taking place in the course of Indian polity. These speeches, with no rhetorical pretensions, contain some of the just, prudent, and necessary points and considerations, that have guided this transaction, and helped to secure for it the sanction of Parliament. The too limited public that follows Indian affairs with coherent attention, may find this small sheaf of speeches, revised as they have been, to be of passing use. Three cardinal State-papers have been appended. They mark the spirit of British rule in India, at three successive stages, for three generations past; and bear directly. | INDIAN SPEECHES 1907-1909 BY VISCOUNT MORLEY OM The modern and Western spirit is assuredly at work in the Indian countries but the vital question for Indian Governments is How far it has changed the ideas of men SIR HENRY MAINE. 1909 NOTE A signal transaction is now taking place in the course of Indian polity. These speeches with no rhetorical pretensions contain some of the just prudent and necessary points and considerations that have guided this transaction and helped to secure for it the sanction of Parliament. The too limited public that follows Indian affairs with coherent attention may find this small sheaf of speeches revised as they have been to be of passing use. Three cardinal State-papers have been appended. They mark the spirit of British rule in India at three successive stages for three generations past and bear directly upon what is now being done. November 1909. CONTENTS I. ON PRESENTING THE INDIAN BUDGET. House of Commons June 6 1907 II. TO CONSTITUENTS. Arbroath October 21 1907 III. ON AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS. House of Commons January 31 1908 IV. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. London July 1908 V. ON PROPOSED REFORMS. House of Lords December 17 1908 VI. HINDUS AND MAHOMETANS. January 1909 VII. SECOND READING OF INDIAN COUNCILS BILL. House of Lords VIII. INDIAN PROBATIONERS. Oxford June 13 1909 APPENDIX THREE STATE-PAPERS 1833 1858 1908 INDIAN SPEECHES I ON PRESENTING THE INDIAN BUDGET HOUSE OF COMMONS. JUNE 6 1907 I am afraid I shall have to ask the House for rather a large draft upon its indulgence. The Indian Secretary is like the aloe that blooms once in 100 years he only troubles the House with speeches of his own once in twelve months. There are several topics which the House will expect me to say something about and of these are two or three topics of supreme interest and importance for which I plead for patience and comprehensive consideration. We are too apt to find that Gentlemen both here and outside fix upon some incident of which they read in the